John Kenneth Adams
120 Wolf Laurel Ln
Hopkins SC 29061
803-776-7019
jadams12@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances Yes
Pianist
Performed in 22 countries; creator of "Piano Portraits," a series of audio/visual productions that combine live performance and visual imagery -- music of composers including Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mozart, Debussy, Poulenc and Ravel is set against a tapestry of influences of their era (social, political and artistic movements).
Yale School of Music; Royal Academy of Music; London Fulbright Scholar. Award of Merit, Yale, 2001; Lifetime Achievement Award SC Music Teacher Association 2000; Alumni Achievement Award University of Missouri 1986; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, USC.
Professional

Auntie Rose
112 Spring Valley Dr
Spartanburg SC 29301
864-576-5624
roseauntie@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Actress, storyteller, singer, songwriter, modern dancer, pianist, musical director and playwright. Multi-sensory theatrical programs in stage or classroom settings for the young and young at heart. Interweaves multiple art forms with curriculum.
MFA - Drama; BM - Piano Performance; certified Drama Educator - Texas; arts integration training; training intensives for working with disabled and special needs; certified cable access television producer.
Professional artist roster in SC, HI and NC; Libraries’ Directory of Performers; Pi Kappa Lambda (National Honorary Music Society); grant recipient - the Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg.
Professional

Ayoluwa African Dance Theatre
PO Box 50708
Columbia SC 29250
404-966-1863
Teache: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Performances, workshops and residencies: Guinea West African Dance, jazz, African drums and musical instruments.
Traditional authentic African dance & drum company. Dance engulfed in the rhythmic sounds of the drums. Dances and songs illustrate the cycles of life and the African culture and heritage.
Aisha Diaby, founder and artistic director; studied with former members of the world renowned ballets of Senegal, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea West Africa; studied abroad in Guinea West Africa.
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition Award presented by Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.; the Tubman African-American Museum Certificate of Appreciation; featured in The Columbus Times, The Caribbean Life and the LaGrange Daily News; performed for Coca Cola, NFL, CNN Center and Apollo Theatre.
Professional

Roger Bellow
646 Windermere, Apt C
Charleston SC 29407
843-849-7732
rdbellow@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
guitar, violin, mandolin, banjo, dobru, ukulele, viole, bass
I demonstrate and discuss the stringed instruments. I sing and play in a number of different musical styles.
BA, University of Tennessee. Graduate work in Bogota, Colombia SC Folk Heritage Award. Listed in Who’s Who in Popular Music. Performed at Kennedy Center. Chosen "Best Picked" in Charleston, SC city paper.
Professional

Borenya West African Drum and Dance
P.O. Box 50282
Columbia, SC 29250
937-287-6044
bajea7@hotmail.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Traditional West African drum and dance.
Teaching and performance company that celebrates the musical traditions of the people of West Africa. Music and dance that speak to everyone because they represent elements of life common to all people. Explosive performances of drumming and dance that has the audience out of their seats and dancing in the aisles.
Koger Center for the Arts; Keenan Theater; Recognition of Outstanding Achievement (Ft. Jackson, SC); selected as resident dance ensemble for the University of South Carolina.
Professional

Kim Christman
PO Box 757
Fairview NC 28730
828-628-0976, cell 828-713-6976
kimchristman1@netzero.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Hammer and lap dulcimers, various musical styles. Mime, creative drama, masks, storytelling and juggling.
Performances include classical, Irish, folk, bluegrass, and sing-a-longs. Offer residencies in which students can learn to play the lap dulcimer. Performances and residencies in various theatre forms involve students in creative self-expression. 20 years--hammer dulcimer; 2 years--lap dulcimer; 14 years--piano.
MFA UNC-G in Theatre for Young People, studying with: Tom Behm, Jim Dodding, Desmond Jones School of Mime & Physical Theatre in London, performed and studied with Doug Berky;
Artists’ rosters for SC Arts Commission, Western Arts Agencies of NC, the Asheville Area Arts Council. Perform in schools, churches, prisons, and with various choirs. Selected by Asheville Area Arts Council to partner with local elementary schools in a 3 year Arts-in-Education Institute. Awarded a regional artist grant to study mask work with Doug Berky
Professional

Clapping Dog Music
3109 Five Forks Rd
Chapel Hill NC 27516
919-968-1168
clappingdog@nc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Multicultural music, stories and games.
Participatory performances for schools, conferences and festivals based on the music, stories, and games. School performances and residencies designed to support the curricular focus of the school. Accomplished folklorist and curriculum designer. Offers topic-based programs such as African American acapella singing or world music drumming.
Bachelor of Music Degree and Masters Degree in Education. A+ Fellow (educational consultant for A+ schools, an arts integration school reform model).
Professional

W. Michael Clyburn
PO Box 70
Camden SC 29020
803-432-8873
clyburn@camden.net
Teach: No
School Performances: Yes
trumpet and electric bass guitar
Amateur

Sara Deutsch
PO Box 17712
Asheville NC 28816
828-658-2449
saramuse@copper.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Fine art, digital painting, musical free improvisation, writing, soft sculpture, puppet-making, collage.
Multimedia artist, creative arts therapist, and teacher. Currently focusing on digital painting and collage.
Psychology, MS, PhD.abd., Creative Arts Therapy, 20 years teaching adults and children.
Free improv concert with cello--Asheville 2003; Top 10 Art Portfolio--Art Wanted; art exhibited in Sky Peoples Gallery, Crystal Visions and other places in California and Vancouver.
Professional

Ari Dickinson
226 N Lee St
Bishopville SC 29010
803-484-6601
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Teach classical ballet and pointe.
Private vocal lessons, church choir director specializing in children’s voices. Perform as a soprano.
Choreography: ballet, Christian interpretive dance and musical theater.
Extensive performance experience: ballet, theater, choral, musical theater and opera.
Professional

John H. Dickinson
226 N Lee Street
Bishopville SC 29010
803-484-6601
Teach: Yes
School Performances: no
Pianist, organist, choir director, accompanist and piano teacher.
Perform for weddings, teach piano and direct choirs.
Professional

David DiGiuseppe
2204 George Cir
Chapel Hill NC 27514
919-968-9600
daviddg@mindspring.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Singer, storyteller, accordionist, multi-instrumentalist.
Offers diverse programs including: solo accordion--Celtic Parisian and American traditions; family show--songs and stories; school show--SC and American history.
Professional performer for over 30 years.
Professional

Brien Engel
1000 Alderbrook Road NE
Atlanta GA 30345
glassharp@mindspring.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Glass harp musician.
Teach all about musical glasses.
Experience a wonderful, inspiring lesson in physics and history and get creative.
President of Glass Music International 1998-2000.
Professional

Pamela Etheredge-Frierson
225 Turnipseed Rd
Elgin SC 29045
803-788-8124
pamsong@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Songwriting, singing and playing guitar.
Use demonstration, stories, songs, and participation to inspire youngsters to discover and embrace their talent. Exposure to a variety of talents helps show the children that talents are not always visible.
VSA Training Magnolia Market Child Entertaining; Kids’ Day at Finlay Park; Richland Mall Raggs Day Entertainment
Professional

FBN Productions
716 Old Forge Rd
Chapin SC 29036
803-345-6638
ellen@operaforkids.org
Teach: No
School Performances: Yes
Opera
Opera is a fantastic way to introduce students to this unique art form. Emphasize the power of the unamplified human voice to express emotion. Opera is a terrific cross discipline tool for teachers.
BA-- Davidson College/ MFA--Catholic University
Professional

John T. Fowler
279 Berry Rd
Boiling Springs SC 29316
864-578-9447
hairytoeproductions@juno.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Storyteller and old time musician.
A wonderful storyteller with years of performing experience. Stories are geared for all types of audiences. Specializes in folk tales, Jack tales and mountain stories. Music residency is a stepping stone to the past in early American traditional music. Shares his heritage in performances and residencies.
SC Community Scholars Program.
One time banjo champion at Mountain Dance Folk Fest; two time harmonica champion at Fiddler’s Grove Old Time Fest; founder of Carolina Old Time Musicians’ Network; host of Old Time Radio Show (WNCW 88.7).
Professional

Glenn Fox
PO Box 532
Rockingham NC 28380
910-895-3241
foxportctr@highstream.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Vocalist, piano, guitar and auto harp.
Highly participatory concerts and residencies for children and youth. One week residencies in 3 parts: 1) advanced planning with music teacher; 2) classroom time with chorus and students; 3) one or two formal concerts with chorus. Also perform as soloist accompanied by 5 piece professional ensemble.
Conservatory of the University of Innsbruck, Austria; Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA; University of NC, Chapel Hill. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; SCETV Television Specials.
Professional

Chetter Galloway
PO Box 18644
Johnson City TN 37614
432-741-3182
chettermysia@prodigy.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
African and African-American stories and djembe drumming. Versatile and energetic storyteller incorporating music and songs into his storytelling. Repertoire includes Aesop’s Fables, Brer Rabbit, African stories, ghost tales and many more.
Stone Soup Storytelling Festival; Winter Storytelling Festival; SC-AIE Roster; Umoja/Unity Festival; Lincoln Memorial University Teachers’ Workshop.
Professional

Georgia Sea Island Singers
281 E Wesley Rd NE
Atlanta GA 30305
404-237-5980, 888-237-6655
GSISingers@aol.com
Teach: No
School Performances: Yes
Authentic US history and African American heritage.
Programs and workshops include the lyrical Gullah language, distinctive hand claps and drumming, along with work & escape songs. Brings alive the spirited songs, games and dances created by slaves over 200 years ago. Audience participation an integral key to concerts for both students and adults.
Performing for 30+ years. Performed at: G-8 Summit, White House, Smithsonian, Carnegie Hall, Wolf Trap, Spoleto; tours of West Africa and Europe; Lifetime Achievement Awards by the National Storytelling Network and the Society of American Music; featured in national magazines as well as CNN, PBS, SCETV and Nickelodeon.
Professional

Highland Fling
7 Partridge Ln
Weaverville NC 28787
828-658-2103
classictouchmusic@yahoo.com
Teach: Yes
Yes
Celtic music on hammered dulcimer, Celtic harp and fiddle.
Performances with Celtic harp, hammered Dulcimer, fiddle and vocals. Discuss history of these instruments and the development of music in the Carolinas, from Celtic to mountain music. Traditional Scottish melodies and new compositions including lively fiddle tunes and beautiful airs. Also perform other world folk music in a more international music presentation.
MA - Speech Pathology; music training in pedal harp; master classes with Celtic harp performers. Biltmore Estate; Mountainhome Concert Series in Boone, North Carolina; member of SC artists’ roster.
Professional

Leon Osakumi Jackson
464 Player St
Georgetown SC 29440
843-546-7555
osakumi@worldnet.att.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
African-Caribbean drummer, percussionist.
Artist, teacher, performer, and researcher of African-Caribbean drum and percussion. Founder and coordinator of Egbe-Killimanjaro African-Caribbean Drum and Dance. Taught children and adults in special, grassroots, gifted and talented programs, after-school programs including at-risk, challenged, AIE and the incarcerated since 1991.
Formerly initiated drummer of two religious houses located in Cuba and Haiti; research grants to Haiti in 1999 and 2001; William Paterson College for 2 weeks percussion artist-teacher training in 2003.
2001 Juneteenth Celebration, Wilmington, NC; Middle Passage Remembrance, Sullivan’s Island, SC 2001; Jonathan Green Art Exhibit, Myrtle Beach, SC 2003; Bahai Peacefest, Hemingway, SC 2003; Southern Style TV, Myrtle Beach, SC 2004
Professional

Joe Clarke Big Band/Chris Clarke & The Major Seven
PO Box 32092
Charleston SC 29417
843-571-2399
joeclarkebigband@aol.com
Teach: No
School Performances: Yes
Big band, swing and jazz performances.
30’s and 40’s big band, swing and jazz. Many size groupings available. Most performances are private and/or corporate functions throughout the Southeast.
Extensive instrumental and vocal training.
Have performed at The Greenville Arts Festival and the Greer Summer Arts Festival.
Professional

Killimanjaro African-Caribbean Drum & Dance
464 Player St
Georgetown SC 29440
843-546-7555
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
African-Caribbean drum, dance, folklore and magic.
Participate in festivals, cultural events, traditional or African weddings, pool parties, family reunions, fashion shows, drum and dance seminars. Gullah presentation featuring "Geechie Grandma" and a Haitian magic show including glass and fire eating by special request.
Drum and/or dance with Moja dancers for 5 years; ancestor dancers of Oyotunji Village over 10 years; multiple master classes in and out of country. Francis Marion College, Clemson University, USC, Benedict College, Horry-Georgetown Technical College.
Professional

Chris Lee
1731 Bradley Dr
Columbia SC 29204
803-790-8150
klee6@sc.rr.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Steel drums, West African percussion, concert percussion and music composition.
Specialty is music from the African Diaspora including Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil and the people of Western Africa. Music includes calypso, SOCA, salsa, cha-cha, mambo, samba and various traditional ceremonial and celebratory dances. DMA - Music Performance; MM - Performance; BM - Music Performance; CLIA; Trinidad steelpans; African study in Guinea West Africa.
SCAC Artist Roster; Richland and Lexington Counties Culture Council Artist Roster; performance at 2001 Percussive Arts Society International Convention; performance and master class at 2003 SCMEA Convention.
Professional

Eun-Sun Lee
655 Blue Ridge St
Spartanburg SC 29302
864-591-1604
dzzach@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Violin and viola classical music performance.
Classical violinist available for solo and/or chamber recitals as well as master classes and coaching for all school ages. Lectures, recitals, master classes and residencies are available.
BM & MM - The Juilliard School; DMA - Univ. of Southern California.
NYC: Carnegie Hall, 92-Y Kaufman Concert Hall, Alice Tully and Paul Hall at the Julliard School; Pepperdine Univ. in Malibu, CA; Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, SC.
Professional

Heather Magruder
4 Bridgewood Ave
Taylors SC 29687
864-322-0868
heathermm@charter.net
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Music: Celtic (bagpipes and bodhran); Literary: published in short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry & journalistic articles.
Performances, workshops, and residencies are tailored to each audience and can include dramatic readings, Celtic music, integration into other subject areas, any genre of writing.
Tanglewood Arts Integration Training Institute 2003 & 2004; Working with Students with Disabilities Workshop 2003.
2004 Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open Winner; 2004 Women in Communications Matrix Award: Feature Article; 2004 Women in Communications Certificate of Achievement: Feature Article; 2003 Women in Communications Matrix Awards: Feature Article and Special Section.
Professional

Lynn McConnell
3126 Bolero Dr
Atlanta GA 30341
770-939-4343
lynnmc@mindspring.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
various music from Denmark, Russia, Ireland
Professional

Olive A. Meador
1905 Kendall St
Camden SC 29020
803-425-6553
olivelight@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: No
Healing arts: painting, poetry, music, movement, journaling, dream work, creating a safe space for personal and others to experience.
Use the arts and creativity to facilitate healing and growth in various populations in our community. Create a safe space for myself or others to experience a deep level of engagement with creativity and self-expression.
Texas Christian University; graduate art courses at USC; certified lifestyle counselor; training with The Painting Experience.
Texas Women’s University: Book Arts; Gibbes, Charleston: 7 Women Invitational Hand Papermakers; Robert Scott Small’s Rarebooks Collection, College of Charleston; 2003 SCAC grant recipient for healing arts, supported in part by Mental Health Association and Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County.
Professional

Fabio Parrini
202 Rosebank Way
Greenville SC 29615
864-268-9358, 864-977-7087
fparrini@ngc.edu
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Pianist
Concert pianist; North Greenville College faculty; prizes, CDs, concertos and recitals across Italy and US; baroque to contemporary. Conservatory of Padua, Italy; Boston University
Kahn Career Entry Award, Boston University; piano competition prizes (Italy and US); Fulbright Fellowship; two Metropolitan Arts Council Artist Development Grants, Greenville.
Professional

Charles Pettee
15 Abbey Rd
Chapel Hill NC 27516
919-967-1381
cpettee@bellsouth.net
Teach: No
School Performances: Yes
Mandolin, guitar, banjo, harmonica and voice with historical connections.
Founding member of the world-touring Shady Grove Band offers his "Hear the Sound" programs featuring songs from around the world to elementary, junior high, and high school audiences. Blues, bluegrass, Celtic, sacred, folk, and classical music performed on mandolin, guitar, and banjo.
Bachelor of Arts - Geology - UNC-Chapel Hill; over 3500 performances since 1981.
20 years of professional touring in US, Canada and Europe; SCAC approved artist; NC Arts Council Touring Artist; original compositions performed on radio and television in over 20 countries.
Professional

Derrick Phillips
1313 N Catherine St
Walhalla SC 29691
864-638-7031
derrickdphillips@wmconnect.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Folksinger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, storyteller.
Accompanying oneself on guitar, piano, banjo and dulcimer.
Concerts and residencies present a variety of folk music and storytelling with audience participation. BA in Music Education--Southern Wesleyan University; 11 years experience teaching elementary music; artist in residence since 1987; certified music teacher kindergarten through 12.
Various concerts and residencies in SC and NC schools; four appearances on SCETV’s "Low Country Alive," Anderson SOIREE, Stone Soup Storytelling Festival; actor and musical director in four productions at Clemson Little Theatre and Oconee Community Theatre.
Professional

Bruce Piephoff
808 Scott Ave
Greensboro NC 27403
336-852-7218
bpiephoff@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Folk singer, songwriter and poet.
Native of Piedmont, NC has traveled the US performing on the folk circuit. Written over 1,000 songs and poems, produced 12 CD’s on Flyin’ Cloud Records and one book of poetry.
BA - English and MFA - Creative Writing - UNC-G.
New folk finalist 1994 at Kerrville Folk Festival; Kennedy Center performance; shared stage with Steve Forbert, Chuck Brodsky, Greg Allman, Riders in the Sky and Tom Paxton.
Professional

Julia M. Quick
130 Rutledge St NW
Orangeburg SC 29115
803-534-0951
jquick@scsu.edu
Violinist
Research and perform music for women, African Americans, experimental, Metis Indian folk music, and Taiwanese folk music for strings--especially for violin and piano and/or two violins.
DMA & MFA University of Iowa; MA San Francisco State University; BS University of Minnesota. Degrees in violin performance and pedagogy.
2004-2005 Marquis: Women in America Who’s Who; performed and taught master classes in Taiwan; NAAAS (National Assoc. of African-American Studies) 1999-2003; Southern Conference in African-American Studies International 2003-2005; various SCAC recitals since 1987.
Professional

Del Rae
352 Twelve Oaks Lane
Orangeburg SC 29118
803-534-7931
cydel926@aol.com
Teach: YesSchool Performances: Yes
Pianist, vocalist and entertainer.
Free style jazz pianist and song stylist using piano, voice and anecdotes about each song to complete the image of the all encompassing musician, entertainer and teacher communicator. All grade levels including high school and college as well as community functions and concerts.
Degree in music, voice, composition and arrangements from Alabama State University.
ZOB Award Musician of the Year; CD "Bridge to My Dreams;" letters of commendation from schools, nursing homes, hospitals, and senior citizens centers; Rose Festival; Dogwood Festival; Orangeburg Arts Center; Charleston Music Award 2002.
Professional

Jeff Robbins
PO Box 56
Black Mountain NC 28711
800-766-9008
jeffrobbins@mindspring.com
Teach: No
School Performances: Yes
Traditional Appalachian folk music.
An educator who makes learning fun.
Robbins exposes students to the wide variety of sounds that comprise American folk music. BA--Warren Wilson College
Library of Congress; 5000 school performances
Professional

Jane Luther Smith
1120 Cutleaf Dr
Sumter SC 29150
803-469-9755
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Pianist
Classical pianist available for concerts, master classes, in-school performances and workshops.
Specialties include works by Bach, Schumann and American composers.
Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees in Piano Performance - University of SC; Licentiate Performer’s Diploma in Piano from Royal Academy of Music, London, England; Performer’s Graduate Certificate in Music Performance - USC, 2002; studied with Denise Lassimonne in England and Frank Mannheimer at the Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth.
Clara Wells Piano Competition, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada; Chattanooga Cotton Ball Fellowship, University of Tennessee; Winner of the Concerto Aria Competition at University of SC; Recitals: San Jose State University; Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA; Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA; King College, Bristol, TN; Dayton, Ohio.
Professional

Allison Upshaw Spragin
PO Box 5301
Atlanta GA 31107
404-250-3463
MzOpera2u@aol.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
I am an opera singer with a particular interest in work by composers of African descent. I am also a teaching artist for many arts integration programs.
Veteran performer w/ over 20 years in stage and theatre. Much work as professional actress.
Best know for work in arts infusion. On roster of Arts Education artists for AL, GA, KY, TN, and SC. Particularly trained to incorporate components of opera in alternative settings such as psychiatric juvenile detention centers.
BM in Voice Performance from Oberlin Conservatory, MM in Voice Performance from Louisana State University
OPERA America Fellowship, "Ella" in the world premiere of "When the Devil’s Be Callin’, "Supermarket Lady" in the wold premiere of "Space Twins"
Professional

Charles E. Story
215 Gallimore Rd, 2-H
Brevard NC 28712
828-862-5596
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Harmonica player and teacher.
Teaches harmonica playing (chromatic and diatonic) as well as the history of the harmonica and its part in our musical heritage for all grade and age levels. Available for community performance, workshops and residencies. Music major at Kingsborough Community College in NYC; studied classical harmonica with Robert Bonfiglio.
Soloist with the Palace Theater orchestra on Broadway; opening act for Randy Travis, Alabama, George Strait, The Judds and the Charlie Daniels Band; SC roster of approved artists.
Professional

Mary R. Tatum
1803 Fair St
Camden SC 29020
803-432-1723
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Pianist
Challenging students to do their best while experiencing the joy of music.
BM - Columbia College; keyboard arts teacher and consultant; Certificates of Teacher Workshops - Frances Clark, New School for Music Study; Duo Piano Workshops - Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.
Duo and duet recitals with Annette Matthews.
Professional

The Magic of African Rhythm
PO Box 14724
Raleigh NC 27620
919-790-2337
shabu@mindspring.com
Teach: No
School Performances: No
African Cultural Arts
We weave the rhythmic thread that links drumming, singing, dancing, dramatic, and visual artistic expression to school curriculum and daily life.
Professional

Elise Witt
PO Box 148
Pine Lake GA 30072
404-297-8098
emworld@mindspring.com
Teach: Yes
School Performances: Yes
Singer
Global, local, and homemade songs.
Singer, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist. Duo with Mick Kinney in or Mezzanine Band (piano, bass, accordion, saxophone, clarinet, flute, guitar). Singing for Fun community workshops for new and experienced singers; A Musical Trip Around the World--participatory concerts and workshops for schools.
Speaks 5 languages and sings in 12 more languages. Represented Georgia for Kennedy Center 25th Anniversary; Cultural Exchange with South Africa; 9 recordings on EM World label.
Professional