Students are strongly encouraged to take private lessons on their instruments. The following is a list of instructors with comments initiated by the instructors themselves. Long Reach High School makes no claims on the abilities of any of these instructors. We rely on feedback from the instructors to keep the list current. If you have any comment about this list, find some inaccurate information, or if you are an instructor that would like to be added to the list, let us know by Emailing Us.
There are instructors that we have lost contact with and perhaps are no longer teaching or have left the area. These are still on the list for now. The general rule is that if there is an email address listed, we have made contact with them and they are still teaching.
We really make no claims on the abilities of any of these instructors, but it is clear by gathering this information that there is an abundant amount of musical talent that exists in the area. We encourage you to take advantage of it.
Arlene Conrad
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Damon Foreman
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Sheila Haris
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Tom Lawrence
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Mr. Lawrence teaches out of the Lawrence Music Studio, Located in Wilde Lake near the high school. Rates are $20/half hour, teaching Monday through Wednesday 4-8pm and Saturday 10am-1pm. He can also provide daytime lessons on occasion. Mr. Lawrence has been teaching for 25 years and has made his living playing and teaching guitar. He studied at Peabody for 1 year and another year at Dick Groves Performance school in Los Angeles. He also studied with top jazz guitar players in Los Angeles and on the east coast. Mr. Lawrence teaches all levels of playing. Jazz is his specialty, with strong points being Rock ,Blues and Country. He also teaches beginning and intermediate classical, but will refer students for advanced classical lessons. He has taught students in most of the Howard County High School Jazz Bands, like River Hill, Long Reach, Wilde Lake, Glenelg, Centennial, Atholton, to name a few. He also has had students advance to Berklee, University of Maryland, Towson State, Eastman, University of Miami, Duquesne. |
Doug Puls
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David Reynolds
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David Reynolds holds a degree in guitar performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. While still a teenager he was spotted by Dutch pianist John Penink who sponsored him in recital. Subsequently he has performed as a soloist in many locations including Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington and has premiered several new works for flute and guitar with members of the Baltimore Symphony. In 1992 he was the first American invited to compete in the Havana International Guitar Competition. Mr. Reynolds has published articles concerning the guitar in Cuba in publications in New York,Tokyo,London, and Los Angeles. As director since 1985 of the Columbia Guitar Studio he has had students continue in the guitar programs of Northwestern, Berklee School of Music, and the Guitar Institute of Technology. Mr. Reynolds is an adjunct at Washington Bible College. Additional information is available at http://www.columbiaguitarstudio.com |