Patricia A. Dixon

Wake Forest University

2868 Wesleyan Lane, Winston Salem NC 27106

Tel: (336) 758-5102

Email: dixonpa@wfu.edu

Web: www.wfu.edu/~dixonpa

Styles Taught: Classical/Fingerstyle

Levels Taught: Intermediate to Advanced

Description: BM NC School of the Arts, MM UNCG. Thirty years of teaching experience at the university level. 

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Alan Hirsh

Bishop McGuinness High School Music Director and Wake Forest University adjunct Instructor

Tel: (336) 777-0565

Email: ahirsh@bmhs.us

Styles Taught: Classical

Levels Taught: Beginning to Advanced.  Also teach Theory and Composition

Description: BFA University of Arizona--Composition, MM Peabody Conservatory of Music--Composition, DMA Peabody Conservatory--Composition.  Composer for Learning the Classic Guitar Part II by Aaron Shearer.  Other original works including Twenty Etudes in fixed Positions and New Music for Classic Guitar are published with Mel Bay.  Dr. Hirsh is also the founder and director of the Piedmont Guitar Orchestra and member of the Winston-Salem Guitar Septet.

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Fred McKinney

Southwick Guitar Studio                                                      

2711 Southwick Drive, Greensboro, NC  27455

Tel: (336) 282-8951

Email: fredmckinney@triad.rr.com

Web:  www.southwickguitarstudio.com

Styles Taught: Classical/Fingerstyle for ages 5 through adult using the Suzuki approach for younger students, and accompaniment of Celtic tunes for advanced students using DADGAD tuning.

Levels taught:  beginner to advanced

Description:  BM Guitar Performance, UNC-Greensboro.  Fred established the after school Suzuki guitar program at Greensboro Day School and also teaches at his home, Southwick Guitar Studio.  He is a registered member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and has completed Suzuki guitar teacher training and registration through guitar book 5.  He also loves the lively traditional dance music of Ireland and Scotland, enjoys performing regularly and has recorded three CDs: two CDs with the Celtic group Gaelwynd (“Out on the Ocean” and “Northern Lights”), and “Wateree” featuring Susan Vinson Sherlock playing the hammered dulcimer.  Fred is an active board member of the Piedmont Classic Guitar Society, a member of the Greensboro Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association, and a member of the triad Fiddle and Bow traditional music organization. 

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Kami Rowan

Guilford College

5800 West Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC  27410

Tel: (336) 316-2376

Email: krowan@guilford.edu

Web: www.guilford.edu/academics/departments/music/faculty/kami.html

Styles Taught: Classical/Fingerstyle

Levels Taught: Intermediate to Advanced

Description: BM Guitar Performance, North Carolina School of the Arts;

MM Guitar Performance, Shenandoah Conservatory; NC-A Certification, University of NC at Greensboro; Full-Time Visiting Instructor, Guilford College, 2005-present;

Part-Time Lecturer, Guilford College, 1994-2004;Full-Time Guitar Instructor, Guilford County Schools, 1999-2005; Lecturer, Wingate College, Wingate, NC, 1990-1993; Instructor, The Music Center, Greensboro City Arts; President, Piedmont Guitar Society.

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Marie S. Van Vuuren

SV2 Studios/Music 2 Art

4836-D Tower Road, Greensboro, NC 27410

Tel: (336) 315-6081

Email: marie@sv2studios.com

Web: www.music2art.com

Styles Taught: Classical/Fingerstyle

Levels Taught: Beginning to Intermediate

Description:  Marie offers private or group guitar lessons, and teambuilding through music improvisation for all ages with a focus on the unique needs of the adult and very young beginner. Lessons are personalized to fit individual learning styles, experience, and preferences, therefore a broad range of methods and approaches are employed to maintain a fun, stimulating and comfortable environment in which to progress. Her mission is to nurture students of all ages to draw out the musician within. 

Marie attended Guilford College as a guitar major and has been teaching private classic guitar and ensembles in Greensboro since 1997. She devotes her time to teaching, composing, recording, painting and drawing, as well as film production, music direction, sound design and soundtrack composition. She has recorded with Manifest Spirit Records www.naftracks.com, and is currently working on a CD of original compositions for solo guitar. She is a Member of the Guitar Foundation of America www.guitarfoundation.org, Piedmont Classic Guitar Society and Music for People www.musicforpeople.org where she enjoys developing improvisation skills in their Musicianship and Leadership program.  

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