Mission
Vision
Dear AMB Friends,
There are hundreds of excellent music institutes that meet the needs of the sighted. AMB specifically addresses the educational, social, and physical needs of musically gifted blind youth so that they can fully develop their unique talents and be prepared for integration into the workplace or other educational settings. AMB is not only a ground-breaking institute of education for blind music students, but also provides the example and educational strategies that other schools of music can draw from in order to serve the needs of their blind students.
For 20 years AMB has offered the only year-round comprehensive music and performing arts education for the blind. And with the help of generous private donors, foundations, corporate sponsors and volunteers, we are looking forward to yet another 20 years serving gifted blind children all over the United States. Our online program serves youth outside the Greater Los Angeles area, and our in-person Facility in Whittier, California serves students in the Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and Valley communities.
AMB is a dream come true . . . a Disneyland for blind music students, and an inspiration to us all.
Sincerely,
David & Gayle Pinto, Founders AMB

Layne Beamer
Chairman of the Board
Pastor First Christian Church Whittier. B.S. in Communication and Theatre. Actor, Singer

Maurice Meysenburg
Public Relations
Board President Emeriti Association of Retired Faculty and Staff at Rio Hondo College. Past President of Whittier Regional Symphony. La Habra, CA
Gary Breaux
Treasurer
Former CFO Southern California Metropolitan Water District. Bachelor’s in Business, Master’s in Public Administration, Certified Public Accountant. Pasadena, CA
David Pinto
Member
Founder/Executive Director AMB: Pianist/Conductor, Composer/Arranger, Teacher/Author. Lives in Monrovia, Ca with Gayle Pinto wife and co-founder AMB

Tracey Riddle
Social Media
Owner of Riddle Catering. Grandparent AMB Student Jocelyn Riddle. Sylmar, CA
David Pinto
Executive Director
Founder AMB
Gayle Pinto
Office Manager
Co Founder AMBOUR WORLD-CLASS TEACHERS
AMB teachers are chosen based on the following qualifications:
- Currently active as a publicly-performing musician
- Can improvise and play by ear
- Have a Music Degree
- Creative teacher
- Love teaching children
Our current faculty includes teachers in piano, percussion, guitar, winds, voice, dance, drama, literary & music Braille, composing and computer recording. All of our teachers are professional performing musicians with college degrees: many of them being graduates of prestigious institutions like Berklee College of Music, Cal Arts, and USC. They are all trained to provide specialized and adaptive instructions to blind students.
- Piano, Arranging, Chorus, Computer Recording, Dance, Song Writing: David Pinto
- Piano & Theory: Andy Boyle
- Piano & Song Writing: Santiago Vidal
- Voice, Dance, & Drama: Eliza Gerontakis
- Voice: Anastasia Charakidou
- Voice, Guitar, Bass, Drums: Apostolos Papapostolou
- Guitar: Sam Borello
- Guitar, Song Writing: Gene Micofsky
- Guitar, Piano, Braille Music: Hector Ibarra
- Drums, Ross Hodgkinson
- Drums, Latin Percussion: Lorena Perez Batista
- Drums & Latin Percussion: Oscar Barcelli
- Winds: Andrew Shousha
- Winds, Piano, Guitar & Song Writing: Eddie Salcido
- Braille Music, Drums, Latin Percussion: Tony Del Castillo
- Braille Music, Drums: Lawrence Brown
- Braille Music, Piano Accompanist: Katie Zodrow
- Braille Literary, Living Skills & Computers: Gayle Pinto
- Dance & Movement: Carmary Rivera