Save Password. All Topics Active Topics. Wish I lived in Florida so I could take lessons from you. Doris - alicianiel. Hi Doris, Thanks for the kind note. I do hope we will get to meet.
It looks like you have started to play recently. Do you have a teacher? How are you learning? What got you started? Tell me more! Chuck - ChuckJo. I took my first clawhammer banjo lessons from Chuck and have taken several workshops with him since then. He has a definite grasp on how it is that people learn. In addition Chuck is very active in the promotion of Old Time Music and offers his valuable time and energy to that community. He's also a very easy guy to get along with. I highly recommend Chuck Levy as a teacher.
Although I had for years seen and heard of Chuck Levy through the internet, I first met him in person at banjo camp last year. Because he has been one of my banjo heroes I felt intimidated, but Chuck immediately set me at ease by being so human, down to earth and easy going. During the last year at various banjo camps, I have learned a remarkable amount of music through Chuck and I haven't even had a chance to take a formal lesson!
Chucks teaching style is so easy to grasp, a large portion of my new repertoire over the last year has come from him. Between camps, he has been kind enough to take the time to occasionally correspond with me via the internet and is incredibly informative when I ask a question or seek further info on a particular tune.
I consider myself to be very fortunate indeed to consider Chuck Levy a mentor and friend and I look forward to the day when I can take some actual lessons from him; imagine how much more I can learn then!
