"An Exceptionally Versatile Actor, Musician, Singer, Storyteller & Tap Dancer"

Music Lessons

I have taught musical instruments for over 20 years as well as performing on Broadway, the Kennedy Center and in theaters and concert halls from NJ to Alaska.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS I TEACH

Five string banjo

I teach both the Scruggs finger picking style and the Clawhammer or Frailing style.

TENOR BANJO

I teach both the Dixieland chord melody style and Irish single note style of playing. I am fine teaching in the CGDA or GDAE tunings.

MANDOLIN

I teach Bluegrass, Italian and Swing styles of mandolin playing.

MANDOLA

I also teach mandola, which is tuned the same as a tenor banjo- CGDA.

UKULELE

I teach both Hawaiian and Swing style ukulele playing. I am particularly adept at the chord-melody style playing.

Most of my students use the standard GCEA tuning, but I can also teach in the CGDA tuning for mandolin, violin, viola and mandola players.

GUITAR

I teach standard guitar in the EADGBE tuning.

I also teach tenor guitar in the CGDA or GDAE tunings.

CONCERTINA

I teach the 30 Button Anglo/Irish Concertina. It is often used in Irish and Italian folk music and is a staple of sea chanty music.

BAGPIPES

I teach highland bagpipes, border bagpipes and Scottish small pipes. I start students off with the practice chanter and when they have mastered it they graduate to one of the full bagpipes.