Music history is awesome! For almost four decades I have enjoyed learning about the history of music, instruments, composers, and more from many difference cultures, styles, and genres.

I enjoy teaching students of all ages, skill levels, and backgrounds. I have specialized in teaching ukulele, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, banjo, voice, music theory, and... songwriting for the past fifteen years, and celebrate and honor every students unique, individual, learning style and interests, while keeping lessons fun, relaxed, and engaging. I create original and exciting lesson plans that contour to individual learning styles and needs, while providing a creative, compassionate, caring, learning environment and a solid foundation in technique, theory, ear-training, and musical fundamentals. I foster a safe, inclusive, diverse, learning space where learners can feel supported, while respecting the customs, traditions, values, and perspectives of people of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, abilities, socioeconomic status, and ages. As a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music (Cum Laude), and as a guitar principle with a B.A. in Songwriting, I play and teach rock, jazz, blues, classical, pop, folk, bluegrass and other traditional music genres. Besides teaching professionally, as a nationally touring recording artist, singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist, I have performed at venues such as: Salem Arts Festival, RISD, Cornell University, Hampshire College, Colgate University, The Multicultural Theater Space in Kitchener Ontario as well as numerous colleges, festivals, fairs, and coffeehouses around the US.read more