Conference mr1pst::music

     I am thinking about taking some guitar lessons, I've been playing
    for 9 years but never had any lessons. I think I'd like to take
    some lessons in Blues guitar, I live in Worcester, anybody know
    any good instructors? possibly for under 20 bucks an hr.
    
     I also work 2nd shift, so days would be nice.
    
    E:mail me at  JUPITR::OCONNORS
    
    thanks
    Sean
    

    I'm looking for instruction in folk guitar. I play around now, but
    would like to learn some finger-picking techniques, some chord combos,
    etc. 
    
    I also may be interested in some vocal training as well.
    
    If you teach this, or know a good person who does, please let me know.
    
    Contact me by E-mail, my DTN (235-8064) or home (508-263-6178).
    
    -Gene
                                                                          

    
    I'd like to find a good (beginning) piano teacher for my husband.
    We live near Parker Street (Maynard, MA).  Is anyone familiar
    with the Acton Music instructors or someone else in our area?
    
    Please contact me E-mail.  Thanks!
    
    Lynne

    I'm currently studying with Jeanne Toombs. She teaches out of her home
    in Concord. Phone number is 369-4126. She very patient and supportive.
    High recommendation.
    
    Ed Swartz
    

    
    Looking for a Piano teacher for a very bright young girl 5 years old in the
    Westboro, Shrewsbury, Worcester area.  
    
    Please contact MURPHY::NGO  
    
    -Thanks

The band I'm currently playing in has complex demands for vocals.
I need to improve my singing ability, and get some insight into
issues of harmonizing and part singing.

Any ideas?  Don't wanna turn into a classical singer or anything
like that, just figure out how to sound a little better and take
more control of my voice.

Thanks,
/Chris
Generic Drummer in a Brand X Band

    Looking for a guitar lessons teacher for a teenage boy.  Preferably
    in the Portmouth-Dover N.H. area.
    
    Any ideas would be appreciated.
    
    Russ

    
    Now giving drum lessons from beginners to intermediates interested in
    Rock and Heavy Metal. I will travel or the student can travel to
    me. Rates are very low per hour. For more information call 562-9516.
    
    -Peter

    Looking for a great jazz guitar teacher in the Worcester area. I want
    to learn how to play all those cool Emily Remler/Pat Martino/Herb
    Ellis type of lines.
    
    any suggestions? thanks - Dave

    
    One of the best, Steve Cancelli.  Don't know if he's still giving 
    lessons, but he used to teach at his residence on Burncoat Street.
    
    I studied with him for a few years, excellent jazz guitarist, also
    Juilliard trained. These days he may be restricting his teaching 
    activities quite a bit, I know he was getting fed up with players
    who just wanted to shred and not learn any basic fundamentals.
    Steve is a real purist when it comes to playing.
    
    Anyway, give him a call, and feel free to mention that I recommended
    him.  As I said, I'm not sure he's still teaching.
    
    Steve Cancelli - (508) 852-7755
    
    If you do call him, please post whether or not he's still offering 
    lessons, I don't want a lot of folks calling him if he isn't.
    
    Regards, Larry

    Russ, I *strongly* recommend you call George Mason who conducts his
    lessons at Daddy's Junky Music Store in Portsmouth (it may actually be
    Newington, but it's on Woodbury Ave).
    
    I take lessons from George and if nothing else, he's very patient and
    is very good with beginners (like me).  He teaches accoustic, electric
    and bass guitar lessons.  He tailors his lessons around the student's
    needs and will have the student to homework between lessons.
    
    His lessons are 30 minutes for $10 which from what I can gather is
    typical.  He teaches Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1:00 to 8:00.
    Last time I checked his evenings were booked, but if this teenager is
    available during afternoons, he may be able to fit him in.
    
    George is in a local (Portsmouth/Kittery) band called Rocket 88. 
    
    I don't have his number with me, but you can call Daddy's to get it.
    
    Mark.

    
    This didn't work last time around, but I'll try it again since I don't
    need an immediate answer.  (I ended up getting a name from Berkeley,
    but since lost it).
    
    Anyway, I need a recommendation for a fusion drum teacher.  I'm sick of
    these teachers that are 'okay' and have a hard time playing what they
    are trying to teach me.  I want a Dave Weckl :').  Any suggestions?
    
    

    If you're looking for a great guitar teacher, try David in Acton at
    263-2082. He's young (17) and teaches privately for $10/hour(!) The kid
    is sort of a prodigy; very strong on rock, blues, metal, and even 
    classical. He's entering Berklee in the fall, but plans to live at home
    and continue teaching. Don't be fooled by his age; this guy is one of the 
    best-kept secrets around...
    
    -Gene

    
    A friend of mine is looking for a good beginning piano teacher.  He
    lives  in the Hudson area.  Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions??? 
    
    Thanks,
    Kathy

I have noticed from time to time that people have asked 
for the name of a piano teacher.  I know that I had a 
very hard time finding one when my wife and I wanted to 
start taking lessons. We have been taking lessons for 
about a year from this woman and thought that others 
might be looking for a teacher. 

We hare happy with her teaching methods, her price and 
the fact that she comes to the hous is a big plus (I 
don't know if she willing to go to new students houses).

Her information is:
	LeeAnna Hazel
	Piano Instruction for all ages and all levels
	(508)478-5525

Hope this helps someone
Dom Cassone

    I recommend Barbara Durost (562-7182), who gives lessons at the First
    Methodist Church on Felton St. in Hudson.
    
    I've been taking lessons from Barbara for about 2 years (I had 
    no previous piano experience), and I'm very pleased with her teaching
    and my progress.
    
    Sue D.

    I am looking for a flute teacher. In Merrimack/nashua/manchester NH 
    area. Recommndations?			-Nancy
    SQM::BABINEAU OR DSTEG::BABINEAU_N DTN 285-2371 or 264-1420. thanks!!
    

While at the Spring Music Conference I bumped into Rick Schettino.  He's the
senior editor and art director of New England Performer magazine.  Anyway, I
was interested in a course he's started teaching entitled, "Artist Promotions:
Promoting Yourself and Your Music."  The course costs $30 per person and lasts
for about 4 hours.  Here's a description of the course:

The Course: This course will show you how to *properly* promote yourself and
	your music on a professional level.

Topics Include: * Building a better promotional kit
		* How to get free publicity
		* Working with Publicists and Consultants
		* Promotions and Marketing concepts
		* Cost effective advertizing

Includes:	* 4 hours classroom instruction
		* Industry list handouts
		* Choice of related texts (optional)

The Instructor:	Rick is the Publisher, Editor and Art Director for New England
	Performer Magazine.  As well as promoting and marketing his own
	business, Rick has done promotions for his and others' bands.  He
	studied graphic arts at Minuteman Vocational School and attended 
	Berklee College of Music.


This description was taken from the March 1992 issue of NEP.  I asked Rick if 
he would offer the course again since I couldn't go before.  he said that he
is willing to offer a special class on May 11.  It will be from 6:30 to 10:30 
PM at "his office".  That's at 11 Riverside Ave, Suite 4 in Medford, MA.  

Here's the deal.  If you want to come to the class, notify me before May 8.  
We can have as many as 6 attend and it'll be first come, first served.  If 
there are more than 6 that want to come, I'll still send overflow names to 
Rick so that he can set up another class.  Thanks!

Steve

    re: -.1
    
    FYI, there are three of us so far.  I'll phone in the reservations
    tomorrow.
    
    Steve

I would appreciate any recommendations for a trumpet instructor anywhere in the
central MA area.  I would prefer lessons more oriented towards improving my
sight reading skills.

Thank you.

Guy AIDEV::LANDINGHAM

    
    
    re .-1 (trumpet instructor)
    
    i would highly recommend   C.G. Lower (everybody calls him CG)
    he's the band teacher for the leominster school system,
    a good horn player as well, he plays just about everything
    
    i marched with him in the fitchburg kingsmen drum and bugle corp
    a couple years back,
    
    home phone number 508-342-3495 
    
    
    mike
      

    I am looking for a beginning piano teacher for my wife in the vicinity
    of Hudson, NH---Nashua would also be great.
    
    thanks,
    
    John
    

    Seeking recommendations for piano teachers in the Needham, Wellesley,
    Newton area.  I'm a beginner.  I'd like to learn basic techniques and
    music theory.  I'm not really interested in playing classical music,
    so I am hoping to find a teacher who can teach me what I want through
    pop, blues, rock, folk, or jazz music.  Know anyone who teaches from
    this perspective?  

    Please send replies to VMSDEV::Lamm or call 381-0245.  Thanks.

    Debi Lamm    

	It's been a long time, but I've been thinking of taking up the
	violin again. If anyone knows of a good instructor in the Nashua,
	Merrimack area please let me know.

	
	Send E-mail to: DONVAN::PITULA

I am looking for recommendations for two types of instructors in or close to 
Hudson, Mass:

- Piano instructor - to teach beginning piano to my eight year old 
  daughter

- Guitar instructor - to teach me some intermediate-level guitar. I have some 
  basic guitar skills that I picked over the years, but feel that I could
  improve my playing by getting some formal instruction. I particularly enjoy 
  folk/blues/fingerpicking styles.

Please send mail to CANON::PRATT or Allen Pratt @PKO.

	Thanks.

I'm interested in recommendations for a voice instructor, 
preferrably in the Merrimack/Milford NH area - although I'm certainly
ready to travel further to get a decent instructor.

	Rick
	TRLIAN::SCHOFIELD
	DTN 264-2271

    
    	I'm trying to locate a piano teacher for a 10yr old. She's been
    taking lessons off and on for a couple years. We just recently moved
    to Leominster so we are looking in that area.
    	She was taking lessons from a women in Fitchburg who was/is very 
    good the problem was the "age gap". This women is in her 70's and the 
    music my daughter was learning was OK for my parents but my daughter
    was just playing notes and didn't know if the songs were suppose to 
    sound like that or not. So I guess I'm looking for someone who might
    have a more "modern outlook" in their teaching..
    
    Please send mail to KNGBUD::FINNERON
    
    	Thanks,
    	Brian
    

    Hi,
    
    I am interested in taking voice (singing) lessons.  If you know of an
    good instructor in the Worcester to Fitchburg area, please send mail to:
    
    CSCMA::CHASE
    
    Thanks in advance,
    Maryann

    
    
    A friend of mine is looking for singing/voice lessons for her
    step-daughter.  If you know of anybody in the Milford, NH area please
    send mail to NHASAD::Vincent.
    
    
    	Thanks
    	Robin

    I'm looking for a piano teacher willing to come to our house
    (Shrewsbury, MA) once a week, evening or weekend, to give beginner
    lessons to my 9-year-old daughter.
    
    Thanks in advance for any leads -
    Leslie Woolner @MRO
    USCTR1::WOOLNER
    DTN 297-7004

    
    Hi,

    I'm trying to locate a piano teacher for my 5 year old son, in, or
    near Northboro MA. It is very important to me that we find someone
    who has successfully worked with young kids and enjoys it, as well 
    as being a reputable piano instructor.
    
    Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

    Michael Virgil
    MPGS::Virgil
    DTN 237-3520

    I'm looking for a piano teacher trained in the Suzuki (or similar) 
    method for my 5 year old son.  He appears to be quite gifted with
    piano and my sister (a music teacher in Illinois) suggested this 
    method as the best for a child his age.
    
    We live in Merrimack, NH and have a piano.  Ideal would be someone 
    who could come to our house.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Linda Nickerson
    CIVIC::NICKERSON
    264-0569

Anybody know of a good piano teacher in the Littleton MA area?  This is for an
adult (me) who knows a fair amount of music theory, but has hardly any keyboard
skills.  Looking for somebody who can show me the basics quickly, and then give
"booster" lessons on an occasional basis, rather than the sign-up-for-16-weeks
approach.

Thanks,
-Lance-

    
    I'm looking for a violin instructor in the Marlboro (MA) area for my 5
    year old son.  My wife and I would like to introduce the violin to him
    to see how well he likes it.  Any leads or comments greatly
    appreciated.
    
    Thanks
    
    Phil Oldiges
    SUBPAC::OLDIGES
    DTN: 225-4760
    

    I'm looking for a patient  and talented guitar instructor to work with
    my son on "alternative music" (eg-Pearl Jam, Nirvana, etc).
    
    My wife has been taking guitar at Minor Chord in Acton with Chris
    (who's been  great), but he's leaving teaching in November to
    concentrate on his own music. 
    
    Jay, who also comes well recommeded at Minor Chord is fuly booked.
    
    Does anybody have a teacher in Acton/Concord to recommend? What about
    teachers at Acton Music Ctr??
    
    Please contact Jonathan Selig (DTN 223-8040) or by e-mail at
    POWDML::SELIG.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Jonathan

Does anyone have a recommendation for piano teacher/lessons in the Hudson, Mass
area?  I was recently given a keboard as a gift, so am hoping to take lessons.

Also, if you have suggestions of where else to look, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
          Ellen