Mandolin Lessons at Boulder's Harmony Music House
Harmony Music House is Boulder's home for private Mandolin lessons.
Take a minute to read about our teachers. They are highly qualified in teaching private Mandolin lessons, and are open to taking on both adults and children of any skill level. You can learn how to play Bluegrass music and more.
Bonnie Sims 
- Mandolin
"I really believe that music is all inclusive and like to encourage anyone who has a desire to be musical to do it."
Performance and Education Background
I have been performing for 15 years, I started singing with my father from a young age and began playing guitar at 12 and mandolin at 14. I have played at venues such as Six flags over Texas in Arlington, Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, Rockygrass 2009 with KC Groves and the Blue Maddies, and many local venues here in Colorado as well as in the Dallas/Ft Worth area where I grew up. I spent two years at South Plains College in Levelland, TX where I studied bluegrass, country, and western swing styles. I took private mandolin lessons from Joe Carr and bluegrass ensembles with Alan Munde. I also took private voice lessons with Rusty Hudleson and learned how to yodel. I was awarded Best Female Bluegrass Vocalist both years I attended that program (06, 07) and Best Female Bluegrass Instrumentalist the second year. I was also a member of the Pickin' On the Plains and Western Swing ensemble.
My Teaching Style
I really believe that music is all inclusive and like to encourage anyone who has a desire to be musical to do it. In saying that, I also like to allow the student's musical tastes to dictate what we learn and the speed at which we do it. Private lessons are the perfect environment for that and then you have ensembles where you can try out your musical ideas and practice playing well with others which is equally important. Harmony Music House will allow your musical vocabulary to grow.
David Tiller - Mandolin
David Tiller has been a private mandolin and guitar instructor for many
years, teaching jazz, bluegrass, gypsyjazz, celtic, classical, klezmer,
ol'timey styles and works with his students on good technique, theory,
tune knowledge, improvisation skills and more. He has been a Professor of
Mandolin at the College of Santa Fe and on faculty at Cadenza Music
Academy in Portland , Oregon. David has led improvisation and technique
workshops throughout the country and has been an assistant teacher at the
Mark O'Connor Strings Conference in San Diego. In his younger years David
studied music at the “N.C. school of the Arts”, and the “Shenandoah
Conservatory”, plus mandolin studies with some legendary players such as
David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Andy Statman, and Radim Zenkl.
David has performed with the likes of Danny Barnes, Yonder Mountain String
Band, Darol Anger, String Cheese Incident, Joe Craven, ALO, Keller
Williams, Leftover Salmon, Steve Kimock, Garaj Mahal, Kaki King, Drew
Emmit Band, Rob Wasserman, Tony Furtado, The Slip, Dan Bern, and many
more....
After spending much of the past 15 years touring with ThaMusemeant and
TAARKA playing festivals and theaters all around the USA and recording on
many records, David has made his home in the front range mountains of
Colorado.
David is also available to teach lessons on mandola, bouzouki, tenor banjo, tenor guitar and
guitar at Harmony Music House.