NY area teachers

Alice Backer (Westchester County) teaches fiddle (Old-Time, Bluegrass,
Scottish and French Canadian). Also, runs a Beginning/Intermediate Old-Time
Band Workshop in Tarrytown, New York on the third Sunday of the month. More
info: alicebacker@optonline.net

PoorBob - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Specializing in Delta Blues, Open Tunings, Slide & Chicago / Texas Blues. New Jersey Area (201) 313 -1869 email poorbob@bellatlantic.net

John Carlini teaches 5-string banjo and acoustic guitar in NJ. Email at john@johncarlini.com For performance info, acoustic music/jazz news, and music samples, please visit our web site www.johncarlini.com

Bill Christofersen FIDDLE LESSONS: now actively seeking fiddle students. Conversant with both bluegrass and old-time old-time styles, can be reached at 212-222-0278. Upper West Side Manhattan.

I teach all American roots styles on guitar and mandolin, specializing in Bluegrass, Old-Time, fingerstyle Blues and Ragtime, and Jazz. My teaching approach is adaptable to individual students' needs and backgrounds but emphasizes the cultivation of an intuitive grasp of music through improvisation, theory and ear training. More information on my lesson style is available on my website at http://michaeldaves.com/index.htm
I perform as a solo artist as well as with banjoist Tony Trischka and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek fame), and have performed with Roseanne Cash, John Herald (of the Greenbrier Boys), Greg Garing, Chip Taylor + Carrie Rodriguez, Gordon Stone, Howard Fishman, Josh Roseman, Jen Larson, the Klezmer Mountain Boys, and Matt Munisteri (Brock Mumford).

I am taking on a few more students in daytime slots. If you are only available in the evening (6:30 on) I have a wait list for those times but things do open up from time to time. I don't teach on weekends. I am located in Park Slope, Brooklyn very near the F/R trains at the 4th ave/9th street stop. My rate is $50/hr.

ALAN FRIEND teaches old-time clawhammer banjo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. Individual lessons for beginning and intermediate level students. May travel to you if it's an easy subway ride. www.alanfriendmusic.com alanfriend_music@mindspring.com

Wayne Fugate ... Mandolin ... Southern NY State / Northern NJ e-mail:
waynejf54@netscape.net

Beginning Bluegrass Banjo instruction in North Jersey. Call Gene @ 973 838 0136 after 6 PM or email: epumph@yahoo.com 1/03

Dean Gordon teaches Appalachian fiddle and mandolin, country and swing guitar, and bass. Greenwich Village location, or will travel within reason. Adults and children welcome. Fun and patient instructor, excellent references, 20 years' experience. Please call (646) 329-5764 for information, or write to southernswing@aol.com.

Hi all. Robin Greenstein here. I've started taking on students in both banjo and guitar and voice in the NYC area. I will travel to Westchester if I can bundle some students together. (see www.robingreenstein.com for more info on me).

Faser Hardin (Manhattan) teaches hammered dulcimer. All styles taught
including Scottish, Irish and old-time fiddle tunes. Call 646-342-7583
or email faserh@aol.com.

this is Rob Hecht writing. i'm a 5-string fiddle player who just moved up to nyc. I am teaching mandolin, fiddle, electric bass, sax, bass clarinet, and voice. Here's a couple sites with some music: www.myspace.com/houseofisness www.myspace.com/hechtopus www.soundclick.com/robhecht

Homegrown String Band fiddle player Erica Jackofsky teaches fiddle at her
home in Rocky Point NY (north shore of eastern Long Island). Learn old-time
fiddle tunes, improvisation, and back-up fiddle. "The Homegrown String Band has a
true fiddle powerhouse with daughter Erica" – Sing Out!
fiddlelee@optonline.net www.homegrownstringband.com

SANDY ISRAEL: 5-string banjo lessons. Learn to handle Bluegrass , Folk and Rock material. Learn to solo and jam with others. Sandy is a systematic, experienced and fun teacher comfortable with beginners and up. Sandy is a performing player with the band Citigrass - samples of his playing with Citigrass can be heard on citigrass.com. Lessons are on Henry Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Class credit is available for NYU students. Contact: 718-923-5657 citigrass@earthlink.net

My name is Peter Kelly. I live in Yonkers, NY (Westchester). I would like to take on some guitar students. I have a Bachelors in Guitar Performance from Berklee College of Music and about 8 years teaching experience. I play in an original rock/pop band called Hemenway. www.hemenwayband.com

Fiddle...... Marty Laster- teacher of bluegrass, swing and blues author of MelBay instructional books 30 years experience with bands, broadway and jingles beginners- through advanced welcome. 212-674-8959
mla15456@aol.com

Gene Lowinger New Jersey fiddle 973-379-3049 fiddlergene@mac.com Has played with Bill Monroe in the '60's, published three fiddle books and written articles for FIDDLER and STRINGS magazines.

Hello! Very experienced and versatile upright and electric bass player now
excepting students. Will travel to your home, or you can come to my place,
which ever is easiest for you. All ages, and styles. Essex county area, but will
travel. Contact Matt at 973-239-0280 or klossmusic@aol.com. 9/04

Mark: Guitar and Violin Teacher in Central and Northeast Jersey, As a guitar
teacher, I have been instructing students for over 8 years and I am capable
of teaching all genres or styles of music. I teacher guitar at three levels
: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I have been playing violin for 20
years now and have been providing violin instruction for 10 years. I teach
violin at two levels: beginner, and intermediate. My URL:
http://musicapprentice.com

I'm an acoustic and electric guitarist who recently moved to Brooklyn from Denver, CO. I specialize in teaching bluegrass flatpicking, jazz, and country guitar styles. I've performed with Matt Flinner, Tony Furtado, Mollie O'Brien, Sally Van Meter, Drew Emmitt and Darol Anger and have played on album projects alongside artists such as Stuart Duncan, Sam Bush, Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Del McCoury and others. I'm located in the Carroll Gardens area of Brooklyn. Contact me at ross@rossmartinguitar.com

Terry McGill Bluegrass banjo in New Jersey, can be reached at (201) 767-2370

Val Mindel vmindel2001@yahoo.com: old-time and bluegrass vocal styles, with an emphasis on harmony singing in the styles of harmony greats such as the Carters, the Louvins and the Stanleys. Also essentials for building your own harmonies. Val is recently arrived from Chicago, where she taught vocal harmony and early country repertory for the past seven years at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music. Upper West Side 1 212 595-6710

Dan O'Dea offers fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass, and vocal lessons at Dan's Music Studio in West Orange, NJ. dansmusicstudio@hotmail.com 973-731-1082

Boo Reiners here, I teach guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass guitar at The Guitar Bar, 160 1st St., Hoboken, NJ (201)222-0915. It is steps away from the Hoboken PATH train and there's fairly easy parking as well. Guitboo@aol.com

Hank Sapoznik will take a limited number of students in both his home town of
Olive Bridge, N.Y. (Woodstock area) and in New York City for instruction in
old time 5 string banjo styles of clawhammer and Charlie Poole/classic banjo
playing. Hank, along with Val Mindel, Trip Henderson, Randy Weinstein, Marty Confurius and Dave Gandin, is a member of the Brooklyn Corn Dodgers.
hsapoznik@hvc.rr.com

JOHN "GRAY WOLF" SENETA - Mandolin instructor looking for students S. NJ;
Phila, Manhattan areas
Web Site: http://home.comcast.net/~graywolfpd/Page1.HTML
Professional Recording Artist, Performer and Instructor has come up with a
few new openings for students of all levels. My eclectic approach will give
you a strong basis in all aspects of the instrument including:
improvisation, sightreading, technique and theory. I teach all styles: Jazz
and Swing; Classical; Bluegrass; Gypsy and other ethnic styles; Classic Rock
and Celtic. Lessons are available either in my home studio or at your location (limited
to schedule allowances).

Richard Stillman bluegrass banjo Montclair NJ richardstillman@verizon.net 973 783 0118
richardstillman.com also tenor banjo and mandolin

Eli Smith www.DownHomeRadioShow.com
www.DownHomeLive.com lessons on: Banjo (clawhammer and other old-time styles) Guitar Harmonica
Autoharp . I am an experienced teacher of traditional American vernacular music in a
number of styles on above instruments. I will travel to your house for
lessons and also dub you copies of essential albums it would otherwise take
you years to find out about. I will go to Manhattan or Brooklyn unless it's
really far, then we can negotiate. - Eli Smith
All Ages Reasonable Rates Beginners Welcome!
call: (347) 834 3028
email: Eli_Smith@hotmail.com

RICK SNELL, Brooklyn
I am an acoustic and electric guitarist with specialties in bluegrass, old
time, Irish trad, gypsie swing and bebop. I also
teach the fingerstyle arrangements of Mississippi John Hurt and Doc Watson
among others.
I've worked with students of all experience levels and have developed an
approach to teaching which draws on the
student's passions and interests to direct the course of study. I stress
learning the arrangements and transcribing the
solos from the masters in each genre while directly dealing with the tools
those masters use to compose and
improvise. The overarching directive at each lesson is the development of
the student's own creative awareness and
sense of musical voice.
Please visit my website for further details or email me at the address
listed below.
ricksnell.com rick@dufus.tv

Benjamin Stowe Old-time Clawhammer/Frailing banjo lessons
I'm from Bloomington, Ind., and I recently graduated from nyu.
I live in Brooklyn. All ages welcome!
Please email bgs213@nyu.edu

Robert Urban - private music instructor I teach acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, music theory, performance coaching, songwriting - - all styles Robert Urban - private music instructor
I teach acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, music theory, performance coaching, songwriting - - all styles 134 west 95th street, Suite #1 NYC NY 10025 212-932-1044

Aron Weinbach - Bluegrass mandolin lessons. Specializing in Monroe style. All levels welcome. Located in Northern New Jersey (Bergen County). (201) 568-2075 or aron@rabinglove.com