South Grafton Music Lessons

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Here are some frequently requested subjects:
Fingerpicking
Strumming
Singing and playing at the same time
Electric guitar rhythm & lead styles
Music composition and songwriting
Reading music, tabs, and/or chord charts
Learning songs and styles (pop, rock, folk, jazz, metal, etc)
Audio recording and production (Logic, Garageband)

ttoo (Flora). Among my many regional credits are Oliver at the Chiswick Park Theater in Sudbury, MA (Nancy), Camelot with Noel Harrison at the North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, MA (Nimue/Guinevere understudy), and Is There Life After High School with Desi Arnaz, Jr. and Sharon Lawrence at the Burt Reynolds Theater in Jupiter, FL. I currently hold the post of Soloist at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Needham, and am a Guest Soloist for The Mother Church in Boston. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and have received additional training with many renowned pedagogues, including mezzo-soprano Sondra Kelly, and coaches Arlene Shrut from the Juilliard School, Michelle Alexander with Boston Lyric Opera, and Roger Malouf with the Metropolitan Opera.

am Stewart Concerto Competition, winner of the 2011 Manilow Soloist Competition, and featured soloist at the Huron Valley Council for the Arts Recital. Jessica has performed with the Ithaca New Music Collective, Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and the Eastern Michigan University Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble.

When not making music and teaching, Jessica enjoys spending time with her husband and her small pups, Lyla and Luna. She enjoys crafting, hiking, reading, and discovering.

With over ten years of experience, teaching is one of Jessica's greatest passions as a musician. She believes that private lessons are one of the best ways to enrich the learning of music. Her lessons provide a completely individualized session focused on expression, confidence, technique, and an overall love of music.

Jessica offers lessons for all ages and abilities in 30-min, 45-min, or 60-min lessons. Please contact Jessica for rates and scheduling.

heir lessons help them to gain confidence in who they are. I look forward to mentoring this journey.

in Educational Leadership from Bridgewater State University and is certified as a teacher of Theatre Arts & Communications.

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of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and other 20th centurty classical works. Nathaniel leads an eight-piece electric guitar ensemble that plays his original compositions. He has twice been featured in Guitar Player Magazine.

Nathaniel teaches privately, at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and was head of the Chicago Waldorf School’s guitar program from 2005-12. OTS classes include African Guitar Styles, Fingerpicking Around The World, Fingerboard Theory, and British Folk Revival. He periodically offers more specialized fingerstyle guitar classes such as The Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Davy Graham, John Fahey and Bert Jansch. His ensembles include Reggae, Afropop, Instrumental Rock, and “Kill Yr Idols”–a survey of influential punk and underground rock. Nathaniel also teaches fingerstyle, theory, songwriting, jazz, classical, and rock guitar privately. Nathaniel also offers workshops and masterclasses in Europe and N. America on African popular guitar styles and is a guest lecturer at Northwestern University. Nathanielhas co-presented workshops with Ghanaian Palm Wine guitarist Koo Nimo, and Tinariwen guitarist Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, and Malian sensation Sidi Toure.

he Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. He has conducted educational outreach with the Eureka Ensemble, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, North End Music and Performing Arts Center, and the Boston Philharmonic’s Crescendo! Program. An ardent educator in many fields, he is a contracted tutor in subjects as wide-ranging as music theory, Latin, English, Geometry, Algebra, MCAS prep, and SAT/ACT prep.

His musical life has led him to assist composers and manage music ensembles around Boston. In 2015, David was the live-in Personal Assistant to Gunther Schuller. Now a days he works as an assistant to composer Robert Honstein, is General Manager of Collage New Music, and is Director of Community Outreach with the Eureka Ensemble.

Originally from California, he received a Bachelors of Music in Saxophone Performance from Cal State University, Fullerton with the President's full-tuition scholarship for academic achievement. He recently completed a Double Master’s Degree in Saxophone Performance and Music Theory from the New England Conservatory.