Violin / Viola

Instruments - piano, violin.

Clark began his musical career at the age of 9, taking piano lessons with Ms. Janet Brewer. In his time under Janet's instruction, Clark explored baroque, early classical, and romantic repertoire, completing several annual piano auditions for the National Guild of Piano Teachers (NGPT) and receiving awards for his performance of 10-15 pieces from memory each year.

At the age of 13, he began taking violin lessons with Victor Lin at the Vibo Music Center. In this time, Clark's musical interest expanded to include more modern genres of music as well as traditional world music. Not long after, Clark enrolled into Archbishop Riordan High School, whose music program did not include stringed instruments. So, while enrolled, Clark dabbled in various other instruments for the school's concert band, marching band, drumline, pit orchestra, and jazz band. In his graduation year, Clark was selected as the recipient of the John Philip Sousa Award.

Clark later began working on his B.S. Forensic Biology at CSU East Bay.By this time, Clark became more interested in composing rather than performing music. Today, he is a piano accompanist for local church choirs. He teaches piano and violin at the Vibo Music Center. Also, while he occasionally accepts other commissions, Clark is currently responsible for composing over 80 tracks for an online video game-in-development, Pumpkin Online.

Clark's teaching style emphasizes comprehension of musical literature. Students can expect to learn two styles of reading music: 1) quick, analytical reading and 2) slower, deliberate reading for muscle memory. Moreover, Clark works towards giving students instruction that will lead to very fluent expression of musical ideas. Students will also be encouraged to explore music theory, improvisation, composing/songwriting, and learning-by-ear.

Brazilian-American Isabella Da Silva has been singing since she was three years old; the age in which she sang her first solo at Message of Peace Church. Growing up, she wrote her first song at the age of seven years old and has been a songwriter ever since. Isabella is also a self-taught ukulele, guitar and piano player in addition to being a vocalist. Some of her greatest musical theater achievements include playing Vanessa in In the Heights, Adella in The Little Mermaid, and Papa Ge in Once On This Island in her high school productions. Isabella still sings at her local church’s choir, leads a kids choir, and recently was hired as Assistant Musical Director where she teaches harmonies and vocal techniques in addition to other things. She has also performed alongside the Vibo Simfani group at Music in the Parks where she. Apart from her vocal experience, Isabella has also been playing violin for seven years. Starting in the beginning of middle school, she continued and was named concertmaster at her high school. She has led the chamber strings group in many performances including school concerts, CMEA Festival, senior center performances, and Music in the Parks where they performed in Disneyland's California Adventure to name a few. She was hired as the youngest teacher at ViBO the summer of 2019 for Camp Allegro and has loved working there ever since.

Milda Martisius spent most of her youth in Pasadena, Ca and Palm Springs, Ca. She loved music since childhood and went on to study violin and viola at Biola University in La Mirada, Ca. She recieved her Bachelor degree in viola in 2000. In 2004 she received her Masters in viola at Penn State University where she studied with Timothy Deighton, Gerardo Edelstein and Robert Nairn. Milda loved Pennsylvania so much while she was there she worked with the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, Altoona Symphony, Westmoreland Symphony, Johnstown Symphony, and taught at Juniata College. She also studied more at Duquesne University with Randy Kelly, principal violist of Pittsburgh Symphony. Studying music, teaching, and performing has brought her as far as China, Brazil, Spain, and Kuwait.

Currently, Milda is freelancing in the bay area and is principal violist for Kensington Symphony Orchestra. Milda loves seeing music students grow in their musical abilities.

Nate Guinto is a contemporary violinist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated the Berklee College of Music with a Degree in Violin Performance (Magna Cum Laude) in 2016. He has studied with some of the best contemporary violin players in the world. Names such as Darol Anger, Matt Glaser, Rob Thomas, Mads Tolling, Jason Anick, Jeremy Kittel, Mimi Rabson, and Mike Block. Nate Guinto specializes in playing modern day music that you would usually hear on the radio. Also as a trained jazz musician he also makes the concept of improvising a really important skill to have. Nate has played in a number bands/ensembles during his music career such as CGC Chamber Groove Company (2016), The Berklee Contemporary String Orchestra (2013), The Cuervoz Quintet (2016), but nowadays Nate Guinto is more of a solo performer. Nate Guinto has performed for many weddings, private events and parties as a solo performer. He is also currently an aspiring producer. Nate Guinto uses unorthodox methods of teaching that try to best suit the student. Nate still teaches proper technique through some classical methods. At the end of the day, Nate just wants the kids to have fun playing and will cater to whatever they want to learn.

Instruments - Violin / Viola / Piano I started playing the violin when I was 7 years old. I studied classical music with private teachers, and had experience in youth orchestras most of my childhood. In High School I attended Cabrillo community college, and studied privately with Sue Brown, along with taking her chamber ensembles, and symphony courses. I completed my Associates degree in Music from Cabrillo College, where I studied classical and jazz, before I transferred to San Jose State University to complete my Bachelor’s degree. While attending SJSU, I studied with Diane Nicholeris, Paul Ehrlic, Bruce Moyer, and Gwendylon Mok. I also attended Apple Hill Chamber Music program in New Hampshire during the summer seasons. I graduated with my Bachelor’s Degree in Music Spring 2016 and currently studying jazz at the Berkeley Jazz school, music production, and I continue to learn classical and perform. I believe that everybody should have the privilege to play and experience the benefits that music can offer.  

Taylor holds a Master’s Degree in Viola Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Jonathan Vinocour.

Taylor Cooksey started studying violin at the age of fourteen with Dr. Georgette Popa and viola at age seventeen with the same professor. While under Dr. Popa’s instruction, Taylor participated in the Seraphim Symphony Youth Orchestra in Southern California, where she was a soloist, concertmaster, and principal viola throughout the four years she spent in the ensemble. With the symphony, Taylor got the chance to perform the Czardas violin solo with the orchestra at the 2012 London Olympic Games, and the Hoffmeister viola concerto at the Chambord Castle and La Madeleine Cathedral in France in 2014. Other notable performances that Taylor has been a part of include touring Germany and Prague with the BCCM Orchestra in 2017, and performing in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Segerstrom Performing Arts Hall, and the Kennedy Center.

Taylor received her Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance with a minor in psychology in 2019 from California State University, Long Beach where she studied with Dr. Josephine Moerschel and Dr. Jason Bonham. During her time at Long Beach, Taylor joined the American Youth Symphony Orchestra, and had the privilege to perform in various studios to record viola tracks for the short film “Bruised” and for the band Tribal Seeds.

Taylor has been teaching violin, viola, cello, and piano for five years in various private music schools and public schools. For the 2018-2019 school year, Taylor had the opportunity to teach high school orchestra at Villa Park High School, where she led the ensemble in rehearsals and prepared them for their school concerts. Taylor also has experience teaching middle school orchestra, as she led a summer orchestra program in 2018 and 2019 at East Whittier Middle School. Taylor also has extensive experience teaching children under the age of five, as well as children that have special needs.

Victor Lin started learning the violin at the age of 5 and studied violin from the principal violinist of the Canton Symphony Orchestra for more than 10 years, earning Certificate of Merit for the highest Violin Standard in China. Victor came to the United States at the age of 17. He played first violin in the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra during college and performed in Davis, Sacramento, Berkeley and San Francisco. He participated in UC Davis Baroque Ensemble and many classical ensembles under the direction of Prof. Michael Sand. Victor also studied for four years with Gerard Svazlian, a former professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Victor holds an M.A. in Education and two certificates from Berklee College of Music in Logic Pro and Advanced General Music Studies.   For the last 20 years, Victor has served as director of ViBO Music, a successful music school he founded in 2003. ViBO Music has grown to a two-campus music school (San Francisco and San Bruno, CA) with more than 600 students. Victor has been a violinist in San Francisco Philharmonic since 2019. In addition, Victor started ViBO Simfani, a world music ensemble that regularly performs at festivals and other events throughout San Francisco.  In 2020, Victor worked for the "Adventure in Music" program by San Francisco Symphony, doing over 130 music presentations to all the public elementary schools in San Francisco.   Most recently, Victor has focused more on songwriting, arranging, and music production.  His debut album, Calling My Name, features songs in many genres—from pop to folk, to Latin, House, Bossa Nova, Blues, Rock, and beyond.