Professional multi-instrumentalist, degreed instructors who are also current composers and session musicians. They are not between things. They are in bands, in studios and on stages, and that is what they bring into the room.
Owner and Founder
Guitar, Bass, Songwriting, Vocals, Drums, Artist Development and Performance
Tyler started piano at 7. At 12 he was given a bass, heard a band practising nearby, walked up to the house and asked if he could play with them. He started teaching students in 2007, and began Los Rios Rock School in his cozy, historic Los Rios cottage. In 2012 he opened the full campus with a grand-opening concert by dozens of his students.
Owner and COO
Drums, Drum Theory, Artist Development, Performance and Songwriting
Chris started playing drums in 2nd grade in both orchestra and the school jazz ensemble, formed his first rock band in middle school, and played drums all through high school with Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd.
Principal, Instructor, Producer and Grammy Winning Engineer
Development, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Drums and Vocal
A producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist who started as Warren Huart’s intern at 19 and became head engineer at Harmony Studios and later Spitfire Studios, engineering songs for Daniel Powter, Adele, Aerosmith, P!nk and Miley Cyrus. In 2012, Phil won a Grammy for Adele’s “Someone Like You.”
Between them they teach 82+ instrument listings
It is why a student who came in for guitar can leave playing bass and singing, and why nobody gets told their instrument is the wrong one. Students can also experiment with any of the other instruments their teacher plays.
Show Director, Senior Instructor
Guitar, Bass, Songwriting, Artist Development, Performance and Vocals
Given his first acoustic guitar for his 10th birthday, Justin had performed his first solo act at an elementary school talent show six months later. By high school he was in rock bands playing local venues with Matthew Logan Vasquez and Phil Allen.
Senior Instructor
Bass, Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Songwriting and Performance
Leslie formed a band with neighbourhood friends at 14, moved to Hollywood at 19 and attended Musicians Institute. For the past decade she has toured as a bassist, playing in over 22 different countries.
Instructor
Piano, Voice, and Songwriting
Rachel started playing at 3 with the Suzuki classical method, then shifted around 8 to study contemporary, jazz, pop and songwriting under a Berklee graduate.
Instructor
Guitar, Keys, Bass, Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Music Production
Playing guitar since 10 and trained privately in his native Peru by Jorge Madueño of the Juilliard School. Since the ’90s Gustavo has scored more than a hundred commercials, short films, documentaries and TV shows in Peru and South Florida.
Instructor
Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Born in Sydney and raised in Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and California. Jono began playing guitar at 10 and was playing live just before moving to California at 15.
Instructor
Drums, Guitar, Live Performance, Production
Originally from Santiago, Chile. Nico’s journey began around age 8 with Judas Priest, Queen and Deep Purple, quoting “their musical power” as the reason he taught himself drums in his early teens.
Instructor
Bass Guitar, Guitar, Drums, Piano, Ukulele, Flute, Saxophone, Trombone, Songwriting, and Production
A multi-instrumentalist, recording and performing artist, songwriter, composer and producer from San Marcos, now living in San Juan Capistrano. He earned his BA in Songwriting & Music Production.
Instructor
Drums, Guitar, and Bass
Born in Sydney, Australia, Greg started drum lessons at eight. His first show was at Chain Reaction in Anaheim playing for the metalcore band Sirens, at the age of 12.
Instructor
Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Songwriting, Production
Coy enrolled at Los Rios Rock School as a student. Guitar with Justin Norman, vocals with Chariya Bissonette, production with Phil Allen. Now he teaches here. He specialises in guitar, bass, vocals, songwriting, drums, keys and production.
Instructor
Bass, Voice, Piano, Recording, Performance, Production, and Songwriting
Clark picked up a bass at 16 in Clovis, CA, earned his AA in Commercial Music at Fresno City College, then studied at the Grove School of Music’s Bass Performance Program under Tonight Show bassist Joel Dibartolo and baritone Jubilant Sykes.
Instructor
Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Uke, Songwriting and Performance
A singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, recording artist, freestyle rapper and educator who made his stage debut at six years old.
Instructor
Voice, Piano
Faith began in elementary school choir and went on to advanced show choir ensembles in high school, serving as Vice President, where she choreographed performances, selected repertoire and competed at festivals in Nashville.
One of them started here
Coy Wilson enrolled at Los Rios as a student. Guitar with Justin, vocals with Chariya, production with Phil. Now he teaches here.
