M.M.classical guitar. 35 years of experience. Fluent in all styles.

Born in Sherevport, Louisiana, raised in South Kansas City, Mo, Rick C. has been performing music for over 15 years. When he was younger, Rick used to make mischief guitars out of coffee cans and rubber bands, until his Grandmother bought him a nylon string guitar at age 7. Influenced my local Blues, R&B, and Gospel musicians, Rick try to play anywhere a kid on the south side of Kansas City could. As an adolescent, Rick took lessons from Guitar Master Mike Maynard. After graduating Ruskin High with a 4.0 GPA and music scholarships, Rick expand his education into Avila College and UMKC in Music theory and Jazz Studies. Rick also got his name as a sideman playing with many local and regional Blues, Rnb, and Reggae Acts, such as Az-one, Brian Kennedy (R&B), and Matt Ward and Random Tuesday (Blues). After playing around Kansas City, as well Chicago, Nashville, and Austin, Texas, Rick settled in downtown Kansas City to work with the local scene and teach students. He is currently...

Dan is a teacher and guitarist from Kansas City, KS. As a teenager he studied blues and jazz with former B.B. King sideman Dwight Foster. This background aided him when he took classes in jazz improvisation and music composition at the University of Kansas. At KU, he started giving guitar lessons and teaching English Literature to help pay tuition. He also joined the blues-rock/metal hybrid Inphobic, a group that went on to play with Carlos Santana, Everlast, and Cheap Trick among others.

After finishing his MA at Pittsburg State University, he returned to Kansas City and began teaching in the Kansas City, KS school district. His five years of high school teaching (to go along with another three at the college level) has showed him that being a great teacher is both the greatest challenge and the greatest reward. As a result, he has dedicated himself to combining that passion for teaching with his love for the guitar and music.

Over the last few years, he has...

For the last 20 plus years, I have taught kids as young as 3 and as old as a…they won’t tell me! , and have been participating in band and musical programs for over 50 years.

I began my musical training when I was 5. I started on a small 12 bass accordion and loved it. I moved up to the full size accordions when I was 6 years old and it was as big as I was! I wanted to learn more, so my mom took pity on me and pulled out her alto saxophone for me when I was 8. My love of music grew more with each instrument I learned. With the help of my band teachers in middle school and high school, I studied: Alto, tenor and bass saxophone, clarinet, flute,and piano before I left high school. My band instructor and his wife gave me a wonderful opportunity to play in the Stage band in high school along with a special band during the summer. Their guidance and encouragement lead me into a wonderful College where I studied music. In 1970, I graduated from Adams State College in Alamosa...