Meet Our Music Teachers
At Lessons In Your Home, we are proud to offer expert instruction to budding musicians across the nation. Our highly skilled music teachers specialize in nurturing young talent, providing lessons that are tailored to each child’s unique learning style and interests. Whether your child is picking up an instrument for the first time or looking to enhance their skills, our instructors are passionate about creating a supportive and engaging learning environment. With us, your child’s musical journey is in expert hands, ensuring they not only learn, but also love every step along the way.
James Malles
City: Denver
James Malles is a musician from Wyoming who specializes in classical piano. He began studying music at age fourteen, and took every music class he could get his hands on. In high school, he started taking piano lessons, playing the flute in concert band, piano in jazz band, and sung in the top choir class. Du...
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Brian Mallet, a native of Atlanta Georgia, is currently a student at Kennesaw State University. He began playing the violin at the age of 10 and focused on a classical curriculum in his studies. Brian's early studies on the instrument helped build proper foundation in technique, performance, and music th...
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Gary Malone is an active musician currently living in Orlando, Florida. Growing up in Mississippi he was immersed in a plethora of different styles of music, with a father that is a singing guitar player and a mother that enjoys all music from pop to hip hop to heavy metal. From a young age teaching and perfo...
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Originally from Buffalo, New York, Jake Malone-Brancato is an active member, composer, and educator in the Denver music community playing a variety of jazz, pop, and classical piano professionally. He is a graduate of The State University of New York at Buffalo, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2014. ...
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Michael was born and raised in the Seattle area in a highly musical family, starting piano lessons at the age of 8. After just a few more years, he set his sights on completing 10 years of lessons and accomplished that goal amidst learning to play several other instruments. Studying under William Chapman-Nyah...
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Karina Mandock Saldivar started her journey in music in middle school. She played the flute in concert band and continued through high school and briefly in college. She took piano lessons also in middle school, but is primarily self-taught and continues using the piano and flute to compose in her spare time....
Read MoreAndre Manga
City: Atlanta
A native of Yaoundé, Cameroon in Central Africa, composer, arranger and bassist, Andre Manga got his start in music by building his first musical instrument at seven years old, a pseudo marimba made with bamboo and a part of a tree trunk. From there, he went on to design a guitar with strings made from bicyc...
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Colin Manko began playing the guitar at the age of 12. Now 25, he has gained 8 years of teaching experience along with 9 years of professional playing experience. Colin attended both the University of North Texas and Georgia State University, where he studied jazz performance and classical music theory. Cu...
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Jordan Manley began playing drums in church at age 10. When he was12 his parents bought him his first drum set, and he immediately dove headfirst into the life of a working musician.
Jordan's early years were spent playing in churches and traveling with his uncle's gospel group. In high school he played in...
John Manning
City: Orlando
John got a later start to his musical journey, which began at the age of 11 at Lawton Chiles Middle School in Oviedo, Florida. His parents paid for drum lessons then and he went through two teachers before finding one who kept learning music fun and educational. After the beginner years, and discovering his m...
Read MoreWhy Parents Trust Our In-Home Music Teachers
Your child’s safety is at the heart of everything we do. Every teacher with Lessons In Your Home completes a comprehensive background check before teaching their first lesson and we look for instructors who bring both strong musical qualifications and a genuine dedication to helping students grow. Most of our teachers hold a bachelor’s degree in music from an accredited university or have equivalent professional experience.
After joining our team, teachers complete orientation, continue professional development, and are supported by a local Director of Operations. This ensures every family receives consistent, high-quality instruction from a trusted educator who makes music a safe, encouraging, and joyful part of home life.
