About us

David Ellis is a trombonist and educator in the Denver area, and Principal Trombone with the Colorado Brass,  Denver Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra. He completed his Doctor of Music degree in Performance at Florida State University in 2017, where he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant to the trombone studio. During his time in Florida, David held principal positions with local orchestras, and toured the Southeast region as a member of the Seminole Trombone Quartet, culminating in a recital at Carnegie Hall and a presentation at the Midwest Clinic. David also served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in music theory while completing his Master of Music degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance and Composition at Colorado State University. In addition to his classical background, David has made appearances at several jazz festivals in the state of Colorado as well as abroad. David enjoys playing music of all styles, with his primary experience ranging from orchestral to solo to chamber to jazz. More info at DavidEllisTrombone.com

Evan King is a Graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (B.M.) and University of Denver Lamont school of Music. (M.M.) An active performer in the Denver area, Evan performs regularly with Guerilla Fanfare Brass Band, Colorado Brass, Sabor de la Calle, Cumbia Explosiva, and many other local acts. He has also performed with the Denver Brass, Denver Philharmonic, Longmont Symphony, Aurora Symphony, and Columbus Philharmonic. He has toured the country extensively with his band the Jefferson St. Parade Band and in 2016 toured China with the Denver Philharmonic.

In lessons, Evan draws on the methods of his former teachers (such as Vince DiMartino, Warren Deck, Alan Hood, and Carole Dawn Reinhart), utilizing exercises and techniques that aim to make brass playing as effortless as possible. Music choice is catered to the goals and skill level of the students. Evan has helped all levels of players, from absolute beginners, to advanced high school players, to comeback adult players. 

Ted Homan is the principal clarinetist with the Stratus Chamber Orchestra and the Evergreen Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with many other local groups including the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, the Littleton Symphony, the Denver Municipal Band and the Colorado Wind Ensemble.

The Evergreen Chamber Orchestra has given Ted the opportunity to solo several times. He has performed the Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto, a transcription of  Poulenc’s clarinet sonata (transcribed by our former conductor Bill Morse), one of Mendelssohn’s Koncertstuckes for two clarinets (with Don Ambler as the other soloist), Carl Maria Von Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet, and most recently, the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. As a long time member and board member of the Evergreen Chamber Orchestra, Ted is looking forward to continue playing under the Music Director’s baton, the fabulous timpanist of the Colorado Symphony, Mr. Bill Hill.

Chamber music is his passion and he can be heard performing in the Denver Metro area. Most recently he performed the Brahms clarinet quintet, Mozart’s clarinet quintet, Rota’s trio for piano, clarinet and cello, duos for flute and clarinet by Robert Muczynski and Bela Bartok violin duos transcribed, by Ted Homan, for clarinet and violin.

He enjoys teaching private lessons on clarinet, saxophone, piano, flute and guitar and takes private lessons himself with Greg Dufford, who was formerly the bass clarinetist in the San Francisco Opera. Ted received his Bachelor degree in Music Education from Metro State.

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It's about you and your goals

I would love to help you learn more about the beautiful world of music during our piano/music lessons. Through your learning experience, you'll get to know about different composers and their music, instruments, and genres. You'll soon expand your knowledge and ability to play more joyfully for yourself and others. You can even try to compose, create your own melodies, find harmonies, arrange and present your musical pieces.

My teaching method is a combination of the leading musical pedagogy programs which includes a broad repertoire, sight-reading, ear-training, theory, artistry, composition, history and solfeggio.

About Me 

When I was 3 years old, I pretended to play piano on my kitchen table. I guess it was so convincing that my parents bought me a piano less than a year later. Back then it was a huge investment to buy a piano - similar to buying a Steinway Grand Piano nowadays. At age 4, my father took me to the Moscow Conservatory Concert Hall for a concert and the world stopped spinning for me. I became hooked on music and it became one of my life's greatest passions. Today, this experience is very important to me because it reminds me as a parent how important it is to pay close attention to little nuances and hints which my children give me to help me recognize their hidden talents, both artistic as well as others. 

started playing piano at 4
traveled with Vesna Children's Choir across Eastern and Western Europe
1984-89 attended Gnesin's Music College (Moscow, Russia)
1989-94 assistant of producer for the program about music-art-culture for Russian TV Channel 1
1994 moved to US
1995 my first teaching experience was in King Center, NJ
2000 moved to Colorado. Played for Breckenridge Theater's musical productions
2010 - 2018 taught at Evergreen School of Music.

Member of Music Teacher National Association and Colorado State Music Teacher Association.  

www.ElenaKeil.com

Debra Berioli Hammond, Soprano, CSOM, CBBA, is  a critically acclaimed opera singer having performed with leading opera companies and symphonies in the US and abroad.   Debra began her musical education at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and went on to a professional performing career.  She has studied voice with David Jones, International Vocal Pedagogue specializing in the Swedish-Italian School of voice training and Ruth Golden, Soprano and faculty member with the Manhattan School of Music.

Debra received critical acclaim for her performances of The Countess Almaviva in Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro from Opera News Magazine in the US and Opera Magazine in Europe.  Her portrayal of Amelia in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera was listed among the top ten best classical performances in the San Francisco Bay Area describing her performance as "over the top beautiful".  She has performed with the MidSummer Mozart Festival in San Francisco and was invited to perform a rare fragment of a Mozart aria at the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center. She has performed solo and symphonic works across the country including the famous venues of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis and Carnegie Hall, Manhattan.  She maintains a private vocal and piano studio and is dedicated to providing opportunities for students, young artists and skilled amateurs to perform within a mentoring environment with teachers and accomplished musicians.

  Debra is the Director of Music for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder and has served as Voice Teacher and Music Director for the Actor's Academy of Performing Arts in Denver and Boulder. She is pleased to become a part of the musical team at the Evergreen Conservatory of Music.

 Member of Music Teacher National Association and Colorado State Music Teacher Association.   

 http://www.berioli.net

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Monica Sáles Council graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music. She has been a private piano and string instructor for 23 years, working in the Evergreen area since 2007 at the Evergreen School of Music. She has studied with Prof. Luis Jorge Gonzalez of CU Boulder for Music Composition, Prof. Alvin Chow and Prof. Andrew Cooperstock on piano, Prof. Emeritus John Erlich of  Drake University and Prof. Judith Glyde of CU Boulder for cello, and Vladimir Petrov and Brian Cook for violin.  She also works as a string specialist for Evergreen High School and Evergreen Middle School, maintains a home studio in Arvada, and is a cellist with the Denver Philharmonic.  Mrs. Council is  a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and Colorado State Music Teacher Association (CSMTA).     

Joseph has been playing guitar professionally for many years, in New York, Montana, Missouri and Colorado. For over 30 years he has been performing, recording, arranging, teaching, studying and composing. 

   As a performer Joseph can be heard on many recordings as a founding member of the Long Island avant garde duet, Inner Landescapes and the experimental music band QUIET featuring Cathedral keyboardist, Tom Doncourt. He can also be heard accompanying the grandchildren of Maria Von Trapp on the Von Trapp Children Vol 1, Charlie Russell’s MONTANA!, and Off The Wall, The New Jubes & Virtual Orchestra.

  He has also composed for television, radio, stage productions and small films. He composed the music score for 2006 PAH-FEST film festival feature film winner, "I Am the Longs”. He also scored and performed a theater production of Anton Checkhov’s Three Sisters and a theater production of The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis De Sade. 

As a teacher Joseph taught guitar studio and class at the University of Montana and The University of Central Missouri. He also taught Music Theory, Aural Training, Music Composition, Jazz Band, Music Literature at Adams State University.

    In Colorado, most recently Joseph performed with the SLV Big Band and led jazz jam sessions in Alamosa and Del Norte for students and local jazz enthusiasts. In Evergreen, Joseph is a familiar performer at local venues. He also hosts jazz jams at the Snowpack Taproom with the Evergreen Jazz Collective.

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