CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.- A new guitar lesson studio is opening at 1817 Suite A5 Madison Street.
The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 6:00 p.m. on August 13. The public is welcome to enjoy the live music, meet the teachers, and tour the studio. Light refreshments will be provided.
The Vanessa Green Guitar Studio is owned and managed by Vanessa and Kevin Green who have both taught private guitar lessons in Clarksville since 2006. They have also served as music faculty at Austin Peay State University and Nashville State since 2012.
Though the primary focus of the studio is on guitar education, Vanessa Green is also a certified dealer of D’Addario strings and guitar accessories and Mel Bay music publications, giving students direct access to music supplies and learning materials.
The studio is unique from any studio in Clarksville in that the students participate in several group ensemble concerts. The result of such training is high caliber guitarists, some of whom have become recipients of guitar performance university scholarships. But according to the Greens, students go on to study guitar in college as a side effect of the environment they create for their students. Their goal is to give students the tools they need to have a musical life from childhood to adulthood.
“I encourage group ensemble performance as a strategy to build music community in my studio and to set an example for working for the sake of music. We also will be offering events adults will enjoy such as singer/songwriter’s nights and various live performances,” explained Vanessa Green.
Though Vanessa and Kevin are both classically trained guitarists holding master degrees in music, students enjoy studying an eclectic range of genres. Vanessa focuses on teaching classical, finger style, and folk guitar, while the majority of Kevin’s students study electric and acoustic guitar. The teachers welcome children and adults. Currently the age of students ranges from 6 to 84.