Request Lessons w/ Alec Bio Alec Fehl started taking guitar lessons at age 6 and has been playing guitar for over 45 years. His early years were spent learning basic theory and folk guitar. In his teen years he focused on rock, metal, shred, and classical. College opened his eyes to jazz, fusion, and blues […]
Andy John
Request Lessons w/ Andy Bio Andy has had a wide and varied musical career playing many instruments and many styles. His musical debut occurred in first grade when he learned how to play “Sailor’s Song” on the autoharp with his father. He also taught Andy to play the recorder, often playing duets or trios with […]
Ben Bjorlie
Request Lessons w/ Ben Bio Ben Bjorlie, a native North Carolinian, grew up in a musical family where his parents played in the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, his mother a cellist and his father a bassist. He started on clarinet in 5th grade. By the time he was in high school he had earned his place […]
Bob Songster
Request Lessons w/ Bob Bio Bob began performing and studying music at a young age, starting with piano, violin and clarinet; later he developed a love for the guitar, and then the bass. He received his Masters of Music Performance Degree from the University Denver’s Lamont School of Music, and his undergraduate degree from the […]
Dillon Young
Bio Dillon Young has a unique, expressive voice on the guitar, rooted heavily in the blues. His playing draws from delta and electric blues, decades of jazz tradition, as well as influences of Zydeco, Classic Country and Rock, Neo-soul, Gospel, and Latin music. Born in Louisiana, Dillon began learning alto saxophone at age 11 and piano at […]
Holley Ross
Request Lessons w/ Holley Bio Holley Ross has been playing the violin since the age of 9. As a graduate of East Carolina University (BA, Music Education and Music Therapy) and of UNCG (MA, Music Education), Holley is excited to be fulfilling her dream of moving to Asheville to teach violin and fiddle lessons! Holley has taught […]
Jason McCoy
Request Lessons w/ Jason Bio Mr. McCoy is a multi-instrumentalist with a diverse musical background. He has studied, and performed, a wide range of styles from Classical, Blues, Rock, and Jazz, to Traditional American folk music, and North Indian classical music. Jason’s first experience with music was at a very young age learning folk songs […]
Joe Higginbotham
Bio Joe Higginbotham, DMA, developed a passion for music early in life. Piano lessons were started at age 8, but at 15 some insistent friends wanted to start a band, so a lifelong journey with the guitar began. Almost immediately, Joe discovered the classical guitar and was transfixed by the instrument’s beauty and how natural […]
Josh Blake
BIO Josh Blake is a Grammy-nominated musician, producer, and engineer with over 30 years of experience. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Josh now calls Asheville, NC his home since setting roots there in 1997. As a musician and producer, Josh uses whatever toys are available, but on stage a guitar is […]
Linda Kendall Fields
Request Lessons w/ Linda Bio Linda began her love affair with music over forty years ago, when as a child, she began participating in groups and taking private piano and violin lessons in a Kansas college community, abundant with talented and passionate artists and musicians. She excelled in classical violin and piano and played Swedish […]
Luma Lor
BIO Luma discovered the joy of piano at age four when she could play almost any song she heard by ear. At age nine she dove passionately into private piano lessons and acting that eventually led to a rich professional life of music theatre, concert performance, award-winning composing and teaching music. Her Hollywood and New […]
Lyle de Vitry
Bio Originally from Lancaster, PA, Lyle began his musical journey studying piano at the age of 8 and took up cello lessons at the age of 9. He continued piano lessons for 5 years, but eventually decided to focus on the cello. Throughout grade school he was a part of many youth orchestras including the […]
Madelyn Ilana
Request Lessons w/ Madelyn Bio Madelyn has been studying music for over 20 years. She began on the violin at age 8, and played in Orchestra throughout her school years. By high school, she became her orchestra’s concertmaster. In her early 20’s, she began to branch out from her roots in classical music on the violin […]
Mar Perez-Albela
Request Lessons w/ Mar BIO Hailing originally from Peru bilingual singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Mar landed in Appalachia 29 yrs ago to pursue his passion for music. He honed his craft during his years at Mars Hill University earning a Bachelor’s degree in Music (vocal concentration),and later a Master’s in Music Therapy at Florida State University. […]
Mary Steinbrecher
Request Lessons w/ Mary BIO Mary Steinbrecher is a multi-instrumentalist and music instructor based in Asheville, NC. She teaches private lessons for voice, guitar, bass, and piano, as well as group band classes. Mary grew up in North Stonington, CT, and got her start with music in the elementary school band, playing clarinet. In middle […]
Michael Sebastian
(Note: Online Lessons Only) Bio Originally from Lancaster, PA, he began taking piano lessons at 9 years old and cello lessons soon after. At the age of 12 he became the youngest person ever to join the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and at age 13, he was featured soloist with the same Orchestra, performing the Saint-Saens […]
Nic Jenkins
Bio I was born in 1983. My first memories of music are probably from the age of 8, realizing that tapping on my desk in most of my classes was slightly inappropriate. Thanks to my caring parents, I began an official relationship with the drums around 12 years old, when I received my first snare […]
Paul Stroebel
Request Lessons w/ Paul Bio Paul is originally from Augusta, GA, where he took Suzuki Violin Method lessons with Lois Akins from age 3 until graduating high school from Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School. At Davidson he was concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra and began gigging, leading chamber music ensembles for weddings and other events, […]
