Our Program
Our curriculum provides children with an authentic musical experience. Each 45 minute class will include live performances of quality repertoire, kinesthetically engaging activities, and opportunities for self-expression through creativity and play. Our activities are flexible, constantly adapting to the needs and interests of each specific group. With a two-teacher model, each child receives individual attention and assessment, while also attaining the social benefits of playing in an ensemble.
Meet Our Team
Rebecca Bacich graduated from UCLA with both viola performance and music education degrees. She currently teaches elementary school music in Vista, CA. Born in Manhattan Beach, California, Rebecca enjoys playing a wide variety of instruments, including viola, piano, and trombone. As a violist, she has had the opportunity to perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall and traveled with the League of Astonishing Strings through six cities and concert halls in China. She is currently a member of the American Youth Symphony. As a music educator, Rebecca has been a Santa Monica Youth Orchestra teacher and has directed the Santa Monica Youth Choir. She is Music Rhapsody certified under Lynn Kleiner and has participated as a summer music aide for Music Rhapsody in Manhattan Beach.
Stephen Spies started playing violin at the age of 5, and grew up largely surrounded by a family of folk musicians, while taking classical violin lessons. His love for music grew when his first composition teacher had him improvise, compose, and perform music for silent films. Stephen holds a BA in music composition from UCLA. He is one of the founders of Tutti Music, and has taught music at Bursch Elementary School (Compton, CA), Valor Academy (North Hills, CA), and Nora Sterry Elementary School (Los Angeles, CA). He is passionate about working with toddlers and children of all ages and backgrounds.
A graduate from UCLA with music education and composition degrees, Kate is a trombonist, pianist, ukulele player, and a prolific film composer. She is currently an elementary school music teacher in Palo Alto, CA. She has served as a music instructor for the Boys and Girls Club of Carson, Bret Harte Preparatory Middle School, Valor Academy, Music Rhapsody, Big Citizen Hub, and Miller Children’s Hospital. Kate is a founding member of Tutti Music, a program fostering early music development in babies and toddlers. She is passionate about cultivating a lifelong love of music in students of all ages.
Thomas Hollow has been boisterously singing since he was able to talk. He followed his fathers footsteps as a self-taught percussionist from a young age. His formal training began when he started private vocal lessons in 2011. He fell in love with singing, performing, and teaching. His first love in the arts is musical theater. He has performed the roles of Bobby in Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Company,’ Fredereic in Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Pirates of Penzance,’ Chuck Baxter in Burt Bacharach’s ‘Promises, Promises,’ as well as many others throughout Los Angeles and Ventura County. Thomas now holds a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music. He is thrilled to become part of the Tutti Music team and spread his love for music with others.
Loren Barnese is a music teacher at Tutti Music. Between performing and her own studies, Loren commits her time to her students. She approaches lessons in the most fun, simple way possible as she incorporates examples from popular songs and builds confidence through repetition. Loren studied at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, where she was awarded Outstanding Original Style in her graduating class. A goofball at heart, she lives a life filled with laughter without sweating the small stuff. She is currently teaching students of all ages in classrooms and one-on-one. Leading with patience and dedication, she strongly believes in building a solid foundation of technique and groove to create a thriving environment for creativity and a life-long relationship with music. Covering topics such as chord & rhythm technique, scales, music theory, and songwriting, her primary instruments are guitar, ukulele, and bass with basic skills in percussion and piano.
Carley Lusk is Originally from Detroit Michigan, where she studied vocal performance and music theory. She since then has become a multi instrumentalist, with the ambition to accompany her voice, and songwriting techniques. Carley has performed live music all around Los Angeles, with Jazz bands and acoustic duos. Alongside performing, teaching has become a huge part of Carleys career. Specializing in vocal performance, she also teaches piano and guitar. “Music is a language of expression, and should be shared with the world”. Carley Looks forward to her future as her career builds on a foundation of passion and knowledge of music. Bringing out the musical abilities in others is the best job in the world.