Natasha Close - Muscial Director and Owner of MINPAA

​Natasha Close is the Owner and Musical Director at Melbourne Performing Arts & Peninsula Performing Arts, who brings over 30 years of International and local teaching experience.

She graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and has Orff and Kodály certifications from New York and Vancouver, amongst many other musical qualifications.
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She is also the proud mother of 4 beautiful children and one grandson.

Russell Stringer - Guitar, Ukulele and Piano Teacher

Russell Stringer is our much loved guitar, bass, ukulele and piano teacher.

He is one of our longest standing members of the academy and is in high demand by many of our students

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