Private lessons are available at Oregon Episcopal School and offered in piano, organ, harpsichord, harp, voice, composition, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass and guitar.
The majority of our advanced music students study with private music teachers. Students who take private lessons often improve more rapidly and develop confidence more quickly with intensive, individual instruction. The OES Music Department strongly encourages any MS or US student wishing to play in Band or Orchestra to take private lessons on the instrument played in the ensemble.
A list of private teachers who teach in the Private Music Lesson Program is available on this page, in the After School Office, or from the Chair of the Music Department.
A Music Equipment Liability Agreement can be downloaded here or picked up in the After School Classes office. See policies on private lessons and instrument rentals.
The following costs are for all lessons, unless otherwise noted:
Cost: $448, 14 thirty-minute lessons
Cost: $665, 14 forty-five-minute lessons
Cost: $868, 14 one-hour lessons
has taught private piano in her home studio for over 20 years and this is the start of her 4th year at OES. Janet is a classically trained pianist and has studied piano for over 35 years with Don Lehmann. She enjoys nurturing each student's relationship with music and tailors lessons to the needs and interests of each student with a variety of music, from classical music and folk tunes to rock, jazz, and pop. Janet teaches piano students of all levels of experience, age 6 to adult. She also teaches beginning cello.
Age 6 –Adults
Location: Scott House, Room 11
February 4 - May 19
Mondays, 14 lessons
February 6 - May 28
Wednesdays, 14 lessons
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
February 8 - May 30
Fridays, 14 lessons
has taught at OES and at home for many years. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Willamette University. In addition , she has taken many master classes in baroque music, majored in the pipe organ, and now plays the keyboard in praise bands.
Margaret offers 30-minute lessons to beginning through intermediate students. Classes emphasize personal and caring instruction. They include music appreciation, technique, and theory. Margaret says, "My primary goal is to share my joy in playing music."
Pre-K–8th Grade
Location: Scott House, Room 23
February 4 - May 19
Mondays, 14 lessons
February 5 - May 27
Tuesdays, 14 lessons
February 6 - May 28
Wednesdays, 14 lessons
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
February 8 - May 30
Fridays, 14 lessons
has been playing piano many years and has offered private lessons since 1986. Tom earned his Masters in Piano Performance from the University of Illinois. Mr. Rheingans is a performer, instructor, and composer who is well known in the Portland area.
8th Grade-12th Grade
February 3 - May 18
Sundays, other days TBA, 14 lessons
has been playing piano and offering private lessons since 1996. She earned a bachelors of Music in Performance in 2003 and Master of Science in Teaching Music in 2005 from Portland State University. She has also had solo performances with the Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Young Artists, and Vancouver Symphony just to name a few!
PreK-12th Grade
Location: Scott House, Band Room 21
February 5 - May 27
Tuesdays, 14 lessons
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
February 8 - May 30
Fridays, 14 lessons
Joanna Blendulf, baroque cellist and violist da gamba, has earned degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Indiana University. She was awarded a Performer's Certificate for outstanding performance on baroque cello from Indiana University in 1998. Joanna currently performs with the New York Collegium, Apollo's Fire, American Bach Soloists, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, American Baroque, Musica Angelica (Los Angeles), Camerata Pacifica Baroque (Santa Barbara) and B.O.M.B. Ms. Blendulf is also a member of the chamber groups Bimbetta, Mirable and Florilegia, all based in the San Francisco Bay Area where she resides. Joanna's summer engagements have included appearances at the Boston, Berkeley and Bloomington Early Music Festivals as well as the Carmel Bach Festival.
2nd-12th Grade
Location: Chapel Basement
February 5 - May 27
Wednesdays, 14 lessons (has an irregular schedule)
performs with the Oregon Symphony and in many other ensembles in the Northwest and across the US, performing both classical and jazz concerts. This is his third year of teaching at OES and he is a much sought after clinician. Lars is a graduate of PSU.
4th Grade–Adult
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
Location: Chapel Basement, Library
began teaching the strings program at OES last fall and has taught in the Portland area since 1998, teaching over 100 students privately. In addition, he has coached both adult and youth orchestras, and performed with many orchestras and ensembles–playing classical, jazz, country, and solos. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Washington (2002) and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Portland (1995). While completing his master’s degree, he studied pedagogy and completed a certificate in music theory.
Throughout lessons, emphasis is placed on personal achievement and broadening musical understanding. With individual lessons, students can progress at their own learning pace. It provides a venue for students to learn more in depth, so that playing in groups becomes easier.
1st Grade–Adult
Location: Scott House, Room 33
February 4 - May 19
Mondays, 14 lessons
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
February 8 - May 30
Fridays, 14 lessons
has been teaching private violin and beginning piano since 1996. She earned a bachelors of Music in Performance in 2003 and Master of Science in Teaching Music in 2005 from Portland State University. She has also had solo performances with the Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Young Artists, and Vancouver Symphony just to name a few!
PreK-12th Grade
Location: Scott House, Band Room 21
February 5 - May 30
Tuesdays, 14 lessons
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
February 8 - May 30
Fridays, 14 lessons
has been performing professionally since 1969 throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. His current group, Tall Jazz, was started in 1989 and has released seven CDs to national acclaim. The group performs over 200 engagements per year. Dan was the jazz band instructor for Wilson High School in Portland from 1995–97. He is a member of the Portland Community College Music Career curriculum advisory board and an adjunct music faculty for Marylhurst University.
5th Grade–Adult
February 6 - May 28
Wednesdays, 14 lessons
Location: Scott House, Rm 21
earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance at Pacific University and a Master of Music at Northwestern. She performs with many of the top vocal ensembles in the Northwest, including the acclaimed Cappella Romana and Portland Baroque Orchestra. She has been teaching voice at OES for 15 years.
8th Grade–Adult
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
Cost: $406
Location: US Choir Room
is principal harpsichordist and organist for the Portland Baroque Orchestra, where she has performed and soloed since 1986 with many of the world's leading specialists in the field of early music. Susan is Director of Music at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, teaches visual arts and chairs the K–12 Music Department at OES.
Prerequisite: 4 years of piano lessons
4th Grade–Adult
February 5 - May 27
Tuesdays, 14 lessons
Location: Chapel
began at OES in September of 2005. Lynn earned a degree in music education from Lewis & Clark College. She also conducts the Clackamas Community Band in West Linn and performs with the Lewis & Clark College Symphony as principal oboist.
3rd Grade–Adult
Location: Chapel Basement, Room 4
February 6 - May 28
Wednesdays, 14 lessons
February 7 - May 29
Thursdays, 14 lessons
February 8 - May 30
Fridays, 14 lessons
earned her Doctorate in Music from the University of Colorado, her Master of Music from the University of Texas and her Bachelor of Music from the University of New Mexico. She also has an Oregon Teaching License in Music, English and French. She has performed with numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the west and currently performs with Friends of Rain, a new-music chamber ensemble in Portland. In addition, she is the adjunct Flute Instructor at Lewis & Clark College. Nancy has taught middle school and high school band, orchestra and choir for 13 years and has been on the faculty at OES since 2002. She also has experience conducting at the college level and in the private sector.
Nancy enjoys working with students to help them find the joy in music-making through strong practice routines, a variety of musical genres and by playing with her students so they can emulate sound, rhythm, technique, etc.
3rd Grade–Adult
February 5 - May 27
Tuesdays (days/times are negotiable; please contact Nancy), 14 lessons
Location: MS: Nancy's office
is a harpist with the Oregon Symphony and started offering lessons this year to OES students and parents. Jennifer began studying the Harp at age seven, and at eleven became the youngest member of the Portland Junior Symphony. She became the principal harpist with the Oregon Symphony at 19 and has continued to date.
3rd Grade–Adult
February 5 - May 27
Tuesdays, 14 lessons
Location: Chapel Basement, Room 5
has been teaching drums and percussion lessons to many OES students for the past 5 years. He studied Music at Trinity University and majored in Jazz at Portland State University. John has a wide background playing many styles around the US and Asia. He has played with artists ranging from Anti-Pop singer Skye Sweetnam to Jazz innovator Tom Grant. He has also written a drum instructional book for First Act, Inc for 6-11 year olds. Aside from what the student is interested in, John also tailors his lessons around class material when appropriate and emphasizes understanding of material. John also has many tips and suggestions for how to practice quietly at home (it CAN be done!)
3rd–Adult
February 4 - May 30
Mondays or Fridays, 14 lessons
Location: Scott House Band Room
Allen Matthews has had extensive training and experience with classical guitar technique and specializes in South American music. Allen earned his Bachelors of Arts in Music from Fort Lewis College in 2004 with a degree in guitar performance. He has been teaching private lessons for the past several years and is an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark College.
3rd Grade-Adult
February 4 - May 28
Mondays or Wednesdays, 14 lessons
Location: Scott House Room 12
, tenor, earned a BA in Vocal Performance from Ball State University where he studied voice with Mary Hagopian and taught private students and voice class. As a Tenor soloist, he has performed a wide range of repertoire from Bach to Mahler. As a teacher, Les fosters all around musicianship in students, not just vocal technique. He believes very strongly in training "the whole musician," not just the voice. Equipping students with theory, languageskills, stage presence, personal confidence and of course excellent vocal technique and practice is part of the lesson time. His teaching has encompassed musicians at various stages of musical development; novice to advanced, high school through adult, private voice to large group settings.
6th Grade–Adult
February 6 - May 28
Wednesdays, 14 lessons
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