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All lessons are private, with just the student and the teacher, so each student receives their instructor’s undivided attention. The lessons are held in the studios at our store between the following hours:
Monday through Friday: 2pm to 9pm
Saturday: 9am to 6pm
Sunday: 12pm to 5pm
The store is not open on Federal Holidays and students are not charged for lessons on those days.
Lessons are priced at $30.00 per half hour. Students take one lesson per week, at a dedicated time.
To learn more about lessons and our school’s policies, please contact the Lessons Registrar:
Erika Craven
703/533-7393 x312
foxesmusiclessons@gmail.com
Or feel free to drop in! Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00am – 5:30pm. |
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Banjo
Cello
Clarinet
Flute
Guitar
Mandolin
Oboe
Piano
Percussion
Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet
Ukulele
Viola
Violin
Voice
and MORE!
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| Mr. Arnold has been teaching privately for over 18 years now. Before coming to the DC area, he was a band director in the New Jersey public schools, as well as in the schools of the New York City Arch Diocese. He has been a clinician and brass coach in many schools in the Northern Virginia area and has judged for The Solo and Ensemble Festival in all three Northern VA districts.
He has been a member of the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" since October of 2001. Prior to his position with "Pershing's Own", Craig has been a member of the Albany and Allentown Symphonies, The National Repertory Orchestra, The Metro Lyric Opera of New Jersey, The Monumental Brass Quintet, The Riverside Trombone Quartet, The Sonny Costanzo Big Band, and performed around the world with the European-based Philharmonic of the Nations from 1993-1996.
He has performed with the Arlington, Annapolis, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, Fairfax, Gettysburg, New World, Prince William, and Chautauqua Symphonies, and the New Jersey Pops. He has spent summers at The Music Academy of the West, Pacific Music Festival, Grand Teton Orchestral Seminar, National Orchestral Institute, Waterloo Music Festival, Chautauqua School of Music, Eastman Music Festival, and the Tanglewood Empire Brass Seminar.
Craig Holds a Masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelors degree from the Eastman school of Music. His teachers include Stephen Norrell, Randall Campura, John Marcellus, Hal Janks, and David Fedderly. Craig is originally from Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. |
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| Ms. Arnold graduated with honors from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and the Flute Performance Certificate. Following study at the Shenandoah University, Jean received a scholarship to attend the Sewanee Summer Music Center at the University of the South, Sewanee Tennessee.
She has continued to study flute performance at the Shepard School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she studied with Albert Tipton and completed the Master of Musical Arts degree. Following graduate school, Jean attended a seminar with renowned flutist and pedagogue, Marcel Moyse, in Battleboro, Vermont.
She has also received coaching sessions from Toshiko Kohno of the National Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Arnold has tutored flute students in the Northern Virginia area for more than 20 years. |
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| Michael Bevan brings much experience to his students as a performer and instructor for over 30 years. His studies include Berklee College of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Music in Guitar and The Eastman School of Music. He studied with such jazz notables as Gene Bertoncini and Mick Goodrick.
Frequent recording sessions, radio and television, as well as touring keep Michael involved with many projects as a guitarist, producer, and arranger. As a composer, he has had works commissioned for theatre, recording artists, and commercial jingles. Former students have earned notable jazz awards and music scholarships. |
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 | Cara Cammaroto holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree in vocal performance from The Catholic University of America where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. During her years at CUA, she was awarded music scholarships for both graduate and undergraduate studies.
Ms. Cammaroto is the recipient of several notable awards including The Presser Scholar Award, and The Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. A lyric coloratura soprano, Ms. Cammaroto is considered a specialist in the bel canto style and ornamentation. She has performed in the U.S., Italy, Austria and Slovenia. As a participant of the Bel Canto Institute, she studied and performed many of the early roles featured in her recent solo recording Running Through The Years. The album has already enjoyed airtime in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Cara is also an active soprano soloist for a number of concert series and churches in the Washington, DC area.
She has been teaching voice for over 18 years. Her students range from high school age to adult and perform at various levels and musical styles within the DC area. The studio’s annual student recital is a beloved event by the surrounding community. Former and current students have been awarded music scholarships at leading universities and conservatories. Check out Cara Cammaroto's website! |
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 | Tim Carney is a composer, arranger, guitarist, and vocalist, who has been teaching guitar at Foxes Music for the past three years. Mr. Carney received his bachelor’s degree in music composition from Virginia Commonwealth University and attended two years of graduate study at California Institute of The Arts, where he studied with renowned contemporary classical composers Morton Subotnick, Earl Brown, Leonard Rosenman, and Mel Powell.
After graduating, Mr. Carney remained in Los Angeles where he worked as a recording engineer and arranger at Mystic Records in Hollywood under the direction of Doug Moody, former Vice President at Mercury Records, UK., and Granite Recording Studios in West Hollywood, where he worked on projects such as The Bangles, The Go Go’s, The Blasters, and The Plimsouls. In the 1980s, he formed the alternative rock group Point of View@. His song, “I’m not Responsible@” received regular air play on West Coast radio stations in 1995.
Mr. Carney is currently writing the music and orchestration for a musical in collaboration with comedian/writer Victor Valleau, composing a collection of preludes for the classical guitar, and preparing arrangements of the piano music of Eric Satie for classical guitar. His most recent project is the forming of Psychedelia@, a tribute band which performs the psychedelic music of the late 1960s. |
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| Roberta Comack-Katleman began showing a true gift of an ear for music at age 3. When she would sit at her Piano at home, she played songs she heard (like Moon River) with both hands. Roberta began taking accordion lessons at age 6 and was able to entertain folks at a young age. Realizing that music was a natural talent, Roberta studied private voice and piano at age 20. She chose Music Education as her Major at the University of Arizona.
Roberta moved to Long Beach, California in 1982 and continued her studies in Music Therapy and Education at California State University, Long Beach. During this time, she approached the Director of Long Beach Parks and Recreation with a proposal to open up group piano classes for all ages: from children ages 3 – 12 and adult classes. The classes were so successful that other city Parks Departments requested she teach for their city. She also added private piano lessons at Morey’s Music of Lakewood, Calif.
When Roberta and her husband Steve moved to Northern Virginia in 1992, she began teaching in her home studio and at the Northern Virginia Jewish Community Center. She also broke into the performance circles as a regular pianist for Nordstrom Department Store. She began performing for many receptions and special events throughout the Metro DC area.
At the present time, Roberta teaches piano for students of all ages and levels through Foxes Music, Falls Church, VA, and in her home studio in Fairfax, VA. Roberta and her husband Steve have been married 20 years (Sept, 2009) and have a 14 year old son Daniel, a High School Freshman. |
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 | Mr. deHoll started playing guitar in 1964 with the British Rock Invasion in full swing. Jan studied the styles of John Fahey, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, and others in 1974 under the tutelage of Bob Driver, accomplished fingerstylist from Harrisonburg, VA. He also studied under Duck Baker in the 1990s.
Jan has attended several National Guitar Workshops led by such luminaries as former Wings guitarist Lawrence Juber, Chet Atkins protégé John Knowles (author of John Knowles Fingerstyle Quarterly), Seth Austen, and Ed Gerhard, among others. Around 1999, Jan began to branch out to other instruments such as banjo, mandolin, Irish Bouzouki, theremin, and didgeridoo.
Jan has taught several guitar and banjo classes through Fairfax County Parks and Recreation, along with teaching private students since 2002. Mr. deHoll has also substitute-taught Orchestra, Guitar, Chorus and other non-music related subjects for the Fairfax County Public Schools. Jan is a graduate of James Madison University, a member of the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association, and a member of BNI chapter N-130, Prosper Alexandria. |
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| Jaime Guitz, a native of Guatemala, graduated from The National Conservatory of Music of Guatemala with a degree in Piano Performance and received a Musical Education degree from The University of San Carlos of Guatemala.
Jaime has performed in a number of solo recitals and chamber concerts, as well as acting as church choir director and pianist in several area churches. Mr. Guitz has been teaching piano for over 10 years. |
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 | Matthew Aaron Hart earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester VA. He studied voice with Jackson Sheats, and Gene Galvin and organ with Judy Connelly, Steven Cooksey and Paul Skevington.
A singer since the age of 18 months, music has played a major role in his life. He has taught elementary music and middle school chorus in the public schools, has been a music director and organist at several churches since 1996, appeared on XM Satellite Radio and The Joy of Music TV Series with Diane Bish.
Matthew continues to work in the field of music as a sheet music specialist at Foxes Music Company in Falls Church, VA. In addition he maintains a piano studio there as well, is Choir Director and Organist at Idylwood Presbyterian Church in Falls Church VA and continues his study at Shenandoah in the field of church music. |
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| Edward Kapusciarz was born in Chicago. He began violin lessons at the age of three with Sidney Miller. He attended DePaul University studying with Paul Stassevitch and later with Scott Willits at the American Conservatory of Music where he received bachelor and masters degrees in music. During this period he played in the Palmer House
Ensemble and was also a member of the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. He was active in the region's chamber music scene and was featured soloist with DePaul University Orchestra and the American Conservatory of Music Orchestra.
Following his post-graduate studies he enlisted in the United States Air Force and became a member of the U S Air Force Symphony Orchestra. When his military service ended he joined the staff of the Library of Congress and enjoyed a long career there in the Copyright Office. He continued to play in regional orchestras such as the Roanoke Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and Landon Symphonette.
During the past decade he has participated in the Music in the Schools program in the local area and along with his cellist wife, Linda, has been a part of the piano trio. Les Amis de Mozart, and the Talford Duo. |
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| Louise Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Music from Smith College and a Master of Music degree in Organ from the Indiana University School of Music. She studied piano under Ida Deck Haigh and Dale Bartholomew and organ with Paul Thomas, Robert Owen, and Oswald Ragatz.
She did continuing study in organ playing, literature, and counterpoint at Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. and harmony sight-singing at The Manhattan School of Music. Louise has also participated in workshops for choral conducting at Wesminister Choir College and is Founder and Director of the Ad Hoc Singers.
Currently, Ms. Lee is organist at the Arlington Forest United Methodist Church in Arlington, VA; she has performed Organ recitals in Indiana and in the Washington D.C. area. As an accompanist, she has performed in venues such as the Anderson House Museum in Washington D.C., the Great Falls Chamber Series in Virginia, Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and numerous area churches. As a pianist she participated in chamber music recitals with the Gallery Quartet in Hagerstown, MD. Louise has been teaching for over 40 years. |
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| Mr. Maxwell has a long history teaching, playing, and loving music. For the past 23 years he has held the positions of Co-director of Music, Organist, Choir Director, and Director of Handbells at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church. In addition, he directs music at Iglesia Gracia United Methodist Church for a bilingual congregation.
Ralph has been teaching piano to all ages and ability levels for the past 30 years, including a blind gentleman he taught to play the piano at a time when there were few resources available to non-sighted individuals. He taught general music for K-8th grade at St. Bernadette’s School in the mid-70s, and more recently, has been teaching Handbells to retired residents at Evergreen House in Annandale, VA. Ralph earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from The Catholic University of America, studying under Dr. Dale Krider, Dr. Conrad Bernier, Daniel Roth, and Robert Twynham.
Mr. Maxwell has been a member of the American Guild of Organists since 1972 and has served as Dean of The Northern Virginia Chapter of the AGO from 1974-1976. |
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| Mark Moccio is an active musician, both as a teacher and a performer! He teaches Secondary School music in the Catholic schools of the area, as well as solo and ensemble concertizing. Mr. Moccio is currently a member of the 13th Street Saxophone Quartet, in which he plays the Soprano Saxophone.
This group performs unique arrangements of music, running the gamut from jazz to show-tunes to classical compositions. Mark received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Saxophone Performance from the West Virginia University. He has been teaching for over 10 years. |
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 | Joe Morton received his Bachelor’s of Music from George Mason University in saxophone performance. He has studied both classical and jazz saxophone with former Navy Band soloist Dale Underwood, current Army Band soloist Richard Parrell, and former Woody Herman band member James Carroll.
In addition to arranging and composing for big band and saxophone quartet, Joe has performed with many local groups including, the Pan American Jazz Orchestra, The New Hots Jazz Orchestra, and the 13th Street Saxophone Quartet. Joe has been teaching saxophone, clarinet and flute for over 20 years. |
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| Mr. Price graduated from Newberry College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. He has also studied at James Madison University, The Catholic University of America, American University, and Shenandoah University. Andy taught in the Loudoun County Public Schools for over 30 years.
An active musician, Mr. Price has served as Choir Director and Organist in a number of Northern Virginia area churches. In May of 2002, Andy was elected Dean of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and her has earned the Service Playing Certificate and the Colleague Certificate from the American Guild of Organists. He has been teaching piano for over 35 years. |
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| Roger Rossi currently holds the position of Foxes Music Emeritus, having taught at Foxes Music School for over 30 years. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Fredonia State University where he studied with Stephen Wiloszynski, ex-trumpet player with Maynard Ferguson.
Mr. Rossi is also a former student of Charles Hois and Doc Reinhardt. He has been a member of the Army Blues Jazz Band and the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, serving as Trumpet Section Leader, soloist, and substitute drummer. Currently ranked Sergeant Major, Roger has retired after 33 years of service with the U.S. Army. As a musician with the Army Blues, he has performed in many venues and on many states across the country and beyond, including the White House, and the Montreal Jazz Festival. He has played for seven presidents and many world leaders at The State Department.
At Fredonia State University, he played in the University Symphony and Opera Orchestras. He served as Principal Trumpet with the Elmira Symphony in Elmira, NY. Roger has performed as a free-lance musician for parties, theatrical musicals, weddings, conventions, church services, on television, and as a studio recording musician. |
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| A native of Northern Virginia, Matt has been teaching private percussion lessons since 2002. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from The University of North Texas, and has been actively involved with various rock bands throughout his lifetime.
He teaches snare technique to beginning through advanced students. He also teaches Jazz, Rock, and Latin style drum set for all levels. Additionally, Matt teaches hand percussion and orchestral percussion. |
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 | Marilyn Schimpf has been teaching cello at Foxes since 1994. Many of her students have gone on to become members of AYP and happy members of local performing ensembles, a testimony to her love of teaching. Miss Schimpf graduated Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University with a bachelor's and master's degree in cello (cum laude) and has played cello professionally with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Atlanta Symphony, the Syracuse Symphony and the Air Force Band.
Currently, she and her husband (recently retired violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra) give concerts in the public schools sponsored by the Kennedy Center, a program Miss Schimpf initiated starting in 1991. She is a certified Suzuki teacher, and studied music education at SUNY at Buffalo and at the Orff Institute in Minnesota, but used a blended pedagogical approach to teaching that helps students excel in their school music programs as well as discover the joys of playing together in small ensembles.
She and her husband live in Alexandria, where she also is a long-time student of Greek as an avocation. |
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 | Chris earned his Bachelor of Music with a concentration in violin performance from Shenandoah University, and is currently working on a master’s degree from the same school with a concentration in violin pedagogy. He served as the string director for the American Children of SCORE based in Warrenton, VA; taught orchestra in both Fairfax County Public Schools and Prince William County Schools, and has taught at Foxes for six years.
As a violinist/violist, he has appeared with the Loudoun Symphony, the Maryland Symphony, the Pan-American Symphony, and the Roanoke Symphony and performed with the Shenandoah University orchestra at the Kennedy Center. As a fiddler, he plays with the Nothin’ Fancy band, who won the 2008 Entertainers of the Year from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA).
Chris has been himself nominated for SPBGMA’s Fiddle Player of the Year three times and has made appearances at the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, the Lincoln Center, and the Birchmere. He is a studio musician, having appeared on numerous Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, National Geographic Channel, and PBS television programs. He has appeared on over 20 recording projects, including the Grammy-nominated Rhonda Vincent recording, “Ragin’ Live!” He is a recording artist with Pinecastle Records, who have released four Nothin’ Fancy albums and Chris’ solo CD, “Coffee at Midnight.” |
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 | Ms. Thompson studied at the Pablo Casals Conservatory in Puerto Rico. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Viola Performance from the University of North Texas College of Music. Judy entered the graduate program in education and worked as a graduate assistant. She also taught violin classes in the San Antonio, Texas public schools.
Ms. Thompson is retired from the United States Air Force Strolling Strings ensemble, based here in Washington D.C. She also attended nursing school and has served as a member of the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital.
Judy is an active musician and performs with orchestras and ensembles in the Washington Metropolitan area. She has been teaching Violin and Viola for over 25 years. |
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ROCK, CLASSICAL, JAZZ, & More
* Bachelor of Music Degree - Guitar Performance.
(George Mason University)
* Performed with the Legendary Chuck Berry.
* Adjunct Instructor of Guitar - George Washington University (16 years).
* Published by Mel Bay Publications.
* Classical Guitar Magazine (U.K.) describes his work as, “Scholarly...”
* Owner of WATERS MUSIC DESIGN.
(Producing ringtones for Verizon and music content for production libraries.)
* Master Classes with Brazilian Classical Guitar Virtuoso Carlos Barbosa-Lima.
* Prizes in Regional and National Competitions.
* Mid-Atlantic Song Contests - Judge.
* Virginia Community College Artist Residency Program - Candidate.
(Selected by the Virginia Commission for the Arts)
* Contributed as an Author to Guitar Player Magazine.
* Appearances on Local Radio & Television.
Click to hear Eric play! |
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 | Michelle is a local music teacher in the Falls Church area, joining the Foxes Music Faculty ten years ago. She is also an active musician in the Washington D.C. area and internationally, performing in various ensembles and as a soloist. She is currently a member of the HOTS Jazz Orchestra, the Columbia Flute Choir, and forms one half of a local Flute and Guitar Duo, as well as one third of a Flute, Violin, and Cello Trio. Her playing has taken her as far as Israel and Mexico, where she has entertained as a soloist, and to France and Northern New Zealand performing with the HOTS Jazz Orchestra.
Locally, Michell has performed for the Victorian Historical Society in Falls Church, at business meetings and conventions. Ms. Williams graduated from the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Science degree in Arts Management where her applied major was in Flute.
She has been teaching since 1992 and she is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, the National Flute Association, and the Washington Flute Society. |
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