Sarah NationSarah Nation began her musical career by playing with church bands as a teenager. She holds a BA in Music from Indiana State University. While in school she had many valuable experiences, including playing for the ISU big band and jazz combos. Additionally, she holds a professional guitar certificate from Berklee Online in Jazz Guitar.
Since relocating to Terre Haute in 2010, Sarah has played for the Crossroads Repertory Theater, various cover bands, small group jazz ensembles, big bands, and Pinball Heroes – for which she wrote the material. She currently plays with The Streamliners. They play a wide range music from the 60s to the present including R+B, Country, Blues, and Rock. This wide range of musical experience gives her a broad understanding of the guitar and its place in popular, rock, folk, jazz, and classical settings. Sarah has been professionally teaching private guitar lessons for fifteen years and strives to instruct each student in the way that works best for them. She has recently published Complete Guitar Theory to better facilitate the instruction of her advancing students. Learning a few basics on guitar can go a long way towards personal enjoyment or its use as an accompaniment instrument, but for the student who wants to delve deeper, the opportunities are nearly limitless. Guiding students towards musical literacy with a clear understanding of their instrument enables them to continue to learn and grow on their own for the rest of their lives. |
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Michael FentonMichael Fenton has been studying and performing locally and abroad for over 15 years. He studied classical guitar at ISU for a year before majoring in Guitar Performance and Music Production & Engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Time spent in Boston allowed Michael to become proficient in Ear Training, Fretboard Harmony, Chord and Melodic Analysis, Acoustics, Arranging, Writing Skills, and Percussion techniques.
Michael has taught K-5 music for Vigo county and was a proud instructor of two strings classes and over 600 students with a variety of age, interests, and abilities for two years. All skill levels and ages, from beginner to advanced and all styles including jazz, rock, blues, dance, folk, classical and everything in between are welcome. |
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Hector Murrieta
Hector began playing the guitar when he was 14 years old. He practiced both acoustic & electric guitar for some years before focusing mainly on the classical guitar for several decades. His first lessons were with private teaches & later at the Ollin Yoliztli Conservatory & The Escuela Nacional de Musica, UNAM, both in Mexico City. Afterwards he got a degree from The Royal College of Music in London, UK. He also took masterclasses & lessons with some of the most prominent classical guitar performers of our time, amongst them Manuel Barrueco, David Tanenbaum, David Russell & Gonzalo Salazar.
This path allowed him to perform as a solo concert artist in several countries such as UK, USA, Mexico & Cuba, & also to record 3 classical guitar albums, to great success; “De Oriente a Occidente”, “Entre Senderos” & “Ascension: Music Of the Baroque” which include works written by classical contemporary & baroque composers such as J.S. Bach, E. Krenek, L. Brouwer, H. Villa-Lobos, W. Walton, C. Chavez & others. His experience in this field also includes playing duets, in guitar orchestras & different instrumental combinations. His curiosity for the electric guitar & other types of music never really went away, & in 2013 he created, alongside dancer/choreographer Dora Hagerman, an interdisciplinary company called “Komorebi”, where he performed original works created by them both. These works mixed contemporary dance, video & original music written by Hector & other composers. They performed in many different art festivals & countries such as Japan, Argentina, Spain, Canada, Indonesia, USA, Cuba & Mexico. In the midst of all this, Hector recorded an electric guitar album with works by classical contemporary composers Steve Reich (USA), Jacob TV (Holland), Elliot Fisk (USA), Tristan Murail (France) & Alex Shapiro (USA). Around 2013 Hector started creating & writing his own music, leaning into improvisation too & using all the elements available through his multiple experiences, releasing in 2017 his first album of original music, “Of City Blurs”. He’s also written several works for piano, harpsichord, violin, cello, bagpipes, electric guitar, synths, african marimbas, orchestra, etc, such as “Letters From Northern Skies”, “Baroque suite Op. 43 & 44”, “12 Canons for Dora Hagerman”, “String Trio Op. 5 Dawn”, “Scopes”, “Songs I Sing While I Go On a Downward Spiral”, “Clouds Under a Japanese Sky”, & a large etc. His music has also been performed by other artists now. All of this can be seen & heard on his YouTube Channel (Hector Murrieta) & bandcamp website: https://hectormurrieta.bandcamp.com/ Hector has also enjoyed teaching throughout the years. His biggest goal as a teacher is to wake up & nurture the curiosity to learn through many methods, make the students realize how music plays such a vital role in human life, everyday activities, the transcendence of practicing/playing music & the benefits it brings to our own lives. |
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