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JENNIFER BATTEN

Jennifer was Michael Jackson's touring guitarist for 10 years followed by 3 years (and 2 CDs) with British guitar icon Jeff Beck. She's taught at Musicians Institute, and has performed and hosted workshops around the globe.

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Kay Dyson

Kat Dyson

Southern-born guitarist/vocalist Kat Dyson relocated to Los Angeles from Montreal via Minneapolis where she was a featured guitarist & vocalist with Prince as a member of the New Power Generation. She has also been featured in Guitar Player magazine's "50 Sensational Female Guitarists" list and is included in the compilation SHE ROCKS, VOL.1 on Favorite Nations Records (Steve Vai’s label).

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Jason Fellman

Jason Fellman

Promoter / talent agent / performer Jason owns J-Fell Presents (highest-volume tribute show promoter in the NW), co-owns Sterling Talent ( largest indie booking agency in Oregon), and co-owns Harefest ("The Coachella of Tribute Band Festivals").

Through it all, he remains a working musician as drummer for Stone in Love - Journey tribute and co-lead singer / rhythm guitarist for Radical Revolution - 80’s Tribute.  

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Mundo Juillerat

Mundo Juillerat

Mundo grew up on the island of Oahu, Hawaii surrounded by Polynesian music because his mother, aunty, and cousins were in Hula and Tahitian dance troupes. He started playing ukulele, then guitar and the Toeti’ (tahitian log drum) in various Hawaiian shows by the age of thirteen. Mundo graduated with honors from Guitar Institute of Technology, and has also studied Flamenco guitar with Phillip Amundson, Bruce Conte (Tower of Power), jazz master Joe Lano, and gypsy jazz artist Andreas Oberg.

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Pete Thorn

Pete Thorn

Pete may refer to himself as a “guitar nerd,” but his effortless, dynamic playing has landed him onstage performing with legendary artists Don Henley, Chris Cornell and Melissa Etheridge. Lately, Thorn has taken to demonstrating guitar gear & accessories on his wildly popular Youtube channel, where he’s garnered more than 17 million views – proving there’s a lot of fellow “guitar nerds” out there. 

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Past / Future Instructors

Nili Brosh

NILI BROSH

Born in Israel, raised in Massachusetts, and educated at Berklee College of Music, virtuoso guitarist Nili Brosh has established herself as both a solo artist and hired gun.

She has performed with Cirque du Soleil, Dethklok, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, Guthrie Govan/The Aristocrats, Stu Hamm, Jennifer Batten, Gretchen Menn, Jeff Loomis, and Iron Maiden tribute The Iron Maidens, plus she's released three solo albums.

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Vicki Genfan

VICKI GENFAN

Vicki is the first and only woman ever to win Guitar Player Magazine’s 'Guitar Superstar Competition’. In addition to being a dazzling instrumentalist, playing her own percussive technique of slap-tap acoustic guitar, she is an award winning singer/songwriter with a distinctive style that pushes boundaries…

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Daniele Gottardo

TAY HOYLE

Gretchen Menn

ANGELA PETRILLI