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 Constance Mc Hugh <waikikil@mac.com>
Am looking for uke playing group to join in Northern NJ
Please contact waikikil@mac.com
Mahalo
Kawehi   March 2008



Celtic Harpist looking for Celtic Flute Player in Northern  NJ.  Yes, I also teach if anyone is interested...
Odarka Stockert    odarka@odarka.com  www.Odarka.com   (973)763-6303

Richard Stillman teaches mandolin, mandola,tenor banjo, five string banjo, guitar, ukulele, pennywhistle, and bagpipes in Montclair, NJ.
He has performed on Broadway and in theatres, schools and libraries throughout the Northeast. His website is richardstillman.com.
email is richardstillman@verizon.net and phone is 973 783 0118    January 2008



Bagpipe and small pipe performance for Weddings, Funerals, Parties, or any other occasion that you want to make memorable by the unique and enchanting sound of the pipes.
Instruction for absolute beginners (no prior music experience), intermediate,and advanced students.  Instruction to EUSPBA grade 3.  I am an active solo and band competitor and will teach you how to achieve your goals on this wonderful
instrument.  Snare drum instruction is also available through EUSPBA grade 2.
Tim Tokazewski    Mid / South Jersey & Eastern PA
http://www.newjerseypiper.com
email: piper@newjerseypiper.com  July 2007
I am looking for a harp teacher for my 10 years old daughter in Hightstown (Central New Jersey) close to Princeton.  Please email me at woonleung@hotmail.com

Thanks!
David Leung   January 2006

Kathy DeAngelo kathydea@hotmail.com
"Home is where my harp is"
You Gotta Have Harp Productions
www.harpagency.com
Instruments: harp, fiddle
Music Style: Celtic music
Phone: 856-795-7637   November 2005

2 year violinist looking for duet partner to play folk, light classical, and renaissance music.  I live in the Middlesex, NJ area.
Pifferl@aol.com    November 2005
Odarka Polanskyj Stockert

Harpist instructor/performer
Styles: folk, celtic, world and classical
Millburn, NJ
(973)763-6303
odarka@odarka.com
www.Odarka.com   September 2005

I am Shankar and I am Prof Drum Player, if any one need me please contact 201 798 6772 and my email is fasabb@yahoo.com
May 2005

Southern New Jersey Bagpipe instruction by top competitive soloist and former high school band director with Bachelors and Masters degrees in music. Also available to play for your special event. Published composer; full time professional musician. Successful teaching both youth and adult beginners and competitors of all amateur levels; band workshops available.
If in need of a
performer or instructor, contact ljnev-at-verizon.net. Laura Neville    March 2005

We teach classical TABLA throughout New Jersey and New York.  Weekly tabla classes take place in: Rutherford NJ, New Brunswick NJ, Towaco NJ, Albany NY and on Long Island.  Contact us at:
Taalim School of Indian Music
www.taalim.com
taalimschool@yahoo.com
Ph: (201) 933-8580    January 18, 2005

I would love to find an Irish Tin Whistle instructor in the Northern NJ area.  I am a beginner and really need some help!
Thanks Kim  (201)314-2475   November 26, 2004
Lessa2323@aol.com
Hello, I would love to be listed in your website. I teach Afro Cuban and middle eastern drumming.

Isaac Gutwilik
(732) 432-0609
funkytradition@yahoo.com
http://www.congas.org/musician/isaacgutwilik/

I'm a percussion instructor in  East Brunswick, NJ  and have been playing for 24 years  and teaching for about 10.
I've trained in Cuba and NYC.
Jon Rocker    Liberty Corner, NJ   October 6, 2004

4rockers@optonline.net
I'm primarily an acoustic fingerstlye guitar player with lots of experience strumming an picking as well and a wide range of influences. Anybody in or near Somerset County interested in collaborating, jamming, performing, or in need of accompaniment?


Looking for a steel drum teacher in the Philadelphia area!
Pam Ross <sheep3dog@aol.com>
Media, PA USA - Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 20:58:02 (EDT) 
Looking for a musician who plays the Irish tin whistle for a wedding ceremony next year. Please contact me at jkuchar33@yahoo.com Thank you.

Jennifer Kuchar <jkuchar33@yahoo.com>
Monmouth Beach, NJ USA - Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 15:57:56 (EDT)
I am looking for a bagpipe instructor, and am willing to travel up to an hour for same. Thank you.

Debra Press-Costello <pandora@voicenet.com>
Woodbury, NJ USA - Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 09:06:51 (EDT) 
Looking for beginner bagpipe instructor.

Ronnie Wood <vgardner@att.com>
Scotch Plains, NJ USA - Tuesday, August 20, 2002 at 14:34:06 (EDT)
I need a qualified marimba instructor, preferably in the Morris County area who can teach me the marimba for my school pit band, ASAP. Any help would be appreciated.

Emily <Tempura456@aol.com>
Parsippany, NJ USA - Friday, August 16, 2002 at 01:37:53 (EDT) 
Amateur violinist looking for other musicians to get together and perform anything from light classical to show tunes. I have been playing for 20 years but not with other players. In Little Falls, Wayne NJ area.

Gene Bidwell <gbidwell@optonline.net>
Little Falls, NJ USA - Monday, August 12, 2002 at 21:21:36 (EDT) 
Performer - cellist, accoustic & electric, available for performances and recording. Have worked with lots of regional and nationally famous performers - see website for details. Lower (unpublished) rates for artistic projects.

Richard Hotchkiss <Rhotchkiss@hotstrings-inc.com>
Philadelphia, PA USA - Sunday, August 11, 2002 at 07:44:26 (EDT) 
Looking to learn how to play the bagpipes.

Patrick Harrigan <path652002@yahoo.com>
Cherry Hill, NJ USA - Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 15:26:06 (EDT) 
I'm a writer working on a story for a regional magazine. I'm looking for a songwriter(s) who commissions songs for hire. For example, someone could hire you to write a song in honor of a special occasion or for a special person. If this is you, please contact me at moranmarketing@erols.com Thanks, Gwen

Gwen Moran <moranmarketing@erols.com>
Ocean, NJ USA - Monday, July 15, 2002 at 15:16:53 (EDT) 
I am seeking an instructor in Camden County for Clasical Mandolin

John Puscian <Actuary962@aol.com>
Voorhees, NJ USA - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 14:04:06 (EDT) 
I'm a professional singer/songwriter with a band and I'm looking for a fiddle player. It's contemporary folk with some Irish. Need soulful, skilled player who can play around a singer. Recording coming up soon.

Honor Finnegan <honorfinnegan@hotmail.com>
New York, NY USA - Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 15:33:34 (EDT) 
Looking for a steel drum/steel pan instructor in the Union County, NJ vicinity. Eagerly awaiting a reply.

Patricia <pbuckridee1@comcast.net>
Scotch Plains, NJ USA - Friday, April 12, 2002 at 23:26:23 (EDT) 
Looking for a tabla instructor near Princeton, NJ.

Vinod Menon <menonv5@hotmail.com>
Princeton, NJ USA - Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 14:36:01 (EST) 

Tabalji with three years formal training, under renowned tabla artist, K. Paramjyoti. I give lessons in tabla, at my home in Summit, NJ. I perform in East Indian duet, Shanti Sangeet {please see above URL}. Western drummer for twenty-eight years.
Dan DeRienzo <tablaya@hotmail.com>
Summit, NJ USA - Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 11:08:34 (EST) 
The Ocean Conservatory provides all students of music the unique opportunity to study privately on all instruments. In addition, we provide Mozart and the Child music for parents to interact with their children in small classes. This interaction of parent and child has had very rewarding results in advancing the reading and math along with cognitive skills.

John Christopher Spoulos <Redshirt54@aol.com>
Toms River, NJ USA - Wednesday, December 19, 2001 at 14:34:31 (EST) 
band called The Barley Boys who are currently looking for a new bass player. Musical Style/Genre: Irish-Jigs, Reels, Sea Shantys, Traditional. We also play some calypso/island type music. We have a busy schedule and will be playing along side with BLACKTHORN on St.Patty's day. Contemporary, and Original Irish Music. Please contact me if interested, and also feel free to visit the website for more info on us. (www.wildlifemusic.net)

Randy Albert <ralbert@csc.com>
Moorestown, NJ USA - Friday, November 02, 2001 at 13:00:26 (EST) 
I am a both a piano teacher and performer. I teach small children to adults up to the early advanced level. I also enjoy playing at cocktail parties and play a wide variety of different musical styles.

Michelle Tukachinsky <Gemf30@aol.com>
Howell, NJ USA - Monday, October 29, 2001 at 08:12:44 (EST) 
I would like to contact one or various violinists to perform in my wedding next may 18 in Point Pleasant Thanks

Martha Chipoco <titachipoco@hotmail.com>
Brick, NJ USA - Monday, October 01, 2001 at 18:35:23 (EDT) 
Highland bagpipe music for all occasions. Serving Northern and Central NJ and the Lehigh Valley, Bucks Co, and Phila., PA areas. Lessons for beginners 908.537.4806

Michael Bell <Michael@castledangerous.com>
Hampton, NJ USA - Monday, August 20, 2001 at 16:49:41 (EDT) 
I am looking for a place where my kids can learn music - piano, flute, violin. thanks

Gessie Philippe <gphilippe@anastoseng.com>
Carteret, NJ USA - Friday, August 17, 2001 at 10:26:56 (EDT) 
Mopving to Philadelphia in the next 3_4 years i am looking to form a ceilidh band in or around philly.I have been involved with scottish and irish music for the last 20 years and have played,recorded or toured with many of the top bands ie.hte blackrose ceilidh band (of whom i am a regular member),phil cunningham ally bain the jim malcomb band the old blind dogs etc i would like to here from fiddle players irish scottish as we would be playing both a piano player who is good at vamping and can handle the bass end to (possible some one who has studied jazz (as it is not as easy as it sounds ) and a drummer who has played possible with a drum corp band and can understand rudements as well as the hihat.

iain macfadyen <stretchington72@hotmail.com>
scotland, GB - Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at 12:29:39 (EDT) 
A small, very supportive songwriters' group that meets the first Thursday of every month in Millburn, NJ for talk and song critique. Details on Web site...e-mail me for directions. Hope to see you there!

NJ Songwriter's Circle <scott_sheldon@hq.adp.com>
millburn, nj USA - Tuesday, March 06, 2001 at 11:31:56 (EST) 
Singer/songwriter described as "a drunken meeting between Cole Porter and Tom Lehrer." Web site has show dates, lyrics, and mailing list.

scott sheldon <scott_sheldon@hq.adp.com>
Millburn, NJ USA - Tuesday, March 06, 2001 at 11:29:18 (EST) 
Looking for other muscians to get together and preform Irish standards and other tuens put into irish/traditonal formats and just have fun and make good music.possiably more Im a gutiarist with experience and a degree in music and can adapt and bring something to any group and can set up gigs write if intrested thanks

jim <parris@prodigy.net>
trenton, nj USA - Sunday, December 31, 2000 at 00:15:43 (EST) 
Adam Niewood Jazz Saxophonist & Woodwind Instructor All Ages and Levels welcome (973) 731-7295

Adam Niewood <aniewood@yahoo.com>
West Orange, NJ USA - Thursday, November 16, 2000 at 15:19:06 (EST) 
The Princeton Songwriters is the Central/Northern NJ Chapter of The Nashville Songwriters Association, International (NSAI), offering workshops, speakers, and events to help develop your songwriting skills. On 10/28, we're featuring Nashville-based master session guitarist, Gary Talley, who will present "Guitar Playing for Songwriters," at The Rutgers Labor Education Center in New Brunswick, NJ. There are a few seats left. Visit our website for seminar registration information, to join our free E-NewsLetter for NJ area songwriters, and to learm more about our group. Anne Freeman, Coordinator Hotline: 908-638-0239

Anne Freeeman, Coorrdinator <princetonsongs@aol.com>
Clinton, NJ USA - Thursday, October 19, 2000 at 12:46:18 (EDT) 
I'm pretty much of a beginning player of the Irish Tenor Banjo looking for other players/teacher. I'd just like to play, expand my repotiore, share some tunes.

Paul Mazouat <pmazouat@aol.com>
Flanders, NJ USA - Thursday, October 05, 2000 at 13:44:13 (EDT) 
I perform  Irish, Traditional, and original music. I am part of a three piece band ( more musicians can be added if necessary). I have 2 CDs one of my songs can be heard on the internet at Pennsic.org under "can u identify this song ". Hope to hear from you soon.

Edward J Connor111 <Connored3@hotmail.com>
Southampton, NJ USA - Saturday, August 19, 2000 at 15:41:07 (EDT) 
Players, performers, and enthusiasts of folk and acoustic music are invited to join Central NJ Song Circle. We hold a round-robin Guitar Pull on the last Thursday of each month. We provide a fun, friendly environment for trying out new songs, swapping old ones, or just hanging out. For details on our group and our next event, please visit http://sites.netscape.net/guitarpullnj/index.htm

Dan Segal <GuitarPullNJ@netscape.net>
Highland Park, NJ USA - Saturday, July 15, 2000 at 20:47:10 (EDT) 
The tri-state area's ONLY full-time DJ. Every style of music including Folk!

DJ David
NJ, NY, CT USA - Sunday, July 09, 2000 at 20:14:34 (EDT) 

Blues guitar, childrens music I also work in the Music and Media dept. of the Morris County Library and would like any info to post or include in our FYI section (Were redoing this now so it's a good time to get everyone involved)The mailing address: Music and Media Attn:Laurence Ross 30 East Hanover Whippany NJ 07981
Laurence Ross <Laurenceharry@hotmail.com>
Morristown, NJ USA - Friday, April 14, 2000 at 14:53:29 (EDT) 
I enjoy teaching harp to beginning students. I play at coffee houses, and for various events. I'm always looking for other musicians to "jam" with.

Mary LeBus <mlebus@home.com>
Tinton Falls, NJ USA - Saturday, April 08, 2000 at 12:56:50 (EDT) 

I teach and perform on the harp and the piano. I play for weddings, special occasions, orchestra pits and symphony orchestras. My harp repertory includes celtic, classical, and popular styles. Phone# (908) 753-5975
Tula Ruggiero <Rosered76@aol.com>
Edison, NJ USA - Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 18:32:12 (EST) 
Fingerstyle guitarist/composer/teacher, Acoustic guitars (steel/nylon), electric guitars, mandolin, banjo. All styles. Solo, ensembles, musicals, etc. Always looking for others to collaborate with! vincedownes@hotmail.com

Vince Downes <vincedownes@hotmail.com>
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ USA - Monday, March 06, 2000 at 12:38:24 (EST) 
I have been a teacher/performer for over forty years in the southern NJ/PA area. I also play with the instrumental group NONESUCH. My music includes Baroque/Middle Age music, selected classical, contemproary show/movie music, music from around the world, Colonial British and Celtic Folk music. I perform individually in intimate restaurants, for weddings or for small organizational gatherings seeking the unusual. We have performed for a number of historical events and societies in the area. I perform on the hammered dulcimer, lap dulcimer and the guitar as well as a number of other string instruments as required by the performance and music theme. I (we) will travel in this area within a one hour range from Camden/Philladelphia. I also teach advanced Hammered Dulcimer. Please contact me at: Howard W. Powell 5005 Garfield Ave. Pennsauken, N.J. 08109 856-665-2614 hwpowell@gateway.net Looking forward to hearing from you!

Howard W. Powell <hwpowell@gateway.net>
Pennsauken, NJ USA - Sunday, January 23, 2000 at 20:01:38 (EST) 
Highland bagpipe music for all occasions. Serving Northern and Central NJ and the Lehigh Valley, Bucks CO, and Phila., PA areas 908.537.4806

Michael F. Bell <castle_dangerous@excite.com>
Hampton, NJ USA - Thursday, December 30, 1999 at 13:52:08 (EST)
I teach classes in Rudiments for beginners. Pipe Major Saint Annes of Hampton Pipe Band. Perform at weddings and other occasions

Mike Rapp P.M. <mrapp@binsky.com>
Hackettstown, NJ USA - Sunday, July 11, 1999 at 19:51:32 (EDT) 
I am a player/performer and I'm looking for a job working with children. Id like to be able to teach a hobby hour/creative class, preferably with younger kids. If anyonehas any info, please email me. This has been a dream of mine and so far, I haven't been able to find anything. I am 21 years old and have been playing guitar for ten years. My most major influences are jerry garcia, van halen, and many others. Thanks...

dan hyland <sugarmagg@yahoo.com>
livingston, nj USA - Sunday, June 27, 1999 at 12:31:13 (EDT) 
I am a guitarist living in New Brunswick, NJ.I perform locally every week and teach lessons focusing on creativity, jazz, blues, trad. song forms, and fretboard dexterity. I like to learn as much as the student does in each lesson.I am currently a jazz student at Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers. Among my many instructors, Ted Dunbar stands as the most influential. I enjoy many styles from Bob Dylan to John Coltrane. Call me (732)249-6637 Peace

Kevin Hildebrandt <kah89@eden.rutgers.edu>
New Brunswick, NJ USA - Monday, April 26, 1999 at 02:31:17 (EDT) 
BAZIL, guitarist, vocalist, teacher, composer, venue in progressive folk jazz, tylo@warwick.net

Bazil <tylo@warwick.net>
Hewitt, NJ USA - Monday, March 01, 1999 at 18:51:58 (EST) 
Performer with the Mountain Strings Dulcimer Band. I coach and teach fretted dulcimer from beginning to advanced levels, stressing old-time and traditional strumming techniques and noting styles in all popular tunings. For more information, visit http://olnet.com/mountainstrings .

Carol Ann Sweet <C'Ann@olnet.com>
Medford, NJ USA - Wednesday, February 17, 1999 at 14:22:33 (EST) 
Singer, Songwriter, Performer, teacher, music educator with mountain dulcimer, guitar, hammered dulcimer and autoharp. Teaches private and group lessons. Performs Folk and Country music at coffeehouse, historical villages and museums, schools, libraries, bookstores, camps, scouts and childrens programs.

Bonnie Leigh <Bonnie@imagegfx.com>
Brick, NJ USA - Tuesday, December 08, 1998 at 16:19:08 (EST) 

Player, Teacher & Preformer, of Mt. & Hammered Dulcimer Menbers of the Sunday Circle Dulcimer Band. contact number 609-261-2337 or 609-231-8588 Pinelands Folk Music & Basketry Center
Rich & Mary Carty <drpain@net-gate.com>
Mt.Holly, NJ USA - Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at 22:14:22 (EDT 

Debbie Brewin-Wilson
112 Mountain View Drive
Lakewood, NJ 08701-5853 (central NJ shore area)
(908) 905-0934
dbwharpy@aol.com
http://www.hslc.org/~gormley/harpesc.htm
Instruments: Harp and vocals
Music Styles: Scottish/Celtic/Originals


contact: Andrew DeLucca
teacher_performer
Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009
adrums@aol.com
Instruments: snare drum, drumset, mallet percussion, tympani, congas electronic percussion, programming drum machines Music Styles: classical percussion, rock, jazz, 20th century new music, percussion ensembles


Harmonytryx
htryx@aol.com
http://www.harmonytryx.com
640 Blvd. East
Weehawken, NJ 07087
(201) 617-1316
six-woman a cappella group folk, world, and pop music 
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