Lori Adessa: Music Teacher
District Partners
- Brent Thomson -- Pacific Union International
- Carrot Top Treats
- Dhana Inc.
- Fullerton Soccer
- Grooms Wealth Management
- GTR Consulting
- Jim Hughes Photography
- Kathleen Clifford -- Pacific Union Int'l Real Estate
- Kivu Consulting
- Larkspur Landing Veterinary Hospital
- Melissa Crawford -- Decker Bullock Sotheby's International Realty
- Mill Valley Recreation
- Mill Valley Swirl
- Nassiri & Jung LLP
- OXB Studio Architects
- Sage Educators
- Shahin Javaheri, MD - Advanced Aesthetic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Pacific Union - Sharon Kramlich
- State Farm-Michael King
- West America Tae Kwon Do
- Whole Foods Market E. Blithedale and Miller Ave.
School Partners
- Anthony Leite Family Dentistry
- Boo Koo
- Carlson Orthodontics
- Christensen Construction
- Citibank
- DOGOnews
- Dr. Bradly Jacobs
- El Paseo
- Gourmet Walks
- Joan Kermath -- Decker Bullock Sotheby's Int'l Realty
- Katrina Kehl -- Pacific Union Int'l Real Estate
- Laughing Glass Cocktails
- Law Offices of Anthony Brass
- Lebus Orthodontics
- Marin Optometry
- Marin Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Michelle J. Gonzalez, DDS
- Rotary Club of Mill Valley
- Milvali Salon
- Yolo Yogurt Lounge
- Verus Technology
About Lori
Lori Adessa has been teaching music in Mill Valley since 1993. Lori began her musical career at age 10, specializing in 5-string bluegrass banjo. She has a BS in Music Therapy from Indiana University, where she majored in classical guitar. She spent the first half of her post-college career as a music therapist with a geriatric population in nursing homes, retirement homes, and adult day care facilities. She conducted a Senior Rhythm Band of 20 residents that performed once a month for various senior centers and elementary schools in and around Georgetown, Texas.
Before receiving her music credential from California, she received a teaching credential in Georgia, where she taught K-5 general music for two years. Lori currently teaches music classes at Park (K-3), Tam Valley (K-2) and Old Mill (K-2). She lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter (a Tam Valley student), and her father, and loves bowling, swimming, hiking , traveling, cooking, baking and eating anything French. Her new passion is learning to play flamenco guitar so that she can accompany her daughter dancing Flamenco.
Lori is always on the lookout for teachers or parents who share her love of bluegrass music…contact her if you’d like to jam or know someone who does!
Kiddo! Programs
- Music Classes for Grades K-2 at Old Mill and Tam Valley
- Music Classes for Grades K-3 at Park
Other Information
- The Landfill Harmonic: Amazing video about the power of music for children in one poverty-stricken community
- Musical Instruments Donated to MVSD Music Classes
