Blvd Music - Spartanburg Music Lessons and Instrument Lessons

Welcome to BLVD-MUSIC's LESSON STUDIOS. We have an experienced staff of skilled musicians who love to teach others to play guitar, bass, banjo, drums, piano, flute or saxophone.

Lessons are 30 minutes in length with a private one-on-one instructor in one our lesson studios. This allows the teacher and the student to focus and interact in a way that cannot be achieved in a group setting. Although all teaching styles vary, a typical lesson may consist of a short warm up, review and evaluation of prior week's lesson, and working though a new lesson for the upcoming week. Most teachers use instruction books that can be purchased at BLVD-MUSIC.

GUITAR LESSONS
	MIKE BURKET Associates degree in Music Performance & Liberal Arts, St. Petersburg College Has played and studied guitar for since 1989, playing both by music notation and by ear. TAD TAYLOR Bachelors degree in Communications, USC Upstate, 2004. Has taught guitar since 1990 MATT FASSAS Has taught guitar for over 6 years Attended '05 Berklee Summer Guitar Sessions Plays and teachs most genres of music CHRIS CASH Has taught for over 2 years Specializes in beginner studies in chord structure, & rhythm & strumming techniques AARON WHISNANT Has taught guitar since 1996 Founding lead guitarist & singer of former bands "Albert Hill" & "Dezeray's Hammer" J.D. REVELS, Jr Bachelors degree in Liberal Studies, Classical Guitar Concentration Has taught guitar since 2000 Specializes in fingerstyle, classical methods & conteemporary praise & worship
BANJO LESSONS
	GILBERT NELSON Has played banjo for over 23 years, guitar for over 10 Songwirter / Band Leader for "Hard Drive" in NM and "High Cotton Sky" in SC
BASS LESSONS
	TIM MORELOCK 20 years experience playing bass guitar professionally Experienced in many styles including rock, country and blues.
DRUM LESSONS
	KENNY HOGAN Mentored over 300 students ranging from ages 6 to 58 years in age over past 10 years Signed three major label recording contracts (Universal Records(1997),SONY/Edel Entertainment(2001), Warner Bros/Rock Ridge Music(2004) Licensed music on MTV's ""The Real World"" & ""Road Rules"" (1997-8),ABC's ""Making the Band"" (2000), WB's ""Dawson Creek"" (2002)"
PIANO & VOICE LESSONS
	SYDNEY McMATH Bachelor's of Fine Arts, Converse College (2000) Accepted into Juilliard School of Music (1999) Has taught piano over 13 years Musician at United Methodist Churh of the Covenant (2007-present) Musician at First African Methodist Church (2006-present)
PIANO LESSONS - INTRO
	EMILY WRIGHT Associate's Degree in Advanced Child Care Management, Spartanburg Community College (2008) Studied piano under Julia Eldred at Converse Pre-College (1999-present), various teachers (1993-1999) Has taught Piano for over 1-1/2 years Infant Teacher at Boiling Springs Child Care (2006-present) Sunday School Teacher and Pianist at Faith Baptist Church, Boiling Springs (2004-present)
SAXOPHONE LESSONS
	ADAM MORGAN Has taught since 2004. B.A. in Church Music & Spanish, No. Greenville University, May '09
FLUTE LESSONS
	BECKY MADDEN Has taught flute since 1995
OBOE / CLARINET
	HEIDI TEMPLETON Bachelor's of Music Education. Band Director for Spartanburg District 2 Schools Has taught since 1994
VIOLIN / VIOLA / CELLO
	JESSICA MORGAN Bachelor's of Music Education Loyola University, New Orleans Has taught since 2003