Don Russo

Don Russo has been playing for 22 years and providing private instruction for 13 years. Don’s Playing Career: Don began playing in bands in high school and continued through a […]

Drew Medlin

Drew Medlin has been playing guitar for over twenty years. He started teaching in 2002, offering lessons on bass and guitar. He also has taught mandolin and ukulele. Drew started […]

A.J. Lang

A.J. Lang, a former student of two Columbia greats – Don Russo and Robert Newton – began studying the guitar at age 14.  A native of Chapin, South Carolina, he […]

Amos Hoffman

Amos Hoffman is an Israeli Jazz Guitarist and Oudist known worldwide as a pioneer in fusing the rhythms and melodic themes of the Middle East with Modern Jazz. Hoffman started […]

Brian Conner

Brian Conner, from Lexington, South Carolina, has been teaching since 2006.  Guitarist, vocalist and creative drive of the band Villanova Band, Brian has been writing music since he was 11 years […]

Michael Atwater

Michael Atwater is an accomplished guitarist who has established himself in Columbia’s music scene and throughout the region. As a lead guitarist with The Casual Kings, his stylings may be heard on their […]

Charles Funk

Charles Funk has been playing the guitar for 26 years and has been teaching guitar for 14 years. He picked up his first guitar at the age of 10 and formally began […]

Aaron Terrapin

Born and raised in Lexington, SC, Aaron has been playing guitar for nineteen years and teaching for ten. He studied guitar under Michael Burkett, student of local legend Robert Newton. Striving for the […]

Jerry Sims

After graduating from Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music in 1979, guitarist Jerry Sims moved to Columbia, SC to open a teaching studio. Over the years, Sims Music would grow […]

Jared Wise

My name is Jared Wise. I started playing guitar when I was 15 years old and haven’t set it down since. After learning guitar, I went on to learn bass, […]