Swallow Hill’s Josie Quick is a relentlessly creative member of our community. A longstanding and highly regarded Fiddle and Violin Instructor, she is also a driving force behind dynamic acoustic jazz duo Perpetual Motion, visual artist, and lifelong learner. We’ve...
The holidays are upon us. Whether you’re on the road or waiting to board a flight, prepping for a big meal, or need an excuse to take a break from family, tune into a podcast or two. With that in mind, we turned to our staff members to ask them to share their favorite...
Songwriter, banjo player, educator and author Dick Weissman has been a good friend and staple of our community since Swallow Hill’s founding. In the fall of 2019 we were honored to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in the same class as Dick. Dick is set...
“I knew we had to work out a way to keep playing music,” Swallow Hill Instructor Deborah Collins says when asked how she stayed connected musically during COVID-19 related closures. As a songwriter, band leader, music teacher, and mother of two, music took a backseat...
For our latest round of Staff Picks we turned to our School Director Ty Breuer. With his choices Ty stuck to songs from 2021, saying, “I’ve been doing mostly instrumental music to keep my mind together, but threw in a punk banger at the end.” Yasmin Williams...
From Little Swallows to Music Theory to Guitar and of course, Electric Bass, Instructor Matt Skellenger is a beloved mainstay at Swallow Hill Music. Matt kept the music going in 2020, not only switching to teaching classes online, but performing live stream concerts,...
