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Anne Weiss
Anne Weiss is an award winning poet, singer-songwriter, and multi -instrumentalist with five albums to her credit and many years of touring under her hat. She has had the good fortune to share the stage with many luminaries, from Dar Williams to Taj Mahal. Anne loves teaching world music choirs and contemporary voice, guitar, piano, ukulele and songwriting in her home town of Portland, Oregon, as well as nationally at festivals and multi-day workshops. Her passion is to help participants and students across ages and abilities to feel at ease, and to help them gain and enjoy musical skills and new repertoire while building community. She has a passion for activism, and feels that teaching and sharing music has a place in all peace and justice efforts. She believes music is an ideal way to help connect and lift people up. Amongst the many settings where Anne has taught for over 30 years: Artichoke Music, Portland Community College, Goddard College, PSGW, Centrum Blues, California Jamboree and more. Her students often speak of the joy that is part of the classes, making them exceedingly fun as well as educational. More info: www.anneweiss.com Lessons Inquiry: [email protected]
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Adrian Martin
Instrument: Guitar, ukulele, voice, playing-with-others Adrian Martin is a performing musician who has appeared in venues across the nation. He's been featured with blues guitar hero Lonnie Mack and songwriting legend Warren Zevon. He holds a degree in classical guitar, studying with one of Maestro Andre Segovia's prize students. He is an accomplished musician. But he was never a "natural" musician. His love for music has inspired him to practice and persevere. The unique perspective of a professional musician who never "breezed through " offers the student an understanding guide. All students have difficulties. Adrian helps guide you through the struggles while we celebrate all the progress you've made. His teaching experience includes working in public and private schools as well as running his own studio for fifteen years in Ohio. His philosophy is simple and can be summed up in the two questions he asks most frequently in his private sessions. 1) What would inspire you? 2) How 'bout if we have some fun today? Teacher's Web Site: Adrian Martin Private Lesson Inquiry: Lesson Inquiry |
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Avery Hill
Avery Hill is a performing artist, songwriter, storyteller, and music teacher. Her singular style of songwriting integrates intricate melodies with insightful, storytelling lyrics. Avery’s voice is at once both wise and curious, direct and searching, telling and investigating. Her latest album is Dreams & Ghosts: A Family Album (2015), featuring the award-winning single Hello & Goodbye. Since 2013, she has been teaching ukulele classes and workshops, leading jams, and instructing at camps and retreats. Whatever the classroom, Avery’s teaching philosophy is encompassed in three goals: to educate everyone’s inner musician, to elevate their self-knowledge and confidence, and to enchant them with insight, presence, and a handful of good jokes. Learn more at www.averyhill.studio
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Carl Thor
Instruments: Hammered Dulcimer, Piano, Music Theory Carl is recognized throughout the Pacific Northwest as a knowledgable, patient and inspiring teacher, and over the last 20+ years has taught dulcimer in workshops at the Chatter Creek dulcimer festival, the Spring Fling Rendezvous and, prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, the Prairie Dulcimer Club in Kansas City. He teaches hammered dulcimer and piano in private lessons and workshops at Artichoke Music in Portland (currently all teaching is online through Zoom). In addition to two years of course work in music theory at Clark College in Vancouver, he has studied dulcimer with Steve Schneider, Linda Lowe Thompson, and Ken Kolodner, and brings a lifetime of musical experience with piano, bands and choirs to his playing and teaching. Carl can help you to get started, or to improve your skills if you already play. His goals as a music teacher are to help the student to have fun and begin creating real music quickly, and to foster an understanding of music theory along the way. To learn more about Carl and to hear some of his music, please visit his web site. Teacher's Web Site: www.talismanmusic.com Private Lesson Inquiry: [email protected]
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David Lipkind
David taught harmonica at Artichoke in the late 90’s, as well as at PCC. He currently plays in a number of Portland bands (Portland Country Underground, Woodbrain, Denver, among others) |
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Kyle Keilman
Harmonica teacher, Kyle Keilman has been performing onstage on diatonic (blues) harmonica for over 50 years, while also teaching the harmonica in classes and private lessons. His album credits include the Sons of Champlin, (Zappa percussionist) Ed Mann, Tim Cain, and live performances with them, as well as appearing with progressive rock group Ambrosia, salsa band Con Sol, and the reggae rock Tasmanian Rhythm Devils, among others. Kyle teaches first, second and third positions on the ten hole diatonic for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. He can teach from his home in SE Portland or at the Artichoke School of Music at 2007 Powell. Kyle can be reached at 415-259-7657 or email [email protected]
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Mark Shark
With over fifty years of guitar playing experience Mark Shark brings his unique talents to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. As a multi-instrumentalist, performer, composer, author and educator, Mark has had the good fortune to share the stage and studio with many of his own personal hero's during his long and storied career (i.e., Jackson Browne, Jesse Ed Davis, Bonnie Raitt, John Trudell, Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan) His definitive and celebrated book The Tao of Tunings (Hal Leonard) is an in-depth exploration and analysis of alternate tunings that continues to inform and inspire players around the world. For more information on Mark Shark please visit: www.http//:TaoofTunings.com |
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Martha Stone
Instrument: Banjo Martha grew up in Vermont, where clawhammer banjo was being played everywhere she went. She started by playing guitar, but as soon as she heard that infectious “Bum-Ditty” rhythm, she was hooked. By the time she was twenty, she was learning fiddle tunes, banjo tunes, songs, and back-up techniques on clawhammer banjo. Soaking up tunes and old-time songs and music as she traveled across the country, she listened to as many artists as possible to develop her own style of playing. Martha has taught clawhammer workshops regularly at many music festivals, including the Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival, the Tygh Valley Bluegrass Jamboree, and the Nashville Clawhammer Banjo Camp. She teaches individual lessons from her home in Cascade Locks, and thoroughly enjoys teaching both individual students and classes. She has been teaching her entire life and has transferred her academic teaching skills into music skills. “I have had quite a few teachers in my lifetime who had vast amounts of knowledge of their field, but I have only had a handful of ones who were skilled in imparting that knowledge to students. It is a talent that many do not have. What a delight it was to find that Martha possesses this rare skill, in addition to her vast knowledge of music and great talent for playing clawhammer banjo. She is an awesome musician and a super-intuitive instructor!” --Florence Harti
Contact: [email protected]
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Matt Meighan
Instruments: Songwriting, Guitar Matt's teaching approach is to create an environment where students' own wisdom is encouraged to emerge. "The goal is not the passing along of the teacher's knowledge, nor the passing along of anyone's knowledge: the course sessions are meant to provide occasions for individual insights and encouragement." - poet William Stafford. Matt earned an MFA in writing and poetics at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder. Teacher's Web Site: Matt Meighan Private Lesson Inquiry: Lesson Inquiry |
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Megan Cronin Tucker
Instruments: Fiddle, Viola, Violin, Ukulele, Songwriting Megan started playing violin in 1994 as a junior high school student and immediately fell in love with the power and versatility of the instrument. She began her music education with classical training but after college joined a bluegrass band and discovered the joy of folk music and improvisation. A few years later she picked up viola and was wooed by its richness and depth. After playing, composing and singing in folk bands for several years she picked up the guitar and ukulele as songwriting tools then dove into learning the ins and outs of harmony through these instruments. Today she regularly plays and sings her original music at various venues in the Portland area. Around 2010, in the midst of her own musical journey, she began teaching music to others. Her gentle teaching style has drawn both late bloomers and sensitive individuals into their own unique musical journeys. Megan teaches students through a hybrid approach of folk and classical style and strives to create an encouraging, comfortable and fun environment in order to nurture student creativity. Megan says, “There is no end goal with music, we are always learning. On this path is where we can find the joy of making music on our own but especially with others. Whatever level a student is at, they are part of a wonderful and enriching music community. I try to foster this community among my students the best I can.” Teacher's Web Site: www.megancroninmusic.com
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Norman Hamilton
Instrument: Guitar, Ukulele, & Banjo Before I taught music lessons, I was an elementary and high school teacher. My college degree is in education. I specialized in helping students who were struggling to keep up in their studies. With personalized instruction, I helped them become more successful in the classroom. This often involved finding out what was holding them back. And then, developing a plan on how they could best achieve success. In a way, it’s not unlike what I do today. When I first started teaching music lessons, it was natural for me to focus on teaching children. I was surprised, though, by the lack of quality teaching materials for young learners. I did quite a bit of research and ended up putting my own materials together. That process has been refined over the years and the result is a step-by-step method that’s a favourite for both kids and parents. Private Lesson Inquiry: Lessons Inquiry |
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René Berblinger
Instruments: Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Music Theory I have over 30 years teaching and performing experience. My goals are to provide a solid background in music fundamentals, theory and technique. Even more, I aim to enable the students to pursue their OWN musical tastes and interests. Studied Musicology at Goddard College, Vermont. Took Classical Guitar studies with Sophocles Papas, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, David Perry, Bryan Johanson. Master classes with Michael Lorimer and Jose Thomas. Studied jazz, music theory and arranging with Frank Mullen. Mandolinist, Radim Zenkl has been a friend and mentor for years, enabling me to explore the mandolin well beyond the basics and into the beautiful soundscape of Eastern European and Balkan music as well as classical and traditional Irish & American music. Playing 5-string Banjo has been a love of many years which included visits to the southern Appalachians to listen to and learn from the old players. Beginning in the 1950's I participated in weekly musical gatherings in Baltimore, MD, attended by Mike Seeger, Tom Paley, John Cohen of the New Lost City Rambers, Peter Streett, old-time clawhammer afficionado, as well as many others who were playing and collecting traditional mountain music. I teach frailing, clawhammer and melodic 5-string banjo styles, as well as beginning and intermediate bluegrass. Private Lesson Inquiry: Lesson Inquiry |
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Steve Cheseborough
Instruments: Guitar, Harmonica Steve Cheseborough re-creates the blues, hokum and ragtime of the 1920s-30s, interspersing the songs with stories, history and humor. The author of Blues Traveling: the Holy Sites of Delta Blues and one of the stars of Last of the Mississippi Jukes, Cheseborough has the uncanny ability to turn any setting into a 1925 Mississippi jook joint. A cult figure, he has played at festivals, riverboats, jook joints, breweries and barbecues throughout the Western world. In his teaching, he works from the original recordings and tries to get his students to feel the groove with their hands and voices. Teacher Web Site: Steve Cheseborough - Oregon Art Beat Private Lesson Inquiry: Lesson Inquiry
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Tim Dawdy - Artichoke Music Instructor
Instrument: Dobro Tim Dawdy is a Northwest Dobro and Steel Guitar favorite. You will find him playing Western Swing on Friday night and Bluegrass on Saturday Afternoons. Tim is presently a private Dobro student of Dr. James Kerr of Columbia University. He has also studied Dobro with Micheal Witcher, Greg Booth, Sally Van Meter, Phil Leadbetter, Orville Johnson and the late Dobro Maestro Stacy Phillips. Tim has trained in steel guitar with Bobby Black, Joe Wright and Larry Behm. He teaches basic and intermediate Dobro at Artichoke Music in Portland and from his modern music studio in Ridgefield Washington. Most styles of music are taught, including Western Swing, Bluegrass and Jazz Standards. Private and group lessons are available. Lesson Inquiries: Request Tim Dawdy |
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Tracey Rose Brown
Instrument: Harp Some of Tracey's performance experiences include with the National Ice Dance Theatre of Canada, 2 months touring S.E. Alaska and 2 months touring the Hawaiian Islands with a major cruise ship line, as feature harpist. She has played numerous private functions, for the Provincial Government of Alberta, Canada, Cross Cancer Hospital, University of Alberta, Road Scholar, Coast Plaza and Sheraton Hotels, and here in Portland at McMenamins and Waldorf schools. Tracey began piano and voice lessons at 8 years, followed by guitar and harp. Her first harp teacher, after being self-directed for several years, was Kim Robertson, then there were workshop intensives in Wells, B.C., the World Harp Congress in 2011, Vancouver, Canada, and an Irish music workshop in Donegal in 2018. She also studied several years at the university level on pedal harp. She has performed with Formolo Dance, master Sitarist Patric Marks, Canadian composer Roger Deegan, Canadian fiddler and producer Shannon Johnson, and locally in Portland with Irish style fiddler Erik Killops. Tracy's musical offerings as a teacher are harp fundamentals with a student centered approach that can be applied to most musical styles. She, herself tends towards Renn dance music, Celtic, including from Brittany, light classical and original material, and she was employed at one time to play show tunes on harp. She can teach either by ear or with written music, music theory for harp, and for those inclined, playing harp to sing to. Music samples can be heard at https://traceyrosebrown.bandcamp.com/releases. |
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Soldier Songs and Voices Team
Instruments: Guitar, Songwriting, Voice Soldier Songs and Voices’ Coaches are a group of established songwriters and musicians, about half of whom are veterans. We have played a wide variety of styles and genres in our musical careers and have a broad range of skills to share. Our rotating Coach schedule serves to expose our vet participants to different perspectives and approaches each week and we are committed to the principle that everyone takes something new home from each session. Group Website: SSV-Portland Information: Inquiries |