About
Willow Osborne picked up her first banjo at the age of four. She was taught by her friend & mentor, Gary "Biscuit" Davis, the only 5-time International Banjo Champion. She is endorsed by Deering banjos and plays their Calico model. Willow is also endorsed by Neat banjos, GHS Strings, Black Mountain Picks & BlueChip Picks.
Dollywood Theme Parks gave Willow her first stage experience with lead roles in three of their musical productions. Following these contracts, she was a featured performer at the Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge for 9 seasons. Willow has appeared on "Woodsongs" with Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, The United States Navy Bluegrass Band, and Pat Flynn. She had the honor of playing with banjo legend Jens Kruger in the documentary “Beautiful Nothing: The Kruger Brothers”.
In 2017, Willow was cast in the MacGillivary Freeman IMAX Film "America's Musical Journey". The movie premiered February 15th, 2018 at the Smithsonian. She was able to entertain guests for the premiering film all the way from the Smithsonian to Seattle as well as in her home state, Tennessee. She recorded at the famous BlackBird Studio in Nashville for the film’s soundtrack. In the summers of 2020 & 2021, she traveled out west to Medora, North Dakota where she was a Burning Hills Singer and a Coal Digger Band Member in the Medora Musical.
Willow's YouTube channel currently has 24 million views and 80,000 subscribers.
3-finger (Scruggs) style
Reviews from Group Classes
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Fundamentals of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Colby W. on February 9, 2022
The class taught me several items to begin working on with my banjo. Willow taught the class several progressions that are used in popular banjo tunes. Thanks!
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Fundamentals of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Meredith B. on February 8, 2022
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Into the World of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Amitit D. on June 22, 2022
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Into the World of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Amitit D. on June 15, 2022
Awesome!
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Into the World of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Bob on June 15, 2022
Completely Awesome
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Into the World of Banjo with Willow Osborne
David C. on June 15, 2022
Willow did an excellent job with the first class session of this course. When faced with an online "room" of several people who you do not know anything about, it would be a challenge to know where to begin. It would be safe to assume that we were all rank beginners compared to her, but there are various levels within the beginner stage. I think her choice to jump right into basic music theory was smart. I don't really know if some of it might have gone right over the heads of some people. Perhaps it might have, particularly if it was somebody who had never played an instrument before, and had never learned anything at all about theory. The minimal music theory foundation I have was plenty to understand what she was talking about, though, and I think her point about the importance of really internalizing basic theory in relation to playing banjo sounds correct. She is giving us the theory and the basic techniques with which to become proficient players. It may be a more ambitious path than a lot of teachers would be starting us out on, but as Willow said, it's never too early to learn the things that are really going to matter. I think she will give us more in eight lessons than most teachers would.
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Into the World of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Sebastian B. on June 15, 2022
The class was awesome, I learned a lot of basics in the first class that are going to be a great help. Great teacher.
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Into the World of Banjo with Willow Osborne
Wes L. on June 15, 2022
Awesome!