Private banjo Lessons Near You

Hailing from Dallas, Texas Nicholas Crawford has spent the last 14 years of his life playing in various groups on both the guitar and bass. From Country to Indie Rock, Nicholas has both taught and played a variety of different styles. During that time, he has taken his knowledge from the road and his past as …

Andrew Pendergrast is a multi-instrumentalist music educator and composer from Atlanta, GA. He relocated to the D.C. area in 2009 and has performed in many different settings, including classical ensembles, jazz groups, choirs, rock bands, musical theater companies, and solo recitals.

Andrew has a B.A. in…

HB Wilder is a guitarist and multi-instrumental music instructor who has taught in DC area schools as well as doing individual instruction.
HB grew up in the DC area and fell in love with the music scene from an early age. Whether they were hauling gear to a show with their friends or jamming out with them …

Jonathan Lee Smith, guitarist, is an active musician in northern Virginia and a current doctoral student of classical guitar at Shenandoah University.

Jonathan has received awards in a number of competitions including 1st place “James Stroud All-Ohio Guitar Competition 2014;” 1st Prize “Southern Guitar Fes…

Ken began his musical endeavors as a child by taking private piano lessons and has continued playing piano since. After going to Klondike days as a 12-year-old, and hearing a banjo playing bluegrass music he obtained a banjo and learned from an Earl Scruggs book and record and also is initially self-taught in…

Lucas Tayne is an American singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. He spent his formative years playing guitar and drums in local indie rock and punk bands The Lighter Side of Epic and The Red Trousers before expanding his influences to bluegrass, americana, and jazz. Tayne has lived and gigged in Portlan…

Michael Anthony Shanks is a guitarist, composer and seasoned music teacher from Houston, TX. In addition to the guitar, he also teaches, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, electric bass, piano and saxophone. His music has taken him to some pretty amazing places such as Buenos Aires, Argentina and London, England. He c…

Sharon Ford has been playing violin for over 20 years and is still learning! She grew up in Virginia and graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory in with a degree in Music Therapy. During that time she studied violin, guitar, piano and picked up the banjo. She’s been an avid student of traditional styles of…

Nick Moulds began studying music independently at age 12, picking up the guitar after hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time. Throughout high school, he honed his craft by taking guitar lessons, playing in different music groups around Manhattan, KS as well as joining the school Chamber Choir as a tenor.
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