Seattle music teacher Luke Yanz grew up on Chicago’s south side, and began learning music at a young age. He took piano lessons for several years before getting his first guitar at age 12 (the result of a deal he struck with his parents). His first band, Cosmic Fool, began playing live while still in gramma…

Born in Atlanta, Neil began playing guitar after being inspired by a bluegrass show at the Grand Ole Opry when he was 12 years old. Shortly after, he began taking lessons from Atlanta blues icon, “Chicago” Joe Jones, and at the age of 16, began teaching alongside him as an instructor at the Atlanta Rock and B…

Margaret Young-Weitzel was in the faculty of Claflin University as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Washington where she studied conducting with Timothy Salzman. She also holds a Masters in Teaching and a Bachelor’s i…

With over forty years of professional experience, the Venezuelan guitarist Luis Zea is admired by critics, audiences and colleagues for his versatile talent as a performing and recording artist, teacher, arranger, composer, and author. He is the outstanding disciple of two Venezuelan guitar legends: Antonio…

Guitarist Jamie Zimmerman has been playing guitar for 18 years. His first instructor was a classical guitar player and professional lute player, who taught him guitar from a classical standpoint. While he enjoyed learning classical guitar, as I got older, he began learning other styles such as classic rock an…