Boulder Guitar Lessons

Dave Goldenberg

Teaching Method (not limited to)
Hal Leonard & Mel Bay Series, Any instructional materials that have songs the student wants to learn.

Education
Dave attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where he received a B.A. in Music with a focus in Mandolin Performance.

Accolades
Dave has 14 years experience playing the guitar and roughly 10 years experience teaching the guitar. As a child Dave studied the blues styles of Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles to name a few. As he got older, he got more interested in 60s pop which eventually led to an interest in the jamband movement of the 1970s. Later, he found himself immersed in Bluegrass. Dave is excited to help students work on the music that they are interested in.
Dave won the 2011 Rockygrass mandolin contest. He also won the 2010 Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest with songwriter Nora Jane Struthers. In 2005, Dave won the Utah State Mandolin Contest.

Highlights / Performances
Dave has toured all over the United States playing in different folk and bluegrass ensembles. He has played many prestigious festivals including this last year’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival. In July of 2011 he traveled to Australia to represent the United States at an Australian Bluegrass Convention.
Dave plays and is fluent in folk, pop, bluegrass. blues, Rock, Classical, Funk, Old-Time and World Music styles.
Dave believes that most people desire to play music in order to have fun and forget the stresses of everyday life. He wants to help students learn their favorite songs, help them write their own music or just develop more facility on the instrument. He feels it his job to encourage this fun and help each student reach for the next level in their playing.

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