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At each camp, we assemble a staff of experienced, caring, teachers committed to helping you find your unique voice on the guitar. They are performers, recording artists, song writers, arrangers and experts in special styles. Guitar is at the center of our teachers' lives and they love to share their passion for playing, and their skills. To find out who is teaching at the camp you want to attend, please email us.

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	Kay Eskenazi (Camp Co-Director) has been playing guitar since she was eight -- that was 43 years ago. She plays many different fingerstyle guitar forms in regular and non-standard tunings. In recent years, Kay has spent much of her time creating chord melody arrangements in Bossa Nova, Swing Jazz, Folk, Sephardic and other styles. She loves to play Brazilian jazz -- especially the music of Luiz Bonfa, Laurindo Almeida, João Gilberto, Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Kay has studied with many fine teachers, and continues her studies at every opportunity. She is a founder and director of From Women's Hearts and Hands Music Camps. Kay loves to teach guitar! When she's not at camp, she teaches guitar lessons and directs the Good Life Guitar Ensemble. Kay is also founder and director of Pass It Around! , a non-profit organization that uses group music making to support homeless and other disadvantaged people. She has been collecting and teaching rounds for 22 years, and has just published Pass It Around! Rounds from the Soul of a World -- a collection of rounds and a capella harmony songs from many lands and centuries.
	Barbara Taylor plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin and bazouki. She is finishing a Ph.D. in American Roots Music. At our August 2009 Camp, Barbara will teach Maybelle Carter style flatpicking and will gather campers into a Celtic Band with authentic Celtic instruments.
	Maggie McKaig is a fifth generation Californian, and the mother of two sons. Her love affair with the guitar began when she was eleven years old, and continues to expand and amaze her even after over 45 years. She has taught guitar, music, and theatre for more than 25 years, and performed for 35 years. Maggie teaches guitar classes in Nevada City, CA, and recently finished directing an 8^th grade production of “The Diary of Anne Frank”. She is working on her sixth album -- this time with her band “Storm Session.” An avid accordionist, Maggie also plays in a trio performing what she likes to call European Circus Café Street music As a musician, performer, and a teacher, Maggie is most concerned with creating connections. "As a performer, I love to know that I’ve reached the audience; I love to hear them tell me I’ve lifted their spirits. As a teacher, I look for the “Aha!” experience. Some break-though occurs, some piece of the puzzle that resisted discovery, sometimes for years -- suddenly and almost miraculously, that piece falls into place. For me, those moments are incredibly rewarding." At our August 2009 camp, Maggie will offer classes in Songwriting, Celtic Guitar, Improvisation, Performance Skills, Altered Tunings, and Simple Songs for Beginners.