“Since I have been taking lessons with Octavio I have surpassed my initial goals and am quickly progressing on new ones. He has also helped our band grow from fledgling to performing. Octavio is brilliant, creative, patient, encouraging, and inspiring. He has a huge range of musical knowledge and experience. Highly recommend!”

-Adrienne Z.

“Octavio is an amazing and incredibly patient teacher who really meets me where I'm at and tailors vocal lessons to my needs. I really appreciate how knowledgeable he is about whatever song or tune I throw at him and how every lesson feels like a collaborative process.”

-Dae’Onna C.

“I can not say enough about Octavio's keyboard lessons, band development support, and support in learning improvisation and music theory: Octavio has been teaching me complex R&B from Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John to Bowie, Elton John, and all kinds of great wide ranging newer genres.  Coming from my distant past in classical music, Octavio's lessons and musical insights were extremely supportive to plug me into playing in a rock band. Octavio is also super helpful to beginners. His band-arrangements and analysis of a band's sound, how to ramp up the energy where needed, and different options for instrumentation and specific keyboard sounds really helped me and our band pull together.   I always love it in lessons when Octavio pulls out the bass and plays along - a great bass and keyboard player - not to mention a musical historian and a kind and patient old soul. Highest reviews!”

-Julia M.

“Octavio is an awesome teacher, so talented in his own right as a musician and he brings those talents to his students. Plus he is so patient and kind. It makes coming in for your lessons a great experience!” -Gretchen L.