The Oaks
Conservatory
of the Arts
Our Mission
The Oaks Conservatory of the Arts exists to cultivate artistic ability in students of all ages and guide them toward mastery of their craft as a way to glorify Christ, shape culture, and shine the light of God’s Truth in every endeavor of life.
Teacher Feature:
Meet The Conservatory's latest additions!
CLAYTON DUNGEY - LOW BRASS
All Ages and Levels
Cost per Month: $133 (weekly half-hour lessons) Register here.
Clayton Dungey of Issaquah, Washington, has been playing the tuba since he was 10 years old. Clayton earned a Bachelor of Music in Tuba Performance and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Biola University, then a Master of Music in Tuba Performance from the University of Delaware.
Mr. Dungey loves to perform in any context and is experienced in just about every type of ensemble, including with euphonium in the concert band, trombone in the jazz band, and tuba in the symphonic orchestra.
Clayton has been recognized for his ability many times: twice taking 1st place at the Washington State Solo & Ensemble Festival, winning the Honors Concerto Competition at Biola, a top finalist twice in the Los Angeles Mock Orchestra Audition, and being awarded the Brass Quintet Graduate Assistantship at the University of Delaware. Although unable to enlist, Mr. Dungey has also won positions in the Air Force Regional Bands and Navy Fleet Bands.
Clayton recently won the position for principal tuba of the Spokane Symphony, and is also adjunct teaching tuba as an adjunct at Whitworth University.
Colin Foster - Piano & Cello
[Student Teacher] Beginning and Intermediate
Cost per Month: $73.50 (weekly half-hour lessons) Register here.
Colin Foster began studying piano at age 5. His teachers have included Dr. Lynne Garrett of the Santa Maria Philharmonic Society, and he is currently studying with our very own Nursulu Dyikanbaeva. He began playing the cello as a ten year old and currently studies with Yevgeniy Grechko. In the last two years Colin has served as the piano accompanist at Baywood Park Community Church and the organist and choral accompanist at Zion Lutheran Church in San Luis Obispo in California. These positions have given him a wide variety of musical leadership and performance opportunities, uncommon for young man of his age.
Colin enjoys passing on both his technical skills and his pure joy for music to his students. He wants his students to be deeply musically literate, expressive communicators. Colin moved to Spokane in order to attend The Oaks, and plans to attend New Saint Andrews College when he graduates. He understands that music is powerful gift from the Lord and wants to pursue a path in music specifically in serving Christ’s body.
“The Lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts. A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God.”
-Francis A. Schaeffer, Art and the Bible