"Music is heaven all around us"

Chris Yeaton

“MANY MILES MUSIC” recording artist & Hawaii born, Chris Yeaton, draws from a great lineage of Hawaiian Slack Key tradition. His musical inspiration and journey begins with one of Hawaii’s most celebrated musicians, master Slack Key Guitarist Keola Beamer.

Adam Werner

Adam is best known for his progressive fingerstyle guitar techniques, pioneered by the late Michael Hedges, but he has travelled beyond within to explore his soul and focus on the expression of deep emotions and thought through music, rather than the visual stimulation through performance.

John Keawe

John Keawe is a songwriter and slack-key guitarist who was born on the Big Island of Hawaii, in the little town of Hawi in North Kohala. John grew up with rock and roll music and enjoyed listening to singer/songwriters.

Alex De Grassi

Alex de Grassi is an American Grammy nominated fingerstyle guitarist, author, composer and performer. Tom Wheeler wrote in Guitar Player magazine that his technique is "the kind that shoves fellow pickers to the cliff of decision: should I practice like a madman or chuck it altogether?"

Michael Manring

Hailed by many as the world’s leading solo bassist, Michael Manring has been pushing back the boundaries of what’s possible on the bass guitar for decades. While his technical skill and innovations always make an impression, it is his ability to communicate on a profound emotional level that most touches listeners. Read more >

Antonio Calogero

Italy's Antonio Calogero is a bright light in the new generation of acoustic guitarist/composers. Drawing on folk, jazz, classical, and international influences, the poetic sensibility of the Mediterranean is always present when this intense and captivating guitarist takes the stage.Italy's Antonio Calogero is a bright light in the new generation of acoustic guitarist/composers.

Brenda Lippincott

Born/raised in Honolulu, Hawaii briefly studied classical and other popular mediums of guitar playing. After a twenty year period of dust collection her guitar reemerged from the depths of her closet. In 2001 she studied slack key with Chris Yeaton.

Gordon Rowland

Reviews: “Lovely, flowing and filling...execution was completely satisfactory” – Bruce Spoddleson Moscow Argonaut “...still mesmerized by your wonderful Spanish Guitar Program for the San Francisco Symphony League” – Carolyn Fanning, President, San Francisco Symphony League

Michael Tanenbaum

Michael Tanenbaum is a Celtic inspired instrumental guitarist based in Honolulu, Hawaii. His music is inspired by the power of the land, light and ocean waters of the islands. The islands' Hawaiian Slack Key guitar music inspired him to re-explore the guitar after 25 years at the piano.

Greg Herbst

His interest in the guitar was sparked as a child watching various Hawaiian musicians, but he also draws inspiration from such artist as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, & Ritchie Havens. Over the last five years, his interest for the guitar has intensified as

Bradajo

aka Jozuf Hadley is a third generation Kama’aina from Kaua’i. He is a poet, storyteller, artist, teacher and philosopher. He has worked within the medium of Pidgin for over three decades. Hawai’i Pidgin English is the unique grassroots soul talk of a multicultural Hawai’i.

Dylan Schorer

Dylan is one of the up-and-coming guitarists in the instrumental Fingerstyle guitar genre. His rootsy original compositions and intricate arrangements of traditional Celtic material in rich alternate guitar tunings have been mesmerizing audiences and wowing guitarists for years.

William Coulter

William Coulter is an American Celtic guitarist, performer, recording artist, and teacher. Since 1981 he has explored the world of traditional music as a soloist with ensembles including Isle of Skye, Orison, and the Coulter-Phillips Ensemble.

Andy Rising

In the sixth grade was introduced to the cello. He practiced with a commitment to excellence, and soon proved his God given talent by winning various competitions. Over the years Andy was privileged to study with a few very talented instructors. He has performed with a number of orchestras, chamber groups and ensembles.

Teja Gerken

Today, Teja Gerken is no stranger to those familiar with contemporary steel-string Fingerstyle guitar. Weaving together influences of folk, jazz, classical, and world music into a style that is uniquely his own, Gerken's playing reflects his diverse musical interests

Simon Russell

Vocalist, Pianist, Composer and Producer. Has been playing since he was only 11 years of age. In venues all over the Bay Area, in hundreds of bands, as well as all over the world.