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Music Lessons East County San Diego

posted: Mon. Aug 4th, 2008 @ 07:31 PM

The Lakeside Music School offers a wide range of educational experiences for students interested in learning about music. Lessons are offered on guitar (electric & acoustic), bass, piano, trumpet, violin, and percussion (drum set, drumline, and classical techniques). All instruments can be taught using a wide range of musical styles, custom tailored for what the student is most interested in learning. All lessons are offered to ages ranging in three years and older. Lessons will include instruction in musical theory, rhythm, technique, performance, composition, and overall competency on the instrument.

The Lakeside Music School also offers year round recitals, giving each student the opportunity to experience the performance setting. Also, each student will have the opportunity to record their progress at least once every year.

Lessons at the Lakeside Music School are priced at $25.00 every half hour, or $40.00 per hour. Lessons are usually conducted four times a month, once per week; however, arrangements can be made if the student requires a different type of schedule.

Contact info: If Interested in music lessons, please feel free to contact Maria Staump:

(619) 212-6656

maria@staump.com

Teachers:

Guitar/Bass/Piano/Trumpet/Violin- Maria Staump

Maria has a degree in music, is an ASCAP member, and is a member of the National Association for Music Education. She has studied privately with renown guitarists Fred Benedetti and George Svoboda. She released her first album "Mi Vida Bonita," earlier this year, and has been touring throughout California, performing at venues such as, the "Whisky A GO GO," the "San Diego County Fair", and other various venues in downtown San Diego and East County.

Maria and her husband Tim have also put together a band known as "The Maria Staump Band". The band consists of Maria Staump on vocals and rhythm guitar, her husband Tim Staump on drums, Dan Scott on bass, and Joel Tuttle on lead guitar. All the music performed by the band was written by Maria. The music that is created by the Maria Staump Band is a blend of different styles: rock, blues, Latin, punk, country, hip hop, folk, and alternative.

In addition to composing and performing, Maria also teaches full time. She currently has over thirty students each week that range in age from three to sixty years old. She primarily teaches piano and guitar, however, she does offer bass,trumpet, and violin lessons as well. She is proudly self employed as an independent musician.

Drums/ Percussion- Drummer Tim Staump

A percussionist since age ten, Tim has studied from musicians like James Morton, Kirk Hoffmen, Tyler Dempsey, Mark Schulman, and Zoro the drummer. His inspiration comes from drummers like Buddy Rich, Dave Weckle, Jeff Hamilton, Carter Beauford, Zoro, and Steve Gadd just to name a few, Throughout his musical career, he has played for various orchestras, big bands, and drum corps. In addition, he has been a part of bands ranging anywhere from rock, to country, to hip hop.

Currently, Tim is also endorsed by Vic Firth as an educator in their private drum teacher program, as well as their scholastic educators program. The private drum teachers program is designed for percussion educators who teach in a private setting, this program is geared to support further growth in percussive studies and product knowledge. The Vic Firth scholastic educators program is designed for scholastic percussion educators whose schools have established successful programs both in their region and nationally.

Tim has taught musicians ranging in ages from 5 years to 70 years and he has been a drum instructor for several different junior highs and high schools throughout California.