Lee Thomas

Voice Lessons:

A North Carolinian native, Lee is in his seventh year as choral and band director and general music teacher for Carolina Day School's high school division. Lee was born and raised in Concorn, North Carolina, and attended college at Western Carolina University, in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. in Vocal Performance. In Addition to teaching at Carolina Day, Lee also directs the music program at Trinity United Methodist Church in West Asheville. He teaches private voice lessons at the Asheville Music and Art. His students range from children to adults at all levels. Lee's approach is personal and anecdotal, yet technically and professionally informed by degree and more than 20 years as a professional singer. Lee also has 20 years of theatrical and musical theatre experience. He has performed with the Asheville and Hendersonville Symphony Orchestras, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART), Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre (HART), Parkway Playhouse, Mockingbird Theater Company, Asheville Light Opera, Midday Musicals. He currently sings in Asheville's premier a cappella octet known as Pastyme.

Neal Crowley:

Violin/Fiddle (Classical, Bluegrass, Old-Time, Irish/Celtic, Klezmer/Gypsy, Jazz/Swing)

Acoustic Guitar

Electric Guitar

Bass

5 String Banjo (Scruggs, Melodic, and Clawhammer style)

Mandolin

Lap Steel/Slide guitar

Tenor Banjo

Ukelele

Cello

Viola

Songwriting

Teaching Experience:

I began teaching part-time in 1998 and have taught an average of thirty to forty-five students a week since 2000.

I have developed my own unique method for teaching stringed instruments that in addition to teaching songs, technique, music theory, and other fundamentals; also prepares and facilitates the student to learn how to play music with other musicians. I have used this method for people of all age ranges from as young as five years old and up. I have books I am in the process of finishing based on these methods.

I have taught stringed instrument workshops since 2001 at venues such as music stores, festivals, and cultural arts centers in the Southeast.

Musical styles I have taught include Classical, Rock, Bluegrass, Jazz/Swing, Country, Folk, Old-Time, Dixieland, Blues, and others.

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