About Me

Tom Bertetta music Studios

Tom Bertetta has been performing and teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area and worldwide for over 35 years. A partial list of credits:

Performing:

Broadway Shows-all performances were in the Orpheum, Golden Gate, Curran Theaters and Davies Symphony Hall, all in San Francisco:

South Pacific with Robert Goulet, The Producers with Jason Alexander and Martin Short, Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, Mambo Kings with David Allen Grier, Annie with John Schuck and Makenzie Phillips, Chorus Line redux with Marvin Hamlish and Jonathan Tunik; also recorded on the Grammy nominated soundtrack on Sony Records, Jersey Boys, Color Purple, White Christmas, Wicked with Teal Wicks and Patty Duke (20 months and over 650 shows), Hugh Jackman (featured soloist) Bernadette Peters, Enchantingly Wicked featuring Stephen Schwartz, and Matilda.

Recording Artists-The Who, The Temptations, Four Tops, O’Jays, Mary Wilson(Original member of the Supremes), The Dells, The Emotions, Heatwave, Blue Magic, The Manhattans, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Percy Sledge, Billy Paul, Peaches & Herb, Denise Williams, Martha Reeves, The Stylistics, Dionne Warwick, Vikki Carr, Ed Ames, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Dana Carvey, Tito Puente, Malo, Jorge Santana, Cold Blood w/Lydia Pense, Cali Aleman, Luisito Carrion, Lalo Rodriguez, Rey Sepulveda, Cesar’s Latin All Stars, Jon Faddis, Richie Cole, Jamie Davis, Claire Dee, Jackie Ryan, Taylor Eigsti, Wayne Bergeron, Carl Allen, Andy Narrell, Momotumbo SF, Puro Bandito, SF 49ers Band

Teaching:

Private Instruction-1983-88 at Music Village in San Jose, 1999-present at Hornucopia in San Carlos, and 2009 – 2020 at my own studio in San Carlos and currently online.

Classroom-2014-present, Jazz Ensemble at Ralston Middle School in Belmont CA, 2000-present, brass coach at Ralston Middle School, Carlmont HS, School of the Arts in SF, Martin Luther King Middle School in SF, Lowell HS, Hillsdale HS, Tierra Linda Middle School, Davidson Middle School, College of San Mateo