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I took up music at the age of six. Instead
of the fiddle or guitar I requested, I was given an accordion.
The reason for this, however, was a good one: the best teacher of kids in my home town taught only accordion.
Still, a broken arm at age eight gave me the escape I craved &
eventually set free my lifelong affinity for strings. |
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I've played professionally for
more than thirty years & taught for over twenty. I teach . . . . .
-guitar (fingerstyle, flatpicked, clawhammer, lead, rhythm, open-tuned,
beginning to advanced)
-mandolin (rhythm & lead in a variety of styles, beginning to
advanced)
-old-time banjo (clawhammer, not Bluegrass Scruggs style & its
offshoots, beginning to advanced)
-fiddle (old-time, Bluegrass, swing, blues, beginning to
high-intermediate)
-mountain dulcimer (fingerstyle or picked, fingered or using a noter,
beginning to advanced)
I've taught private students
& classes. Private lessons are in the home, mine or yours; classes
have often been at
schools, festivals & music camps, but I also provide workshops &
group classes in private homes, usually
followed by house concerts.
I've also taught at the California
Coast Music Camp & Fiddle
Kids.
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