Faculty and Staff
Don Cardoza
Don Cardoza has taught music at Ohlone College since 1990. The range of subjects includes theory, musicianship, sight singing, classical piano, jazz piano, jazz vocal and instrumental ensembles. Currently Mr. Cardoza teaches class piano and Jazz, Rock, Popular and Blue Piano.
Mr. Cardoza studied composition with Ton DeLeeuw and Terry Riley and has written extensively for a variety of settings. He has played professionally in the classical, jazz and gospel arenas since the early 1960s. He studied with North Indian vocal master Pandit Pran Nath from 1976 to 1991. He is currently organist at Corpus Christ Catholic Church in the Niles area where he lives with his daughter Karen.
Mr. Cardoza teaches Jazz piano at Cal State Hayward and maintains an active piano studio in the Fremont area. You can visit him on his website at http://doncardoza.com/