GINA DATTILO – PIANO Gina comes to us all the way from Southwest Florida, where she was raised since the age of 4. She recently moved to Santa Maria to join her fiancé who is a Space Force officer at Vandenberg Space Force Base. She began piano lessons at the age of 5, and is…
JEFF MONTIJO Jeff Montijo is a talented and passionate musician. He was formerly trained on the piano, but now has advance into the art of music production. He is well versed in the Ableton Live DAW and has helped many local artists fine tune their sound with his knowledge in mixing and mastering. He enjoys…
ROSALINDA ROMBAOA- PIANO Being born into a music-loving family, Rosalinda was heavily influenced by music daily. She began playing piano at the age of 7, under former Coelho teacher Caroline Smith. She then continued to learn piano under various teachers for 7 years, continuing to practice and improve her skill and technique. Her relationship with…
NATHAN SANCHEZ – GUITAR Nathan was born in Guam and had a love for music at a young age. He enjoyed Rock and Popular music and expanded to Rockabilly and Jazz. Can you say “Brian Setzer.” He also plays Chet Atkins Finger Style music. Nathan played 1st Chair for Righetti High School Jazz Band. He…
FELISA PREDAZZI Biography coming soon…
SCOTT KUNZ – TRUMPET, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS Started Playing: Scott started playing Trumpet in his school band when he was in 5th Grade, Elementary School. He really wanted to play saxophone, but the decision was made for him to play Trumpet by the School Band Teacher because there was already to many Saxophone players in…
GILBERT BONILLA – GUITAR and UKULELE Gilbert is a former student of the jazz legend of Howard Roberts, the founder and president of G.I.T. now known as Musicians Institute in L.A., recording artist, studio player and Jazz musician who has 32 albums and 2,000 recordings. Gilbert was also a student of Bill Thrasher, a Jazz…
JORDAN ESPINOZA – GUITAR AND BASS TECHNICIAN Jordan began playing guitar in 9th grade after his grandparents bought him a beginner guitar package. After seeing countless other guitar players he soon switched to Bass. In High-School he joined the Jazz Band where he first started playing Upright Bass. Over the years Jordan has been in…
JIM STROMBERG – DRUMS and PERCUSION INSTRUCTOR My father was a professional drummer and encouraged my brother and me to be involved in music. My brother was interested in playing the guitar and I wanted to study and play the drums. My father bought me a set of drums when I was twelve years old…
Founder of Coelho Academy of Music – Guitar, Bass, Vocal, Mandolin, Ukulele, Banjo The Coelho Academy of Music has been providing quality music instruction in the Central Coast for fifty (50) years. Jerry opened his teaching studio at age 18 by putting an ad in the Cal Poly SLO news paper where he was attending…