Bluegrass Teachers
Compiled by Ed Pollak

 

This list of bluegrass music teachers is primarily for the Delaware Valley area.  If you know of someone who should be on the list please email epollak@wcupa.edu

(revised 1/21/12) 


In Alphabetical Order


Tom Arri

Scruggs Style Banjo

Guitar

Mandolin

30 years experience teaching guitar, mandolin and banjo. I'm a regular contributor to the Banjo Hangout @ www.banjohangout.org.  I teach students from Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin counties here in PA.

Web site: http://www.banjotom2.com/

Phone: 717-361-8474 


Mark Arrington

Fiddle

Banjo

Mandolin

Guitar

Bucks County, PA 

215-702-1770

arrington@verizon.net 


Jack R. Baker

Banjo

Guitar

Bluegrass Banjo and Fingerstyle Folk Guitar in the Hampton area of NJ and the Village area of New York City.

646 526 3351   

jbaker7@ix.netcom.com  or www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com


Rick Briggs

Banjo

Harrisburg, PA Area

rick@rickbriggs.com or www.rickbriggs.com


Justin Carbone

guitar

mandolin

bass

vocals

Sellersville, PA (Bucks County)

610-952-0961

carbone81@gmail.com or www.unpluggeddemos.com


Nathan Clifton

Banjo

101 Hillside Ave., Wilmington DE 19805

302-999-8752 (h) or 302-420-6998(cell)

natecliff@hotmail.com


Mark Cosgrove  

Guitar

Mandolin

Bucks County, PA.  Mark also teaches in Delaware a few days/month.

Telephone (215) 262-0043  or http://www.mcosgrove.com/  


 Billy Lee Cox 

5-string banjo

Warwick, Pa 

610-761-0101 or Banjowills@hotmail.com
In addition to one on one teaching, Billy Lee Cox also has an  instructional CD available at http://www.funkyseagull.com/


Harry Gambrill

Banjo 

Guitar

Mandolin

Ridley Park, PA

Email hbgiii@juno.com


 Kenneth C. Gehret

Guitar

 Mandolin

 Dobro

Vocal

 Banjo

Fiddle

Bass

Music theory

 2311 Grandview Blvd.
 West Lawn,Pa. 19609
 ph. 610-927-1755
 cell 484-529-0092
 fax 610-927-2541
mailto:gehret@enter.net or kgehret@comcast.net or http://www.kengehret.com/


Paul Good

Guitar

Mandolin

Bass 

Resophonic guitar 

(dobro)

Piano

Located in Quakertown, Pa.  I've been playing Bluegrass and Country music for 38 years.  I teach from my home, but I am willing to travel. 

Singer/Flat Picker
267-377-5651 or thankfuldad4@yahoo.com


Wally Hughes

Fiddle

Bass

Mandolin

Resophonic guitar 

(dobro)

Banjo

Guitar

Bluegrass harmony singing

 Lessons include recording of session (to CD) for you  to take home and practice. Located in Smyrna, DE
e-mail: one_horseman@yahoo.com or  phone: 302-893-2800


Nev Jackson, Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy

Banjo

Bass

Mandolin

Guitar

 #2 Ironwood Drive
Annville, Pa. 17003 (near Hershey, PA)
 nevjack@pabluegrassacademy.com or  http://www.pabluegrassacademy.com/


Kevin Justice

Guitar

Mandolin

Penns Grove, NJ

kevin_justice@yahoo.com or (856) 299-2402


Matt Koch

Upright Bass

Music Theory

Quakertown, Pa.

(215) 536-7753 or mkoch@netcarrier.com


Wanamaker Lewis

Banjo

Finger-style Guitar

Philadelphia

wan.lew@earthlink.net or (267) 975-2529 or http://www.gigmasters.com/banjo/WanamakerLewis/


 Ann Leyland

Guitar

 Bucks County, PA
 215-946-4163 or  Aynhl@aol.com


Chris Liakos

Fiddle

 

Contradance, Irish and old-time styles. 

Lansdowne, PA

contrafiddlechris@gmail.com

(770)-316-4626


 Ed Lick

5-String Banjo

 Perkasie, PA
215-453-7668 or mailto:Fast5@localnet.com


Rick London

Banjo

West Chester, PA. 3 finger style beginner to advanced intermediate. I have been playing for 35 years, and have taught individual and in groups. I can also teach beginner clawhammer - but that is not my strong suit. Phone 484-947-5478 or e-mail ricklondon08@gmail.com


Ken Meyle / Beam's School of Music

Guitar (flatpicking and finger style)

 Mandolin

 5-string banjo

Frazer Shopping Center, 480 Lancaster Ave., Malvern, Pa. 19355

(610) 647 - 3647


Jane Rothfield

Fiddle

  Clawhammer (Old Time) Banjo

Philadelphia Area. Adults and children welcome.  

janerothfield@gmail.com  or  http://www.janerothfield.com/


Mark Schultz   

Bluegrass Banjo

 Montgomery County, PA
 MSchultz@Cozen.com or  610 941 2345


Jay Scott, West Chester Music

Guitar

 West Chester, PA
 (610) 436-8641 or  jbirdrec@aol.com


John Seneta

Mandolin

Mandola

Guitar

8875 Krewstown Rd. - B6, Philadelphia, PA  19115-4848. 

(267) 979-7714 or graywolfpd@comcast.net or see http://www.johnseneta.com/


Robert Sutor

 5-String Bluegrass banjo

126 South Bell Ave., Yardley, PA   19067.
Ph.: 215-493-1582 or e-mail rsutor@voicenet.com
Beginner to intermediate. Scruggs, melodic & driving styles taught with emphasis on clean, accurate  and smooth playing.  Students begin playing songs the first lesson.  Evening classes are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Weekends.


Joe Todaro

Mandolin

28 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, PA 19050
610-623-3555 or mandolute@aol.com


Tony Trischka

Banjo

 Fair Lawn, NJ
info@tonytrischka.com


Chuck Winch

Banjo 

Guitar

Mandolin

Electric bass

 610 Spruce Hills Dr., Glen Gardner (Hunterdon County), NJ
 908-537-6511 or  cwinch@earthlink.net or  www.geocities.com/wilkinswinch


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