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Location: Broadway Store 503-757-3443 Email MAP	TIM UECKER Tim has a B.A. in Music Education with Masters work in the area of music composition. Guitar experience: playing all styles of music for 40 years; teaching guitar for 32 years; singer and songwriter for 32 years. Music styles able to teach: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Alternative, Folk, and beginning to intermediate Classical music. Ages able to teach: 6 years old through Adult. Ability levels: beginning through advanced. Tim has been a solo artist and been able to bring together various ensembles for performance. He has also helped to organize youth bands of various sizes and musical styles in his years of teaching. Tim is currently playing solo in the Portland area at various coffee houses and dining areas. He has recorded 5 CD's and is working on a new project at this time. Tim is also able to teach group lessons from 2 people up to 12 in a class. Special rates would be negotiated per group.
Location: Broadway Store 503-774-5195 Email Website MAP	THAD BECKMAN Thad Beckman has been a professional musician for over 25years. In that time he has kept up a steady schedule of performing, touring (USA and Europe), recording (5 solo albums) and teaching. He studied with Jim Thomas (guitar player for Ray Charles) for two years while attending classes in classical and jazz theory at Fort Steilacoom College. He has worked with Bo Diddley, The Shirelles, John McEuen (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) and opened for many of the top names in American music, Emmy Lou Harris, The Band, B.B. King and Dan Hicks, to name a few. Thad works well with beginners in all styles and specializes in designing lessons to fit the needs of the student. He emphasizes having fun while learning. Thad also works with intermediate to advanced students in: Blues, Traditional and Contemporary Folk, Fingerpicking, Flatpicking, Americana, Slide guitar, Country, Ragtime and songwriting.
Location: Broadway Store 503-283-6028 Email Website MAP	STEVE BRADLEY A local professional for many years, Steve is grounded in 50's and 60's rock. Also offered are blues and fingerpicking folk styles. Roots type music is fun to play and also provides excellent foundation for any musical direction the player may wish to go. Besides the basics of getting started with the instrument, learning to provide "the groove" or rhythm guitar is pursued as well as learning to improvise lead lines. Beginning through advanced players. Steve Bradley was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Location: Beaverton Store 503-349-9542 Email MAP Website	RICK CRITTENDEN - BASS Rick started working as a professional musician at the age of 14. I was signed to a songwriter contract affiliated with BMI at 16. He had a regional recording that charted in all western states at 17. Since then Rick has recorded and played with major artists and recorded projects for Windham Hill and Narada Records as well as numerous others. Rick has released a CD of original music featuring Paul McCandless and Art Lande, and produced by Oregon Bassist, Glen Moore. He currently has a quartet that features George Mitchell, David Evans, and Gary Hobbs. Recent performances include, The Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival, Oregon Country Fair, and numerous club dates. Rick also works as a sideman in various bands including the Patrick Lamb Band.Contributed to the Merce Cunningham Dance Theater production of music by John Cage in New York City, 1989. Colleagues included Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin.Musical Director for Portland Civic Theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar.Studio Musician for many national commercial and artistic projects including work for national clients including Mercedes Benz.Work with internationally recognized musicians and major record companies including ;Windham Hill and Narada Records .
Location: Beaverton Store 503-860-8466 Email Website MAP	KIT GAROUTTE Kit has been a professional musician for 35 years, teaching guitar for over 25 years. He is experienced with a variety of styles on acoustic and electric guitar, performing live, recording and teaching pop, rock, rhythm & blues, jazz, folk, new acoustic and blues. He can help you with technique, strumming, flat picking, finger picking, accompanying, soloing, playing as part of a combo, and chord melody among other things. Lessons balance essentials of guitar technique and theory with learning songs. Songs are chosen in collaboration with student to keep learning fun and motivating while building a solid base of understanding. The goal of lessons is to develop the ability to improve artistically and technically, to nurture passion and creativity, and most of all, to enjoy playing the guitar!
Location: Beaverton Store 503-624-9439 Email MAP	ROD FURLOTT Rod has been teaching in the local area for over 10 years. he teaches most styles, Rock, Blues, Jazz, music theory, and improv. Rod has a music performance degree in jazz from the U of O.
Location: Division Store 503-760-6881 MAP	DON COREY -Bass & Guitar at Portland Music Co. on Division. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in Music Performance. Don is excellent with kids and beginners as well as advanced players. He has been teaching for over 10 years and strongly believes music should be fun .He has an abundance of patience and enthusiasm. Lessons can include techniques for soloing, theory, sight -reading , chords, playing by ear , and having fun learning your favorite songs. Don has very eclectic musical tastes. He has experience playing Jazz, Classical, Rock, African, Reggae, Funk and Cuban music.
Location: Division Store 503-760-6881 Email MAP	JOHN O'BRIEN John O’Brien has performed in the metro area for over twenty years. He has performed at the Rose Festival, the Rose City Park (UMC) Concert Series, and at the Museum of the City of San Francisco, as well as wedding and business receptions at The Heathman, Timberline Lodge, The Princeton, and Skamania Lodge, among other venues. In 2000 he received a fellowship and traveled to Italy for six months to study performance and composition with Angelo Gilardino, helped by a grant from RACC. He is known for his arrangements of Irish harp music for guitar, for tangos and for his CD “Singing the Apple,” which was picked by the Oregonian as one of its years’ 10 best.
Location: Powell Sheet Music Store 503-775-0800 Website MAP	COLLIN STOUT Colin Stout has been playing guitar for more than 20 years. His live playing experience has covered a wide variety of styles including ska, pop, grunge, emo, punk, jazz, prog, funk, and metal. He spent several years studying jazz with Mike Denny, Don Latarski, and Steve Owen at the University of Oregon, earning a BS in Music, and playing with the instrumental post-rock band Whitaker's Ghost. Currently he is working on a new math-rock project with like minded musicians in the Portland area. A typical lesson includes reading music and tablature notation, technique exercises (chords, scales, and arpeggio studies), music theory, and ear training using songs of the student's choice. He is comfortable teaching classic rock, blues, pop, punk, metal, jazz, and country styles of guitar, and the in between genres related to these styles. He has taught students from 6 years old to 60 years old, and absolute music beginners to players with decades of music experience. "I enjoy teaching and playing many styles of guitar, and have discovered a lot of new music through my students. I want to help students cultivate their own passion for music, by exploring the styles of their favorite artists and the common techniques found throughout music.
Location: MLK Store 503-232-0260 Email MAP	TOM SANDAHL Tom began piano lessons at age 6. Growing up with a music teacher mother, he was exposed to many different styles of music from a young age. Tom began guitar lessons at the age of 14. Tom earned a Bachelors Degree in Classical Guitar Performance at The University of Wyoming. While studying there he was exposed to musician/teachers including Manuel Barrueco, The Assad Brothers, Paul Odette, and Bela Fleck. Tom then moved to New Orleans to explore his interest in African American Music, and to study with the jazz guitar great, Steve Masakowski. Tom received a full graduate assistantship to the University of New Orleans, and completed his Masters of Jazz Studies in 2003. While studying there, Tom was exposed to many world-class jazz musicians/teachers including; Terrence Blanchard, Mulgrew Miller, Howard Alden, Larry Coryell, Lee Konitz, Stephan Harris, and Carl Allen. In 2002 Sandahl was accepted to The Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Aspen Summer Program. There he studied with Russell Malone, Wallace Roney, Christian McBride, and Lewis Nash. Tom has performed with many bands as a sideman, and leader. In New Orleans, Tom worked with Amy Trail, Vic Sheppard, The Elastic Karma Kings, James Stephens, Government Magic, and his own band, Red Shift. Since relocating to Portland in November 2005, Tom has been performing with several local bands, including, Stephen Walker and The Few Chosen, Indigo, The Devin Phillips Funk Ensemble, Margo Tuffo, and Tom's own jazz groups. Recent Oregon performances include The Portland Jazz Festival, The Newport Performing Arts Center, The Blue Monk, and The Candlelight. Tom has 9 years teaching experience, including 2 years teaching music at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, LA. Tom welcomes all ages, levels, and most musical styles. Lessons are based on goals which reflect upon each individual student's interests and skill level.
Location: MLK Store 503-367-5086 Email MAP	SEAN FLINN Sean Flinn has been teaching and performing music professionally since 2000. He currently touring with Jolie Holland, Nick Jaina, Invisible Rockets and is finishing up a solo. He started studying music in 1992 at the age of 12. He has studied music at Lane Community College, University of Oregon, Portland State University, and independently with John Stole, Mike Denny And Dan Balmer. Tailoring his lessons to each student's personal goals, Sean provides a solid foundation in theory, technique, ear training, composition and song writing. His teaching methods have evolved out of his professional experiences on stage, on tour, in the studio and on the radio.
Location: Beaverton Store 503-636-1808 Email MAP	EDWARD BURNS- Guitar Edward Burns, is a Marylhurst University graduate with a degree in guitar performance. He has taught private lessons and group classes since attaining his degree in 1990. His refined teaching methods, unlimited patience and easy going personality all contribute to enjoyable and rewarding guitar instruction. Edward also teaches bass guitar as he is the former bassist of The Dan Reed Network. As a member of the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce, Edward does solo freelance performances for local businesses. Edward teaches all ability levels. For beginners, lessons start with simple left & right hand exercises that develop independent finger control, strength and coordination. Later graduating into complete scales and arpeggios. Students receive a complete music education that includes reading music, rhythms, music theory, an understanding of proper technique and the development of musical interpretation.

Location: Broadway Store 503-234-2111 MAP	RYAN MC PHAILL — DRUMS Portland State University, Ryan graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, and in 2002, he completed the course work for a Bachelor of Music in Performance with a Jazz Emphasis. As a player, his recording and performance credits include Portlandâs own Coge as well as Gruesome Galore, Wyatt Herb: Tex-Mex Reggae, Harrison, Julie Larson, Sarah Jane Burke, and many others. Lessons are tailored to the individual and are available to students of all ages and experience levels.
Location: 503-760-6881 Division Store MAP	BEN TYLER Ben Tyler has been playing professionally since he was 15 years old and teaching since he was 18 and worked as a freelance drummer in his hometown Albuquerque, New Mexico and later in Phoenix, AZ. He has done extensive touring throughout the U.S. and has appeared in numerous publications including Downbeat magazine. He received the Jazz Bird Scholarship at ASU in Tempe, AZ where he studied drum set and Latin percussion as well as piano and music theory. Ben believes in encouraging each students' creativity and individuality while teaching them reach their full potential as musicians.

Location: Broadway Store 503-290-6753 Email MAP	ANNIE HARKEY Annie Harkey has been playing the cello for 18 years. She received a Bachelor of Science in Music from the University of Oregon in 1999 and moved to Portland in 2000. In addition to being a private cello instructor through Portland Music Company, she teaches beginning and intermediate band classes through the M.U.S.E. band program. Miss Harkey's teaching focuses primarily on building a foundation through proper technique and form in classical studies, but she also likes to explore improvisation in varying styles such as celtic, folk, and jazz with her students.
[No Image] Location: Broadway Store 360-882-6699 MAP	JUNG PAK Jung is an experienced teacher who is currently teaching in public and private schools throughout the Portland area. She has taught various age levels from preschool through middle school to adult and is experienced both in group and in private instruction. Although trained in the Suzuki Method, she incorporates various methodologies into her lessons. Both technique and theory are emphasized. Note: Although Jung is experienced working with various ages, she will need to personally talk with parents who are interested in lessons for any child under the age of seven.

[No Image] Location: Broadway Store 503-201-4186 Email MAP	RANDY BURLINGAME As a native of Portland Oregon, Randy Burlingame has taught hundreds of young musicians how to reach their musical goals. Teaching in numerous music programs that include; The Cultural Recreation Program, The Accelerated Music Program, The North Portland Music Academy and Trinity Lutheran School in Portland, where he taught a 4th through 8th grade band program for seven years. In 1998 he established a small ensembles and recital program at Mt. Hood Community College. Presently Randy is the high school jazz band director at The Portland Waldorf School in Milwaukie Oregon. As a professional musician for over 30 years, Randy has played in many groups and settings from symphonic to jazz, including his own groups- The Burly Jazz Trio and The Burly Jazz Ensemble. With 43 years playing experience, and over 20 years teaching experience, it’s important to him each student achieve the skills required to be successful in their own musical endeavor. If you are looking to establish a solid foundation, or just looking to brush up on old skills, Randy Burlingame has a program to fit your needs.
[No Image] Location: Broadway Store 503-312-0465 Email MAP	RONNYE HARRISON : SAXOPHONE
Locations: Division Store 503-760-6881 Website MAP Powell Sheet Music Store 503-775-0800 MAP	BARBETTE FALK: Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet & Piano has been teaching and performing in the Portland area for the past 22 years. Her principle instrument is saxophone (all styles and levels) and she also teaches beginning flute and clarinet as well as beginning to intermediate level piano. Her background includes performances with the Oregon Symphony Pops, and Quartette Barbette, as well as local big bands, pop and rock bands and musical theater. She also has a background working with special needs children and is dedicated to providing quality instruction with an emphasis on varied learning styles

Powell Sheet Music Store 503-775-0800 MAP	Aszemar Glenn Aszemar Glenn, noted composer, pianist and conductor was born in Portland, Oregon the year of 1950. Glenn was exposed to the pulsing rhythms of soul and gospel music. It wasn't until his college years that classical music entered his experience. Glenn won the state music composition competition in 1973 sponsored by the Oregon chapter of the National Music Teacher's Association. His talent in classical music grew in leaps and bounds during his college years. He received a Fine Arts degree at Pacific University, Forest Grove. Phone: 503-753-2923 \| Email
[No Image]	OLIVER POIDA Oliver Poida studied at the Music Acadamies of Lubeck and Munich, Germany as well as at the University of Oregon. For over twelve years he has guided numerous students to graduate the level 10 Syllabus exam and win prizes at OMTA competitions. He has adjudicated thousands of children throughout Oregon in Junior Festival Piano events. Oliver believes in a challenging yet fun and innovative approach to teaching. He believes in a diverse repertoire including classical, jazz and modern styles with a strong foundation in technique and theory. Lessons can be tailored to your personal needs. opoida@hotmail.com
Location: Division Store 503-760-6881 Email MAP	GORDON NEIL HERMAN Gordon Neal Herman is a piano instructor at Portland Music Co. on 123rd and Division. He has been playing piano 34 years and has been teaching for 30 years. He earned a Bachelor of Music from California State University - Long Beach in jazz history and a Master of Music from the University of Idaho in composition. Gordon teaches jazz, classical and popular styles along with theory and technique. Besides being a piano instructor, Gordon is a performer, composer and music historian. He has performed and recorded with several jazz groups most notably the jazz quintet Miles Ahead and currently leads the Gordon Neal Herman Trio. As a composer, Gordon was part of national residency in musical theater and has written many works for musical theater, wind ensemble, string quartet, and piano. Gordon teaches classes in jazz and American popular music history and music technology at Marylhurst University.

Location: MLK Store 503-957-ROCK Website Email MAP	KARL TIETZE - SOFTWARE CLASSES- See class schedule Solovox (Carl) has been creating electronic music for almost twenty years. Starting with a simple four-track recorder, a drum machine, and a synth, his early compositions bear the hallmark of Vangelis, ELP, Pink Floyd and Jean Michel Jarre. Had he stayed that course, Solovox would probably not exist. Instead, he attended the Music Composition program at the University Of Georgia starting in 1989. Self-taught at the piano from the age of 10, and composing from the start, he was urged to formalize his talents with a proper musical education. Along the way, however, technology and the advancement of computers in music-making stole his attention for good. This, along with the live music scene of Athens, Georgia brought him into live keyboard roles with Underwaterfall, The Nathan Sheppard Band, The Sugardaddys, Mile Zero and numerous others. By learning how to make music with players in a live setting, his solo work became richer and more human than the standard drum machine-synth sound. Relocating to Portland, Oregon in 1998 Tietze immediately performed with King Black Acid, The Cosmopolitans, Diggabone, and John Henry. After a few eye-opening experiences at the Burning Man Festival, Tietze suddenly realized that his “rock n’ roll hiatus” away from electronic music had come full circle. In the meantime electronic music had grown up and the toys had finally been developed to a state that he had always wanted: immediate, musical control of the sound. With newfound inspiration and new music technology suddenly available, Solovox was born in May of 2001. From the immediate start listeners were blown away by a live musician hand-playing funky, analog-driven melodic dance and epic downtempo compositions where once only a DJ was visible. Starting with a massive MIDI rig and vintage gear like the Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Piano, and Moog Prodigy, he later became a believer in the Ableton Live program and has now mastered this amazing software for composition and performance. He has taught private students in both music software like Ableton, Logic and Reason, as well as general MIDI and electronic music production. His sound continues to be a beautiful meshing of the old analog sound and the most cutting edge techniques of The Chemical Brothers, Mirwais, and The Crystal Method. Under his commercial moniker Soundriver Music LTD, he recently scored A&E’s Biography of Dorothy Stratten. His music has been heard on PBS, and he continues to be a popular draw in Portland with both weekly downtempo shows and numerous dance-floor-crushing performances at clubs and parties in the Northwest. His debut CD, Break Out Of Prism shows the range of his abilities, and features local talents like Jen Folker and Lea Krueger, as well as Ivan DePrume, original drummer for White Zombie. >From cosmic keyboard-driven funk to smooth and energetic house to even psy-trance, Solovox leaves his own original stamp on everything he does. A musician first, he has never been intimidated by the technology of modern music-making…and he is always eager to share his knowledge and enthusiasm for this wonderful time in music history.