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Meet our instructors
Joe Murphy
Co-Founder & Award-Winning Music Director
Joe Murphy is a native of the peninsula and has been teaching for over 20 years. He graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Tuba Performance. Joe was a freelance musician working in the greater Los Angeles and Santa Barbara areas while teaching at La Canada High/Middle School and Agoura High School. In 2005, Joe and his family moved back to the SF Bay Area to teach band at Tierra Linda Middle School in San Carlos. Joe put his own spin on the program and the bands were award-winning during every year of his tenure at Tierra Linda.
In 2021, Joe made the very tough decision to leave Tierra Linda and become the Music Director at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo where he teaches band, jazz band, two choirs and a digital production class.
Joe has been involved with digital music and recording since he was in high school. As a hobbyist, Joe enjoyed making music in his uncle’s basement studio. Here, he learned the art of mixing, recording, editing and mastering. Since then, Joe has worked as a private recording engineer and producer for many soloist, small groups and large bands. In addition to recording, he is also an engineer/DJ for live music events, weddings and parties.
Joe also maintains a large private studio of which many have received high honors. He has taught over 200 students privately and has had over 100 students selected to the All State Bands. Recently, the top middle school trombonist, top middle school tuba player and top freshman trombonist were all from Joe’s private studio.
You may also find Joe playing/conducting/acting in the local theater scene. He has worked with companies such as the Hillbarn Theatre, Broadway by the Bay, San Carlos Children's Theater and Coastal Repertory Theater.
Sara Rangel-Murphy
Co-Founder & Award-Winning Choral Director
Sara has been teaching in the San Carlos area since 2008. She earned her Masters in Opera Performance from California State University, Northridge. She began her career as an opera singer in the greater Los Angeles area.
Sara and her family moved to the Bay Area in 2005 and since then, Sara has become a major name and force in the music education world on the San Francisco peninsula. Currently, Sara was the music director at St. Charles Parish where she was in charge of the music for all masses including holy days, weddings and funerals. She is currently the K-6 music director at St. Charles school. She is the director of the long-standing, award-winning Voicebox Choir which takes in kids from all over the peninsula. She also runs a private studio of voice students where she helps students to prepare for upcoming auditions. You can see her on stage, occasionally as well. And to top it all off, she is the director of the musical and the 8th grade play at St. Charles.
When Sara is not teaching, directing or singing, she enjoys scrapbooking and card making while raising her two kids, Sean and En, who are in college.
Lilliana Logiudice - activities lead counselor
Lilliana is a native of the San Francisco Peninsula and has recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts. She has been working with Murphy Music Camps for the past four years. The past two years she has been a counselor and prior to that an intern for 2 years. She was part of the very first Murphy Music Camp when she was in 7th grade! Lilliana specializes in playing the Flute, an instrument she has studied for 13 years, as well as voice which she studied for 6 years. She is self-trained in guitar, bass, Garageband and iMovie.
Zoe Dovydaitis - Counselor of Music and Production
Zoe is entering her third year at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo with a major in Psychology and minors in Music and Child Development. This is her first year working with Murphy Music Camps and she’s so excited to begin. Zoe specializes in rhythmic percussion, which she has studied for 10 years, as well as being self-taught on guitar and piano. She is proficient in vocal technique, having been part of various vocal ensembles, conservatories, a cappella groups, and choirs through the years. In recent years, Zoe has dove into the world of sound production and design, developing her skills in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Garageband, and iMovie.
Camp counselors
Murphy Music Camps has a wonderful team of engaging, energizing, professional counselors who will help the campers create memories that will last a lifetime. Most of our counselors were once music campers themselves so they understand what it takes to optimize the fullest experience of these camps.