One Private Lesson Spot Open for Summer 2026

In-person and Zoom Lessons Available

Please fill out the new student form to start the registration process

Package rates for 10-lesson bundles*

40 1-hour lessons $4,000+ now $3600 (includes access to all courses & materials)****
 

10 1-hour Weekly Lessons***  $1,250 now $1,000

10 1-hour Bi-Weekly Lessons*** $1250 now $1175

Episodic Lessons**
$125/hour
$100/45 minutes
$65/30 minutes

Year-Long Plans (Best Value)

Renewals & Continuity
Lesson cycles are renewed on or before the final lesson of the current plan. Payment on or before the last lesson ensures uninterrupted scheduling and reserved time in my studio calendar.

*10-lesson bundles include 2 student cancellations. Bundles are to be completed within 12 weeks unless I add additional cancellations, which will not count toward your week total. Students have an option to reschedule missed lessons dependent upon my openings within the 12-week bundle window.

**Episodic lessons require a 24-hour cancellation notice and are non-refundable if cancelled in less than 24 hours. 

***I offer 45- and 60-min lessons for adults. 30-mins doesn't offer the requisite time to get into a musical mindset and keep continuity between lessons. 30-mins are great for youngsters. 

****Books and Ukestra excluded

• Focused attention on each student   
• Seeing and hearing each student "where they are" while guiding them to become the player they want to be
• Creating customized, professional-grade learning materials in tablature and notation
• Decades of experience as a musician and as a teacher
• Personally curated Soundslice files for practicing
• Incorporating short and long-term agendas to help students both create and achieve goals
• Encouragement, patience and compassionate critiques to help students grow
• Performance opportunities in a friendly, supportive environment
• Opportunities to join a growing community of local ukulele players and students
• Access to my comprehensive library of ukulele learning resources
• Clean, organized and friendly teaching studio that accommodates a 1-on-1 lesson or up to 12 students
• Top-quality instruments, computer, and learning tools
• Wide range of ages, (8-88) and experience in most musical styles
• Well-balanced mixture of skill-building, theory, songs and practice techniques to develop well-rounded musicality
• Multiple approaches- note reading, by ear, theory, songs, technique-based methods as well as ensemble and solo scenarios
• Willingness and ability to engage, inspire and connect with students of all levels, backgrounds and abilities
• Direct access to the numerous lessons I have learned through my study, practice, performing, recording, touring, teaching and life-long love of music

Teaching/Music Credentials

• 2024 Grammy Nomination as an Ukulele Player on a Contemporary Blues Album
• Experience- An average of over one thousand lessons taught per year for last 10 years
• Levels 1, 2, & 3 certification in the James Hill Ukulele Initiative (JHUI)
• Lead teacher in the JHUI program
• Thousands of ukulele students taught over the past decade worldwide
• 35+ years as a professional musician
• Skills as a composer, arranger, author, conductor and music content creator
• Proficiency in creating customized learning materials in standard notation, tablature and chord diagrams
• Experience and ease in private lesson, small group and large group settings
• teaching music since 1989
• Published author-Ukulele Ceilidh (2019); The Art of the Ensemble Books 1-3 (2019-2020)
• State of Texas Elementary Education Certification
• Appearances on numerous television shows including Austin City Limits (twice), Nashville Star, CMT's On the Verge, The Don Imus Show, The Craig Kilborn Show and more.
• Over 1,500 live shows with Texas music legend Charlie Robison.
• A lifetime of music performance, recording, study and devotion.