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
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
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)
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
(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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