Percussion Lessons, Music Theory & Musicianship

• Rudimental and Concert Percussion
• Snare drum, tympani, mallet percussion
• Music reading, theory and harmony
• General musicianship
• Children & Adults

• Education: B.A. American University
• B.Mus George Mason University
• M.A.T. Lewis & Clark College
• Senior Chief Musician (Retired), U.S. Navy Band, Washington, D.C.
• Experience: Music Teacher in Virginia and Oregon
• Percussionist for,
  • Erie Philharmonic Symphony
  • Fairfax City Band
  • Portland Symphonic Band
  • Port Townsend Community Orchestra
  • Port Townsend Summer Band

RATE: $25 per hour (Monday - Saturdays) Evenings by Special Arrangement.

If you are interested in taking lessons please call me at 360-344-3658

Mandolin & Banjo

Style: bluegrass, old-time, dawg, blues and jazz.
Jack Dwyer has been playing professionally for 7 years on the east and west coasts. He has had the opportunity to study and perform with some of the greats in American music: banjo master Bill Keith (innovator of the melodic banjo technique, former Bluegrass Boy with Bill Monroe, and mentor to Bela Fleck), and jazz guitarist Mike DeMicco (of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet). Jack Studied jazz theory on scholarship at Bard College in New York and attended the 2005 Mandolin Symposium, hosted by David Grisman and Mike Marshall in Santa Cruz, CA. In 2003, Jack played mandolin with Peter Rowan, Bill Keith, Larry Parker, Tony Granier and Jay Ungar, to start the Woodstock Film Festival. Currently, Jack lives in Port Townsend and performs weekly with the Dwyer Family Band at Aldrich' Market in Uptown. He also plays the guitar and fiddle.

Jack is offering bluegrass banjo lessons in the Scruggs and Keith styles, and mandolin lessons on bluegrass, old-time, dawg, blues and jazz to students of all ages and playing experience.

We'll work on learning traditional tunes, playing by ear, improvising in various styles and genres, developing good right and left hand techniques and discovering your personal style as a musician.

RATE: $25 per hour or $15 per half-hour

If you are interested in taking classes please call me at 360-379-0433

CLASSICAL GUITAR

James Graham has been studying and performing guitar for 25 years and teaching for 15 years. He began his studies at the age of 13 under the tutelage of Sopocks Papas, who was the first pupil of Andre Segovia in the U.S. His first classical performance at the age of fourteen was with the Classical Guitar Society of Washington, D.C. He continued his studies through two years of music college and subsequently performed, recorded, and taught professionally in the classical, jazz, and rock fields, in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Graham's approach to the teaching of classical guitar is based firmly in the Segovia tradition, with an emphasis on proper technique and cultivation of an informed, intelligent musicality.

RATE: Please Call

If you are interested in taking lessons please call me at 360-379-9873

Cello

Marlene Moore began her music studies at the age of four. She received her formal training as a cellist at Walla Walla College and Washington State University where she was a student of Christopher Von Bauer. Ms. Moore has been the co-principal cellist of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for 3 years and the Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra for 9 years where she occasionally has been featured as a soloist.

Ms. Moore has performed in Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Scotland, England, France, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia as a member of touring ensembles. An active chamber musician, Ms. Moore is a founding member of the Dungeness Trio, and performs regularly with the Olympic Trio and numberous Chamber ensembles on the North Olympic Peninsula

RATE: Please Call

If you are interested in taking lessons please call me at 360-928-3635 or email me at bachn4th@tfon.com

Fiddle

I am interested in giving lessons on how to play fiddle--my style. I have been playing the fiddle since 1971. Playing in public since I was 15 years old.

What I teach is not so much theory but more style of play, meaning I will show you how to play certain types of runs and slides and how to play more by ear, along with other people or just to have fun by yourself.

RATE: $17.50 for 45 min or I can work with your particular needs.

If you are interested in taking lessons please call me at 360-385-1540 or 360-821-9531 (cell)

Cajun & French Canadian Button Accordion, Zydeco and Mexican Piano Accordions and Scots Bagpipes

Level: Beginners to Advanced

Teach Children and Adults

Bill Shepard is a longtime Centrum teacher, spent 3 years in Louisiana, Quebec and Scotland.

Local Studio, Local Rates

RATE: Please Call

If you are interested in taking lessons please call me at 360-301-1291

Native American Flute, Didgeridoo & Vocal Coaching

Level: All Ages, All Levels (Begining to Advanced)
Singer, songwriter, recording artist and musician with three albums and over 35 years of experience performing in music and theater.

• Breathing Technique
• Ear Training & Sight Reading
• Harmony & Ensemble Singing
• Microphone Technique for Singing and Public Speaking
• Power Singing
• Vocal Coaching for individuals and Groups
• Stage Presence for Maximum Musical & Theatrical Impact
• Singing with self accompaniment
• Singing Technique for Recording Studio
• Performance Grooming and Consulation
• Children's Vocal Lessons

RATE: $30 per hour

If you are interested in taking lessons please call me at 360-344-4267