About Us

   Tiffany Petrossi – Owner, Director, Teacher

    Tiffany is founder and director of Rockin’ Kidz Music Co. She is passionate and dedicated to providing quality instruction in the creative arts to
    children and adults. She teaches guitar, piano, voice, drama, songwriting and manages the retail stores and lesson studios. She studied at the University of Oregon, ACT
    (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco and the GATE performing arts school in NYC. She is an accomplished songwriter, performer and actor. She remembers
    writing her first song at age seven and is very much aware of the joy and the importance of including music and dramatic education as part of a child’s development and
    life-long learning experience.

   She started Rockin’ Kidz to help encourage musical education and provide a positive learning atmosphere for her students.

   Tiffany is an active member of the music community,  a voting Grammy member and enjoys traveling and singing in her band, “Wildflower.”

      Musician – Songwriter / Composer of music for film and television/ Educator

      Andrew Boyd is an awesome teacher at Rockin’ Kidz. A graduate of Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA, he is also a Lead vocalist,  
      songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer of music for film and television. He is familiar with the art and technology required to produce
      and write music for radio advertisements, intro’s for radio spots and shows. The song “Here I am” was featured on PBS nationwide for the
      show Road Trip Nation.

     Andrew is experienced with recording software, Apple OSX, Logic, Ableton, and Pro Tools. He has a working knowledge of plugins, effects,
    mixing techniques and a myriad of music products, extensive knowledge about musical instruments, tonalities, and sound and studies in bass, keys, guitar, vocals, clarinet, sax, ukulele, and music composition.

   Jesse Gullicksen- Art, Guitar, Ukulele, Garageband and beginning Piano

    Jesse loves to teach art and music at Rockin’ Kidz. He is a multi-disciplinary artist and musician who creates original artwork and writes his
    own music as well. He has an upbeat, supportive and engaging style of teaching both children and adults.

   Malachi Hernandez- Guitar, Piano, Bass, Ukulele and Beginning drums and Voice

   Malachi Hernandez has been teaching and composing in the Bay Area since 2000. He did his undergraduate music studies at De Anza College and San
   Jose State University. Currently, Malachi is in the music composition program for film and media at the Berklee School of Music. He began his classical
   guitar studies under Kenneth Andrade at the age of 12 in San Jose, CA. Then at the age of 18 he began his theory and harmony studies with the
   blues guitarist David Lamar in Santa Cruz, CA.

   By the age of 20 Malachi forwarded his musical career by composing original music for Watsonville High School’s 2000-2001 school year. Since then,
   Malachi has composed original music for film, weddings, and birthdays. On tour in 2011, Malachi had the honor of performing his compositions in New
   York, London, Paris, and Vienna. Malachi is passionate about his artistry and sharing it with the community. His mission is to spread his musical
   knowledge with his students and their parents in order to make a lasting difference in their lives.






Peggy Lin / Strings /Piano/Voice  

Born in Taiwan, Miss Lin started her cello studies at the age of 11. While an undergraduate at National Sun Yat-sen University, she studied with Mr. Victor Michael Coo, and had toured with Asian Youth Orchestra across countries at Asia in 2012. After graduating with a degree in Cello performance and Piano minor, she moved to Cleveland where she pursued her Master’s degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Mr. Richard Weiss. In 2018, She settles down at bay area California, currently focusing on her student teaching experience and growing her performance career.   

   Caitlin Clarke- Voice, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele, Intro to Music & Rockin’ Toddlerz

   Caitlin has been singing ever since she can remember. It was never a question of what path she would take in life. She started taking piano
   lessons at age 7 and voice lessons at age 9 and never stopped! After high school, she continued her music education at San Jose State
   University and then Sacramento State University, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Music and Vocal Performance. Along with
   classical, she was heavily involved in the Vocal Jazz program which gave her a very well-rounded education. She then picked up ukulele and
   guitar and starting writing her own music, and is now an accomplished songwriter. She and her husband play gigs around town as the
   Americana duo, Fulkerson & Clarke. After all these years, her love of music has only grown and it is all due to her private lesson teachers
   growing up.

    Sue Malloy – Music Therapist, Flute, Guitar, Voice, Piano, and Special Friends Music Instructor

    Sue is a Board Certified Music Therapist and enjoys teaching music as well. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy from the University of  Pennsylvania at Slippery Rock.  As a therapist, she uses music to help clients working on physical, mental, cognitive, or emotional issues in groups or individual settings through singing, movement, playing or song-writing. Sue especially enjoys using the power of rhythm and drumming to energize, empower and build a sense of belonging.  For over 20 years, she has used her music therapy with both children and adult special needs groups.

As a teacher, Sue enjoys teaching flute, voice and guitar. She is also an Orff Shulwerk trained music educator and teaches elementary music classes in the publicschool setting. She has performed with many bay area orchestras, choirs, and praise bands

   Robert Allen – Guitar, Piano, Ukulele and Violin, Mandolin Teacher, beginning Drums and Cello
   Robert is a talented guitarist and multi-instrument competent musician. He has his Masters of Education and also works in the San Jose Unified School district. His
   students foster and grow with him as a guide as he goes above and beyond to make sure his students are provided with a quality lesson that’s clear and encourages
   them to keep learning to play!