Learn from Great Strings Teachers

My name is Justin Butler. I am 39 years old and I am from St. Louis, MO. I am a professional musician and music producer/audio engineer as well as a part time singer-songwriter. My two main instruments are the guitar and the drums, and I have been playing both for 24 years.

Heart Dance Recording Artist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Kent Smith has over 20 years of experience teaching rock, blues, jazz, fingerstyle and classical guitar. Smith’s latest album on Heart Dance Records, ‘After the Harvest’, is creating a buzz in the industry and was nominated for “Acoustic Guitar Album of the Year” in England and “Acoustic Instrumental Album of the Year”…

Hello, I'm Ben! I teach guitar, electric bass, and violin. I've been a guitar teacher for over twenty years and have taught hundred hundreds of students how to play. I teach students a mix between songs they want to learn, and exercises that develop strong musical fundamentals.

Mitch Hood is a guitarist, songwriter, and producer whose career spans punk clubs to national tours. He broke out in the late ’90s with East Coast indie punk band Grandview, opening for The Click Five, The Ataris, MxPx, and Ghoti Hook.

Hi, I’m Vasileios, a composer, violinist, and music educator based in Rhode Island. I hold a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a minor in composition from Rhode Island College, and I am currently earning my Master of Music in Composition at the University of Rhode Island. I have been teaching since 2019.

Iris graduated from China’s Top 1 conservatory, the Central Conservatory of Music. She is currently a specially appointed Music Professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and a PhD researcher in Ethnomusicology at the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Her university teaching experience spans China, the US, and Europe.

I have played music professionally for over 20 years in a host of bands, ensembles, studios, etc.. Currently, I reside just outside Nashville, Tennessee teaching, writing and recording music every day. Over the past several years, I have toured the world with country artist Drake White playing clubs, theaters, stadiums headlining and playing direct support for Zac Brown Band,…

Malachi Braithwaite is a 21 yr old cellist and vocalist from Bethesda, MD pursuing a degree in Cello Performance at Berklee College of Music. Malachi is profficient in many styles such as Classical, Baroque, Folk, RnB, Soul, and different Contemporary styles. Malachi has been playing cello since the age of 9 and has been singing ever since she could talk!

Professional Heritage & Expertise I am a professional violinist with a lifelong dedication to the craft, rooted in the prestigious Senia Gharana lineage. I began my journey at the age of 5 under my grandfather, Pt. Guru Prasad Sharma(Music Composer, All India Radio), a direct disciple of Pt. Joi Srivastava of prestigious Senia Gharana .

Born and educated in Rome, moved to the UK to complete a course of academic studies in music, first as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University (Bachelor of Music with Honours) and then as a postgraduate at Huddersfield University.