Henry Colt

Henry Colt is a bluegrass, oldtime, and jazz musician who is passionate about teaching. In Juneau, Alaska, he worked as a Teaching Artist for the nonprofit Juneau Alaska Music Matters, teaching folk music in the local elementary schools as well as giving private lessons. Since 2023, he has lived in Argentina, where he plays tenor banjo in Jazzper Quinteto and three-finger banjo in the Baigorria String Band, among other projects. Jazzper has performed at theaters like the San Martin and the Rosita Avila, toured extensively in northern Argentina, and released the EP, Sesión El Brote, with the help of a grant from El Ente Cultural de Tucumán. In 2025, Baigorria released its first album, Lanín, a mixture of traditional and original Appalachian oldtime music. Henry has also played tenor banjo in a prize-winning Spanish-language production of Chicago. When he is home visiting his family in Western Massachusetts, his favorite gig is with his father at the senior living facility where his grandmother was a resident ("Friday Folkies").

Henry teaches classes in both English and Spanish. He enjoys working with pickers of all ages, from eight-year-olds to octogenarians, including  musicians with disabilities. He encourages his students--especially those who are studying bluegrass, oldtime, and other folk genres--to learn by ear. He thinks healthy technique and music theory can help musicians more freely and creatively express themselves. Henry believes that in our increasingly divided world, making music with each other is one of the most powerful (and fun!) ways of coming together. 
 

Henry teaches classes in both English and Spanish. He enjoys working with pickers of all ages, from eight-year-olds to octogenarians, including  musicians with disabilities. He encourages his students--especially those who are studying bluegrass, oldtime, and other folk genres--to learn by ear. He thinks healthy technique and music theory can help musicians more freely and creatively express themselves. Henry believes that in our increasingly divided world, making music with each other is one of the most powerful (and fun!) ways of coming together.