The Music School office is located inside the front door of Piedmont Piano Company. Please feel free to drop by any time during regular office hours or leave a message or a note and we will respond promptly. Click here for current office hours.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our teachers who teach one-on-one private lessons are private contractors. We refer students to them, and they rent teaching space from us. They all manage their own rates and schedules. When you call or visit the music school office for a teacher referral, we will give you one or two names and phone numbers. If the first teacher(s) don't work out for scheduling or any other reasons, please ask us again, as we have a number of instructors.

Most lessons are given in our studios at the Piedmont Piano Company, at the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Pleasant Valley Road. Some of our teachers also teach at another location certain days.

For the telephone number of a teacher on this page, call 510-652-1222 or email oaklandharmonyroad@yahoo.com.

Lea Centauri
Lea Centauri began singing at the age of four in her church in Long Island, New York, and has been singing in choirs, ensembles, musicals, operas, and in many venues and with all kinds of music, ever since. She has performed in seven countries so far, and has taught in several countries as well. Lea teaches classical music as part of a well rounded musical education, but helps every student to find her or his own voice and technique.

Melanie O’Reilly
Melanie is a performer/songwriter from Ireland who has been  a Visiting Scholar/Musician-in-Residence at UC Berkeley for 5 years and who now holds an O1 Visa for "'extraordinary ability" in her field. She holds an Arts degree from University College Dublin, and studied theater at the Brendan Smith Academy, also in Dublin. She is accredited by both the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Goldsmiths College in London for jazz singing and improvisation. She has won numerous awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, was lauded with the accolade by "Downbeat" Magazine for being one of Ireland's foremost jazz representatives and is a regular performer on radio and TV. Her own radio show "Jazz on the Bay", which she presents on RTE Radio 1 , won the 2008/09 National Radio Award (Ireland) for "Music Program of the Year" (Specalist category).
Teaching, she has extensive vocal teaching experience and  specializes in Irish traditional, jazz, World Music and musical theater; she also teaches Vocal Technique.  She welcomes pupils of all levels and ages.