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GUITARLessons, Classes, and Bands for: Accordion, Autoharp, Banjo, Dobro, Dulcimer (Mountain), Fiddle, Harmonica, Mandolin, and Ukulele Whether you are a beginner or an actively performing musician, our teachers offer you one-on-one instruction customized to help you achieve your musical goals. Our instructors teach students in a wide variety of classic and contemporary styles. Our complete current class schedule with session dates and times is published quarterly and available upon request in hardcopy and e-versions. A number of our instructors lead bands (or “ensembles”) in a variety of styles. These bands provide opportunities for students to learn how to play better with other musicians, gain valuable performing experience, and pick up new repertoire. Visit our Bands page for more details. Please contact our office with any questions, or to sign up for lessons, or classes today. ACCORDION INSTRUCTORS Dan Turpening - Accordion Dan Turpening has enjoyed performing on accordion for more than 15 years, playing at parties, weddings, in theater productions, and in restaurants. He is a graduate of A.R.T.S. Accordion Repair and Technicians School in Duluth, MN (since moved to Superior, WI) and continues his accordion studies. He has been teaching at the West Bank School of Music for over eight years. AUTOHARP INSTRUCTORS Karen Mueller - Guitar, Mandolin, Autoharp, Mountain Dulcimer www.karenmueller.com Karen is a nationally touring performer with over 20 years of teaching experience. An international autoharp champion, she has released three critically-acclaimed CDs and authored two books, published by Mel Bay publications. Karen is a teaching artist with Young Audiences of Minnesota, and performs in the band of Katie McMahon, the original lead singer from "Riverdance". She enjoys teaching many styles, including folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and more. BANJO INSTRUCTORS Bill Philipp - Banjo (5-string), Dobro (Resophonic Guitar) Bill has played bluegrass music throughout the Midwest for over 25 years, and has been teaching at WBSM for nearly seventeen years. Though his specialty is 5-string Scruggs-style banjo, he also plays Dobro, guitar, bass and mandolin (but not all at the same time). In addition to an active performance schedule, his most recent band Drivetime released a new CD last fall, ‘The Bluegrass Road’, featuring two of Bill’s original songs. He has also performed in numerous theatrical productions with the Children’s Theatre Company, Old Log Theater and several other local groups. Bill is largely self-taught, having garnered much of his knowledge by jamming and trading licks with countless musicians at shows and festivals all around the country. When he’s not playing music, Bill spends his time building and repairing stringed instruments, renovating old houses, and maintaining his small fleet of British cars and motorcycles. Bill Hinkley - Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele Bill Hinkley has worked as a professional musician and teacher for forty years. An original member of the performing cast of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, and a member of the faculty of the West Bank School of Music, he has been awarded three Folk Arts Apprenticeship Master grants by the Minnesota State Arts Board. In 1999, Bill was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. In 2000, along with his wife and musical partner, Judy Larson, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA). In 2008 he received the first ever West Bank School of Music Lifetime Achievement Award. It is not possible to talk about Minnesota’s vital acoustic music scene without acknowledging Bill and Judy’s contribution to that vitality. And fittingly, they were filmed as part of the cast for the movie A Prairie Home Companion. DOBRO (Resophonic Guitar) INSTRUCTORS Bill Philipp - Banjo (5-string), Dobro (Resophonic Guitar) Bill has played bluegrass music throughout the Midwest for over 25 years, and has been teaching at WBSM for nearly seventeen years. Though his specialty is 5-string Scruggs-style banjo, he also plays Dobro, guitar, bass and mandolin (but not all at the same time). In addition to an active performance schedule, his most recent band Drivetime released a new CD last fall, ‘The Bluegrass Road’, featuring two of Bill’s original songs. He has also performed in numerous theatrical productions with the Children’s Theatre Company, Old Log Theater and several other local groups. Bill is largely self-taught, having garnered much of his knowledge by jamming and trading licks with countless musicians at shows and festivals all around the country. When he’s not playing music, Bill spends his time building and repairing stringed instruments, renovating old houses, and maintaining his small fleet of British cars and motorcycles. DULCIMER (Mountain) INSTRUCTORS Karen Mueller - Guitar, Mandolin, Autoharp, Mountain Dulcimer www.karenmueller.com Karen is a nationally touring performer with over 20 years of teaching experience. An international autoharp champion, she has released three critically-acclaimed CDs and authored two books, published by Mel Bay publications. Karen is a teaching artist with Young Audiences of Minnesota, and performs in the band of Katie McMahon, the original lead singer from "Riverdance". She enjoys teaching many styles, including folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and more. FIDDLE INSTRUCTORS Bill Hinkley - Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele Bill Hinkley has worked as a professional musician and teacher for forty years. An original member of the performing cast of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, and a member of the faculty of the West Bank School of Music, he has been awarded three Folk Arts Apprenticeship Master grants by the Minnesota State Arts Board. In 1999, Bill was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. In 2000, along with his wife and musical partner, Judy Larson, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA). In 2008 he received the first ever West Bank School of Music Lifetime Achievement Award. It is not possible to talk about Minnesota’s vital acoustic music scene without acknowledging Bill and Judy’s contribution to that vitality. And fittingly, they were filmed as part of the cast for the movie A Prairie Home Companion. Kale Baglyos Reed – Violin, Viola, Fiddle, Classes Kale Baglyos Reed graduated with a degree in Violin Performance from St. Olaf College in 2006 where he studied with professors Kenneth Reed and Charles Gray on violin, and Dave Hagedorn on percussion. His diverse musical background and education are reflected in the fact that Baglyos Reed performed in Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, and the St. Olaf Orchestra while in college. He was a violin soloist with the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra in 2005 and 2006 and has performed for weddings, as a church musician, in ensembles, orchestras, and professional bands during fifteen years of active performance. Kale has three full length recordings to his credit and has been a private instructor since 1999. HARMONICA INSTRUCTORS Clint Hoover - Harmonica www.clinthoover.com One of a select group of musicians to have mastered both the chromatic and diatonic harmonica, Clint's work has earned him a place in the Encyclopedia of the Harmonica. From pre-war blues to modern jazz, Clint has delved deep into the musical possibilities of the harmonica. His most notable recordings to date are his jazz CD "Dream of the Serpent Dog" and "Take Your Time Mr. Brown" by the jug band influenced group The Sugar Kings; both of which received rave reviews nationally and internationally. Having been called "...an extraordinary player..." by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, his studies of a broad range of American musical styles has made him a sought after studio session player and a respected harmonica educator. In NYC, he attended the Parsons/New School Jazz and Contemporary Music BFA Program and studied with renowned classical harmonicist Robert Bonfiglio. MANDOLIN INSTRUCTORS Bill Hinkley - Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele Bill Hinkley has worked as a professional musician and teacher for forty years. An original member of the performing cast of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, and a member of the faculty of the West Bank School of Music, he has been awarded three Folk Arts Apprenticeship Master grants by the Minnesota State Arts Board. In 1999, Bill was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. In 2000, along with his wife and musical partner, Judy Larson, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA). In 2008 he received the first ever West Bank School of Music Lifetime Achievement Award. It is not possible to talk about Minnesota’s vital acoustic music scene without acknowledging Bill and Judy’s contribution to that vitality. And fittingly, they were filmed as part of the cast for the movie A Prairie Home Companion. Karen Mueller - Guitar, Mandolin, Autoharp, Mountain Dulcimer www.karenmueller.com Karen is a national-touring performer with over 20 years of teaching experience. An international autoharp champion, she has released 3 critically-acclaimed CDs and authored two books, published by Mel Bay publications. Karen is a teaching artist with Young Audiences of Minnesota, and performs in the band of Katie McMahon, the original lead singer from "Riverdance". She enjoys teaching many styles, including folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and more. UKULELE INSTRUCTORS Bill Hinkley - Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele Bill Hinkley has worked as a professional musician and teacher for forty years. An original member of the performing cast of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, and a member of the faculty of the West Bank School of Music, he has been awarded three Folk Arts Apprenticeship Master grants by the Minnesota State Arts Board. In 1999, Bill was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. In 2000, along with his wife and musical partner, Judy Larson, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA). In 2008 he received the first ever West Bank School of Music Lifetime Achievement Award. It is not possible to talk about Minnesota’s vital acoustic music scene without acknowledging Bill and Judy’s contribution to that vitality. And fittingly, they were filmed as part of the cast for the movie A Prairie Home Companion. CLASSES (See current class schedule for dates and times) We currently do not have classes for these instruments, but offer private instruction, or a band experience. Contact the Director to see if we can create a class for you. |
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WEST BANK SCHOOL of MUSIC 1813 South 6th St. Minneapolis, MN. 55454 (612) 333-6651 info@westbankmusic.org |
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