Welcome! Here you will find information and news about my guitar studios in Stevens Point and Wausau, Wisconsin. Thanks for visiting!
I have been a guitarist since 1963, when I heard the Beatles, and was inspired to pick up the classical guitar my parents had brought back from Mexico in 1960. Though my path detoured into Natural Resources, I kept a special place in my life for the guitar, and eventually it became my profession, after I earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) in 1996.
I also became interested in other fretted instruments and violin, and spent a considerable amount of time with the mandolin, starting in the 1970s, and playing bluegrass with the Safety Last String Band. Since then I've studied tenor and 5-string banjo, ukulele, and bouzouki. I studied violin while in college, with Steve Bjella.
This website will serve as a clearinghouse of information for my students (and anybody else who's interested.) I'll include studio news, performances, and anything else guitar-related that comes to mind.
I teach in two cities: Stevens Point and Wausau, and have a number of students in each location.
In Stevens Point, my city of residence, You'll find me at Noteworthy Studios on Michigan Avenue, where I teach on Tuesdays, and do Zoom lessons on other days.
In Wausau, I'm at the Wausau Conservatory of Music, 404 Seymour St., where I hold Wednesday and Thursday lessons.
I also became interested in other fretted instruments and violin, and spent a considerable amount of time with the mandolin, starting in the 1970s, and playing bluegrass with the Safety Last String Band. Since then I've studied tenor and 5-string banjo, ukulele, and bouzouki. I studied violin while in college, with Steve Bjella.
This website will serve as a clearinghouse of information for my students (and anybody else who's interested.) I'll include studio news, performances, and anything else guitar-related that comes to mind.
I teach in two cities: Stevens Point and Wausau, and have a number of students in each location.
In Stevens Point, my city of residence, You'll find me at Noteworthy Studios on Michigan Avenue, where I teach on Tuesdays, and do Zoom lessons on other days.
In Wausau, I'm at the Wausau Conservatory of Music, 404 Seymour St., where I hold Wednesday and Thursday lessons.