Music Theory Lessons at Boulder's Harmony Music House
Harmony Music House is Boulder's home for private Music Theory lessons.
Take a minute to read about our teachers. They are highly qualified in teaching private Music Theory lessons. They are open to taking on both adults and children of any skill level.
David Goodheim
David Goodheim is a performer and composer currently living in
Boulder, Colorado. Music and playing musical instruments have been a
major pursuit since his youth beginning with piano, to flute,
saxophone and clarinet, and then finally guitar and Ukulele. David has been a
guitar player for 13 years now and has studied and performs in
multiple styles important in the versatility of the instrument
including classical, rock, blues, and American folk/fingerstyle.
He has performed guitar in venues from the Boulder Theater to well known venues in Los Angeles like REDCAT and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
It is in Los Angeles that David received his BFA in music from
California Institute of the Arts in 2008. He also holds a BA in
Biological Sciences from University of Colorado, Boulder.
Teaching has been a focus for David for a number of years now and he
favors a balanced and customized method tailored to developing each
student's stylistic interests, goals, and technical and theoretical
strengths, and weaknesses. He has taught for CalArts Community Arts
Partnership, a Los Angeles based educational outreach organization,
Oakwood School in North Hollywood, and more recently, private and
studio based guitar lessons in the Boulder area.
Currently, David is studying and practicing classical guitar with
Masakazu Ito, guitar performance faculty at University of Denver's
Lamont School of Music. He also is composing new classical music for
local and California based chamber music ensembles, and for
documentary film. David is playing rock music with two local bands,
Carry Me Ohio and Caribou Ranch, and is the sole member of an
experimental soundscape project called Timbre Wolves.
Jake Schepps
Jake Schepps has made a name for himself as a banjo renaissance man, an artist with not only an adroit touch on his instrument but an intrepid, imaginative vision for contemporary stringband music. An avid and eternal student, Jake has spent time studying a myriad of aspects for the 5-string banjo, from traditional and contemporary bluegrass to turn-of-the-century ragtime music, American fiddle tunes, Irish music, jazz and swing, Brazilian choro, composition and classical music. Jake has studied music at Naropa University and the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, in addition to studying with many of the banjo greats. Jake's passion for teaching is palpable, and he enjoys teaching all levels of students of 3-finger banjo, in addition to many other aspects of musicianship. Jake also writes for Banjo Newsletter, contributing feature interviews and columns on contemporary banjo music. Aside from leading his band the Expedition Quartet, he teaches classes for the National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI of NOLS). You can read more about Jake, and hear some of his music at www.jakeschepps.com.