Faculty & Instruments We Teach

The faculty at C4A is an impressive assembly of some of the area’s top teaching artists.

We offer private or shared lessons, classes, and directed music performance ensembles. You may peruse our faculty by department or alphabetically by last name.

  FACULTY LISTED BY DEPARTMENT
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Bowed Strings

Cello & Double Bass

Fiddle, Violin, & Viola

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Plucked Strings

Banjo

Bass Guitar

Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, & Ukulele

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Keyboards

Accordion

Piano

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Vocal

Vocal Instruction

Vocal Accompanying & Coaching

Drums/Percussion

Drum set

Hand percussion

Mallet instruments

Brass

Trombone 

Winds

Clarinet

Flute

Saxophone

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Theory

Ear Training

Music Reading for Violin

Music Theory for Guitar Players

   FACULTY ALPHABETICAL LISTING
JeanRene square headshot Jean-René Balekita
  • Guitar
  • Hand percussion
  • African Drumming
Jonny Beckett
  • Saxophone
  • Clarinet
Loba Chudak
  • Concert flute
  • Recorder
  • Native flute
Dyke Corson 120 faculty Dyke Corson
  • Pedal Steel Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Country Music Ensemble

Celia Faux

  • Accordion
Tom Faux 120 faculty banjo Tom Faux
  • Clawhammer Banjo
  • Guitar
  • Music Theory for Guitar Players
  • Cretaceous Band
John Gantz
  • Scruggs style banjo
 Ken Holmes 120 faculty banjo Ken Holmes
  • In memorium: Emeritus banjo teacher
 Josh Houchin 120 faculty Josh Houchin
  • Double bass (string bass)
  • Bass guitar
  • Jazz band
  • Fledgling Jam for Kids
Robin Kearton
  • Violin, viola, fiddle
  • Bow-Dacious String Band for kids
  • Group Fiddle/Violin “From Scratch” for adults
  • Olde Music: Baroque & Renaissance Ensemble
Chanmi “Sarah” Lee
  • Piano
  • Collaborative performance
Wan Lin
  • Piano
  • Accompanying
  • Coaching
 2015 faculty wayne 120 Wayne Logue
  • Old-time fiddle
 lusardi Johnny Lusardi
  • Violin
  • Jazz fiddle
  • Kids Rock Band
Jeff Magby
  • Drumset
  • Mallets
  • Orchestral percussion
  • Marching band percussion
  • Latin percussion
Dorothy 120 faculty Dorothy Martirano
  • Violin
David McEathron
  • Piano
Leigh Meador
  • Piano
  • Fledgling Jam
Steve Meadows 120 faculty  Steve Meadows
  • Guitar
  • Ukulele
  • Pop vocals

Dr. Paul Mock

  • Guitar
Sam Payne 120 faculty Sam Payne
  • Guitar
  • Mandolin
chris petterson 120 faculty Chris Petterson
  • Cello
  • Audio engineering

Jim Pryor

  • Piano
Amanda Ramey 120 faculty Amanda Ramey
  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Fiddle
Andreas Ruiz
  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Electric violin

Peter Tijerina

  • Trombone
RobSweedler 120

Rob Sweedler

  • Piano
  • Accordion
  • Melodica