ALMADEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ART
  • COVID-19
  • PROGRAMS
    • Little Mozarts Piano
    • MTAC - Certificate of Merit
    • Band Ensemble
  • Music
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Grand Corona Piano Competition
      • Student of the Month
      • Jenna Chatham (Drums)
      • Nicole Rovniaguin (Vocal)
    • Piano >
      • Soroosh Meili
      • Matthew Kho
      • Luara Tsariya
      • Richard Frazier
      • Evgenia Armishev
      • Debora Carreiro
      • Violeta Marcoida
      • Sevil Sultanova
      • Marina Menyaylenko
      • Evgenia Abramyan
    • Violin >
      • Navid Kandelousi
      • Jessica Cao
      • Alex Makarenko
      • Elina Papova
      • Sevil Sultanova
      • Steve Luft
    • Vocal / Singing >
      • Annemarie Webster
      • Lytusina Kazachenko
      • Inesa Anisonean
      • Anna Keyta
      • Tetyana Mysko
    • Guitar >
      • Quentin Jorstad
      • Felix Amirian
      • Abir B.
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
      • Denis Ryman
      • Jerad Fox
      • Peter Kulverts
      • Justin Liu
    • Cello >
      • Yong-Zi Ma
    • Viola >
      • Navid Kandelousi
      • Elina Papova
    • Flute >
      • Sarah Benton
      • Marian Concus
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Clarinet >
      • Mark Russo
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Recorder >
      • Marian Concus
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Saxophone >
      • Andrew Dixon
      • Eric Abramyan
      • Mark Russo
    • Drums >
      • Quentin Jorstad
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
    • Music Theory >
      • Justin Liu
  • Art
    • Watercolor
    • Oil and Acrilyc
    • Drawing Pen and Colored Pencil
    • Claywork and Painting
    • Stained Glass Painting
    • Hand Painted Silk
    • Vania Goranova
    • Larissa Zaiko
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Sanoja Kikkeri (Art)
      • Angelina Pham (Art)
      • Yul-Hui Han (Art)
      • Elysia Du (Art)
      • Annika Kandadai (Art)
      • Haely Pham (Art)
      • Nithya Mani (Art)
      • Simran Malhotra (Art)
      • Katie Ha (Art)
      • Samantha Cusi-Asquith (Art)
      • Yangyang Lai (Art)
      • Lucas Wang (Art)
      • Zara Saeed (Art)
  • Specials
  • TEACHING JOBS
  • Online Forms
    • Registration Form
    • Cancel Lesson
    • Sick Leave
    • Vacation Notice
    • Drop Notice
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  • ENROLL
    • ENROLL - Piano
    • ENROLL - Drums
    • ENROLL - Violin
    • ENROLL - Clarinet
    • ENROLL - Flute
    • ENROLL - Saxophone

Jessica Cao

VIOLIN INSTRUCTOR
Ms. Jessica Cao studied violin for over 16 years with her passion for music backed by her family’s constant support. Native to the Bay Area, she was concertmaster of the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra from 2014-2016, concertmaster of the 2016 Bay of Hope Youth Orchestra’s Festival Orchestra at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, and a winner of the Meadowmount quartet competition in 2017. She has studied under renowned professors such as Wei He, current Dean of Julliard Tianjin, Gerardo Ribeiro, student of Ivan Galamian, and Barbara Gorzynska from Vienna’s Prayner Conservatory. Jessica’s passion for educating the next generation led her to start teaching violin in 2014. Her teaching philosophy is rooted in guiding students to find joy in learning an instrument through creative analogies, body awareness, and musical anecdotes per the Suzuki, Mimi Zweig methods, and Alexander Technique.
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Ms Cao finds effective methods for her students to learn Violin correctly and efficiently.
 

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SCHOOL LOCATION

5353 Almaden Expressway, 
Suite D208
​San Jose, CA - 95118
(Next to PetSmart)

SARATOGA STUDIO

​Almaden School of Music & Art
1428 Saratoga Avenue, 
​San Jose, CA - 95129
(Next to Heritage Country Inn)
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Testimonials

I was evaluating this school for my son's piano lessons but ended up joining myself. My son is very Young and I needed to try out some lessons before committing and the school worked with me through the process of trying out multiple teachers, who were all fantastic in their own league, but I was looking for a non traditional learning for my son.

So though we decided it's not the right time for my son to start here, I myself ended up joining one of the teachers who we tried out and liked. He is Mr. Matthew. As a teacher he had understood my goals and my expectations and is challenging me accordingly. I really like the class.

​The school's management was very involved and took lot of effort to understand my and my son's requirements and constantly followed up on the experience as a new student. This is rare to see but reflects the passion of the management towards music and towards customer service. I would recommend this highly. I also love the arts program of schools which I have walked by often and seen the amazing paintings that Young students make there.

~Anshu 

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Contact Us

Call: +1.408.267.3651
Text/SMS: +1.408.359.8577

​email: info@almadenSchool.com
  • COVID-19
  • PROGRAMS
    • Little Mozarts Piano
    • MTAC - Certificate of Merit
    • Band Ensemble
  • Music
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Grand Corona Piano Competition
      • Student of the Month
      • Jenna Chatham (Drums)
      • Nicole Rovniaguin (Vocal)
    • Piano >
      • Soroosh Meili
      • Matthew Kho
      • Luara Tsariya
      • Richard Frazier
      • Evgenia Armishev
      • Debora Carreiro
      • Violeta Marcoida
      • Sevil Sultanova
      • Marina Menyaylenko
      • Evgenia Abramyan
    • Violin >
      • Navid Kandelousi
      • Jessica Cao
      • Alex Makarenko
      • Elina Papova
      • Sevil Sultanova
      • Steve Luft
    • Vocal / Singing >
      • Annemarie Webster
      • Lytusina Kazachenko
      • Inesa Anisonean
      • Anna Keyta
      • Tetyana Mysko
    • Guitar >
      • Quentin Jorstad
      • Felix Amirian
      • Abir B.
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
      • Denis Ryman
      • Jerad Fox
      • Peter Kulverts
      • Justin Liu
    • Cello >
      • Yong-Zi Ma
    • Viola >
      • Navid Kandelousi
      • Elina Papova
    • Flute >
      • Sarah Benton
      • Marian Concus
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Clarinet >
      • Mark Russo
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Recorder >
      • Marian Concus
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Saxophone >
      • Andrew Dixon
      • Eric Abramyan
      • Mark Russo
    • Drums >
      • Quentin Jorstad
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
    • Music Theory >
      • Justin Liu
  • Art
    • Watercolor
    • Oil and Acrilyc
    • Drawing Pen and Colored Pencil
    • Claywork and Painting
    • Stained Glass Painting
    • Hand Painted Silk
    • Vania Goranova
    • Larissa Zaiko
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Sanoja Kikkeri (Art)
      • Angelina Pham (Art)
      • Yul-Hui Han (Art)
      • Elysia Du (Art)
      • Annika Kandadai (Art)
      • Haely Pham (Art)
      • Nithya Mani (Art)
      • Simran Malhotra (Art)
      • Katie Ha (Art)
      • Samantha Cusi-Asquith (Art)
      • Yangyang Lai (Art)
      • Lucas Wang (Art)
      • Zara Saeed (Art)
  • Specials
  • TEACHING JOBS
  • Online Forms
    • Registration Form
    • Cancel Lesson
    • Sick Leave
    • Vacation Notice
    • Drop Notice
  • student login
  • ENROLL
    • ENROLL - Piano
    • ENROLL - Drums
    • ENROLL - Violin
    • ENROLL - Clarinet
    • ENROLL - Flute
    • ENROLL - Saxophone