GENERAL INFORMATION

Our teachers who teach one-on-one private lessons are private contractors. We refer students to them.

For a referral to teachers here, email oaklandharmonyroad@yahoo.com or call 510-652-1222.

Thea Farhadian
Thea Farhadian (M.A.) has performed classical, Arabic, North African, Sephardic, Cuban and free/atonal improvisational styles. She has performed with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, ASWAT, Moe Alilech, Charunga Tumbao e Cuerdas, Estrea d/Oro, and SF State faculty music performances. She has participated in solo and collaborative performances in the SF area, New York, Berlin, and Armenia. She has 17 years of teaching experience in schools and individuals, and has a California teaching credential. Thea enjoys working with both children and adults.
Thea teaches in her home studio in Oakland.

Hillary Overberg

Hillary is a Master's student at Mills College in Oakland, California. Her degree is in violin performance with an focus on classical improvisation. She has had the privilege of studying with such renowned violinists as long time Berkeley resident, David Abel, and former Arditti quartet member, Graham Jennings. As an undergraduate, she studied violin at the University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. She earned her B.A. in Ethnomusicology in 2003. The degree carries with it a diploma in world music and a minor in English Literature.