Music Teachers Available
Many MBOTMA Members are master teachers on their instruments, and are available to teach lessons in person and online. Please check out their info below.
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Karen Mueller Contact: Muellerka@hotmail.com Lessons available for: Guitar, Mandolin, Autoharp, Dulcimer, Ukulele Available for lessons: 7 days a week Available through: Zoom, Skype, Google Meet & Facetime | National and international touring performer and workshop leader with over 30 years of dedicated private lesson experience, teaching mandolin, guitar, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, and ukulele. Learn from tab, note reading and by ear in a wide range of styles, especially old-time, Americana, folk and Celtic. Past appearances include MBOTMA festivals, the Walnut Valley Festival (Winfield), Sore Fingers Week (England), the Augusta Heritage Center (West Virginia), Swannanoa Gathering (North Carolina). Instructor locally at Homestead Pickin' Parlor, West Bank School of Music, and Chanson Music Academy. My approach is to help you achieve your musical goals with direct 1:1 coaching that gives you the feedback and direction that you can't get from just watching videos. |
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Offbeats Violin Contact: Email: Info@offbeatsviolin.com Phone: 715-579-3016 Lessons available for: Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo Available for lessons: Monday - Friday Available through: Skype & Facetime | Offbeats Violin has GREAT teachers for lessons in: violin/fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar. We can help you get ready to join the jams! |
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Anthony Ihrig Contact: Email: Anthonyihrig@gmail.com Phone: 612-889-5878 Lessons available for: Banjo Available for lessons: Monday - Friday Available through: Zoom, Skype & Google Meet | I enjoy teaching the 5-string banjo in a variety of styles from bluegrass to rock and roll, from beginner to advanced students. I play with the band The High 48s and have taught banjo workshops at the MBOTMA August Festival, Blue Ox Music Festival, International Music Camp, Missouri River Bluegrass Festival and more. I've been teaching private lessons for over a decade and love to teach and help students unlock their creative potential. |
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Sheri Peterson Contact: Email: Sherigirl18@gmail.com Lessons available for: Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Beg upright bass and guitar, any level; Violin, Viola, Cello Available for lessons: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Available through: Zoom & Facetime | Refusing to give up her eclectic genre mix, Sheri has played old time and bluegrass for many years, and performed bluegrass, folk, old time , classic rock , gospel, classic country, and even a little jazz. She has played weddings, civic theatres, park concerts, music festivals in three states . Sheri has B. A. In music Education, as well as thirty years symphony playing and teaching. Offer Zoom and FaceTime, and studio lessons. |
Mark Kreitzer Contact: Email: mark@markkreitzer.com Lessons available for: Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Dobro, Bass, Ukulele, Accordion (Beginner), Mandola, Mando-cello Available for lessons: Monday, Friday, Saturday Available through: Zoom | I've been teaching professionally since 1970, at Carleton College since 2007, am a member of the O'Gorman High School Hall of Fame for achievements in the Arts, and the Minnesota Rock and Country Hall of Fame, as well as Favorite Songwriter *and* Favorite Multi-instrumentalist of MBOTMA. I play/teach bluegrass, folk, swing, gypsy jazz and blues/rockabilly. Guitar (6 and tenor), mandolin, banjo (bluegrass, clawhammer, tenor), fiddle, ukulele, mandola, mando-cello, bass and beginning accordion. |
Clawhammer Mike Contact: Email: minnesotafiddle@yahoo.com Phone: (469) 877-8859 Lessons available for: Banjo Available for lessons: Everyday Available through: Zoom, Skype & Facetime | I am a long-time participant in the Twin Cities old-time community. I have been playing clawhammer banjo for a couple decades. I am particularly interested in driving old-time string band music. I have had all levels of students from 8 years old to 80. I like getting beginners started on the right foot and improving repertoire of intermediate students. |
AJ Srubas Contact: Email: ajsrubas@gmail.com Lessons available for: Fiddle Available for lessons: Every day Available through: Skype | I have been playing a variety of fiddle styles for over 20 years and have been teaching both at camps and festivals as well as private lessons for over ten years. Whether you just got a fiddle and want to start from scratch or have been playing for some years and want to get to the next level, I can help. I can teach old time, bluegrass and Cajun styles as well as work on fundamental technique and basic music theory. |
Tom Draughon Contact: Email: tom@heartistry.com Phone: 715-682-9362 Lessons available for: Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Mountain Dulcimer, Harmony, Singing Available for lessons: Every day Available through: Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, Facetime | My name is Tom Draughon. I have been teaching stringed instruments at Northland College, Ashland, WI since 1993. I founded and facilitate the Bluegrass Camp for Kids at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua, and I am a cast member in House Shows there. I have been teaching people to play musical instruments since I was in high school in the 1970s. I started playing bluegrass in about 1972. My current bluegrass band is TrueGrass Trio. |
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Jim Plattes Contact: Email: james@wildgypsy.com Phone: 612-616-4343 Lessons available for: Fiddle, Mandolin, Harmonica Days Available: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Available Through: Zoom, Skype, In Person | Jim Plattes taught at the West Bank School of music for 35 years. He taught at Homestead Pickin' Parlor and Groth Music for 25 years. He's currently taking private students. He teaches fiddle, harmonica and mandolin. |
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