Jon R. Lyra
Certified Level Four Instructor
Guitar & Piano

Piano Tutor, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
Student Teacher, Allan Hancock College Children's Center, Santa Maria, CA
Instructor, Vocational Training Center, Vandenberg Village, Lompoc, CA
Counselor, Stewart Learning Center, Lompoc, CA
Substitute Teacher, Lompoc Unified School District, Lompoc, CA
Pianist for Studio Band, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
Guitarist for Studio Band, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
Performed original music at the Pacific Coast Performing Arts Center, Santa Maria, CA
Has written original music scores for student film projects at Allan Hancock College
Has written and recorded hundreds of original songs
Performs original music regularly at the South Side Coffee Company, Lompoc, CA
Instructor, guitar and piano, Lompoc School of Music

B.A. with a major in Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 1982
Postgraduate studies at Chapman University, Santa Maria campus
A.A. with a major in Art, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA 1978

4 years service in the US Air Force, 1984 - 1988
4 years experience as a substitute teacher, 1998 - present
2 years experience as a music tutor, Allan Hancock College 1977- 78

MEMBERSHIP

Member of the Executive Board of Directors, Lompoc Art Association 1998-2002
Co-Chairman of the Programs Committee, Lompoc Art Association 2002

Music, playing guitar, drums, keyboard, piano, trumpet, bass, singing, songwriting,
recording, performing, drawing, painting, chess, tennis, traveling the world