Please note that I reside in PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA! Mount Airy, to be exact… I encourage you to try lessons online if you live far away! I'm happy to give anybody a *free* introductory lesson!
At Chetham's School of Music, where I studied for six years, I received private tuition in composition and performance from many teachers for whom I have great admiration and still learn from occasionally. During my time there, I studied the classical guitar, the piano, and the jazz guitar … this was amongst my auto-didactic endeavours in the percussion section of the orchestras and the banjo and the ukulele and such – they were short on percussionists when I joined, so I was roped in to pick up the remaining parts; I began to teach myself basic technique on the instruments I was assigned to play, after a few years graduating to the principle timpani parts. I also played tenor banjo in Rhapsody in Blue and ukulele and five-string banjo in works by my peers. In my final year, I conducted the premiere of a symphony for chamber orchestra by Andrew Keeling, a piece which I co-commissioned with the school having raised half of the money putting on concerts locally.
Teaching, however, is perhaps the thing I am most passionate about. I devote a great amount of time to my students outside of the lessons, making pdfs, recording videos, answering to their queries during the week, etc. I normally charge 60$ per lesson, though some students pay much less.
Lately I have received private tuition from Kristin Scott Benson, one of the great bluegrass banjo players of our time. While I studied classical music at school, I have a deep fondness for all kinds of music. Especially bluegrass! I also play clawhammer style as well. So please get in touch if you'd like to study the banjo, in any style, or the guitar. I also teach piano.
