Private Lessons Academy
As a convenience to our parents, we are offering a supervised weekly private lessons program to be located at Cario Middle School. We have organized our best private lessons instructors in one location to provide our students the opportunity to excel in music, while making getting to those lessons more convenient for our band parents! For more information, please complete the registration form and return it to the band room.
Private Instructors
Students are not recommended to take lessons from someone who does not play that instrument as their major instrument. Just because someone offers lessons does not guarantee the quality of the lessons. If students take lessons through a music store, the instructor must be a professional player on the instrument they are instructing. The teachers below are high quality instructors, approved through Mr. Scott to offer instruction to our students. If you have another instructor, please provide that information to Mr. Scott, so that teacher may be considered for placement upon Cario's approved instructor list.
- Flute
- Julie Diamond (professional) 884-0166
- Tacy Edwards (CSO) 849-1553
- Regina Helcher (CSO) 860-2037
- Jessica Hull-Dambaugh 402-0463
- John Samuel Roper (Local) 612-226-5354
- Susan Conant 607-6215
- Arianne Kindy (Wando student) 670 - 1414
- Trumpet
- Todd Jenkins 849-6121
- Steve Spaulding 442-8778
- Cameron Harder 478-5792
- Susan Messersmith (CSO) 552-2850
- Mike Santiago 803-322-0875
- John Spitler (843) 607-6215
- Michael Smith 646-320-5026
- Oboe
- Liz Tomorsky (CSO) 556-3154
- Mark Gainer 762-1584
- Claire Bogdan (Wando student) 224 – 2430
- French Horn
- Anne Holmi (CSO) 971-6188
- Brandon Nichols 875-5456
- Deb Sherrill 766-7022
- Ivy White (Wando student) 856 - 2882
- Clarinet
- Maralee Barela 568-4416 (cell), 822-4574
- Courtney White 256-585-4059
- Gretchen Schneider-Roper (local) 412-606-8669
- Lanie Radecke (Wando asst dir) 706-318-5522
- Kate Jenkins(professional) 849-6121
- Charlie Messersmith (CSO) 552-2850
- Sarah Wegener 248-330-9468
- Haley Byers (Wando student) 864 - 8766
- Lauren Ellis (Wando student) 856 - 9237
- Trombone
- Steve Spaulding 442-8778
- Luke Reed 814-4242
- Nick Nafpliotis 327-4009
- Tom Joyce 406-2747
- Gretchen Bowles 200-3700
- Kate Jenkins (professional) 849-6121
- Mitchell McKenzie (Wando student) 737-3287
- Saxophone
- Wilton Elder (professional) 810-6357
- Jason Bellack 737-2164
- Bob Williams 216-9982
- Steve Cordiero 763-8846
- Jack Pettit (band director) 819-8004
- Mike Spires (Wando student) 216 - 0135
- Baritone / Euphonium
- Kate Jenkins (professional) 849-6121
- Gretchen Bowles 200-3700
- Steve Spaulding 442-8778
- Bassoon
- Kathy St. Johns (CSO) 881-1429
- Sandra Nikolajevs (CSO) 763-5775
- Percussion
- Matt Masie 437-8339
- Dori Chitayat 843-324-7872
- Ryan Leveille (CSO) 843-810-9324
- John McMahan 810-1537
- James Cannon 864-979-1759
- Thomas Hamer 345-5650
- Tuba
- Kate Jenkins 849-6121
- Gretchen Bowles 200-3700
- Steve Spaulding 442-8778
- Tom Joyce 406-2747
- Chris Bluemel 276-9239
- Ryan Everette (Wando student) 388 - 8250
(CSO) denotes Charleston Symphony Orchestra member; (Wando) denotes a student in Wando Band