“I was like, what? How is that possible?” Several days after winning the Troubadour Competition at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, singer-songwriter and virtuoso bluegrass picker Martin Gilmore was still in disbelief over his latest honor. “It’s amazing. All the...
Playlist: Music by Swallow Hill Music Instructors and Staffers 2023 Before closing the door for good on 2023, we want to share some of the music our wonderful Music Instructors and Administrative Staff made this year. We’ve compiled the songs on a Spotify playlist,...
“I sat there in the emergency room cursing up a storm, and I stopped briefly and asked the ER staff, is it OK if I curse? And they said, yes. And I said good because I’m gonna keep going!” Swallow Hill Violin and Fiddle Instructor Josie Quick is recalling the...
Progressions is a four-month immersive learning experience where guitar players learn to become more advanced musicians. These unique “master-class” type courses focus on guitar and folk guitar and are taught by professional musicians, Thomas Jennings and Martin...
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...
“It should be a lot of fun – challenging – but a lot of fun,” Martin Gilmore says about Progressions: Folk Guitar, the immersive 16 week course he’s teaching this fall. Martin is well-known at Swallow Hill as a guitar and songwriting...