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Communities at Work: Guitar teacher schools students on musical 'art' May 2, 2009
Tucked quietly behind a hair salon and down a flight of stairs, music is being made. It's a quiet, homey basement with pictures of guitars and guitar players covering the walls. "It's kind of got that '70s feel," Tracey Lynne Hart said. But, that just adds to the musical spirit, she said. At Hart's guitar studio, players of every age learn all types of guitar from Hart, who has been teaching part time for the past 16 years. When Hart teaches, she is serious about the music, but she also never forgets to have a little fun with it. She said guitar playing has set patterns and forms, but also said, "It's an art, and you can color outside the lines."
Instructor Tracey Lynne Hart, center, plays a Johnny Cash song with students Kearn Gerber, left, and Caitlin Harjes on Wednesday in her studio. Between sessions, Hart says she likes for the students to play songs together.
Kearn Gerber practices his classical guitar work Wednesday at Tracey Lynne Hart Guitar Studio. Gerber practiced everything from classical to rock to improv at the session.
Left: Instructor Tracey Lynne Hart, right, helps Gerber with his handwork at a session Wednesday in her studio. Hart said guitar is "about playing with other people. It's like I'm training wheels, they have to take off the training wheels."
Kearn Gerber, lower, and Tracey Lynne Hart play a Beatles song Wednesday in her studio. Hart said she likes to cater to what her students enjoy, but "I try to give them a taste of all different styles," she said.
Hart hosted a guitar recital April 18 for her students at the Center of Craig. Students performed a variety of songs from 1967-69, and they dressed for the time period. Pictured above are, back row from left, instructor Tracey Lynne Hart, Andrew Field, Colter Tegtman, Sam Leonard, Jessica Snowden, Brodie Schulze, Nathan Mack, Nicole Ferree, Dylan Reed, Caitlin Harjes and Tom Schnellinger; front row from left, Skyler Leonard, Zach Ahlmer, Travis Walsh, Hannah Lambrecht, Jaycee Prather, Kearn Gerber, Isacc Montoya and Mike Miller.
