Last weekend Academy guitarists participated in the annual MSWU and SJAMTA Scholarship Benefit Young Monster Concert. The concert has been running for almost 50 years but 2017 was a first for the guitarists to be invited to participate. It was an honor. And it was a great concert with wonderful performances by young musicians, their…
We entertain people. They have fun. Music lifts people up. We all kind get a little down sometimes. Those cloudy and cold, January, Missouri days can be brutal. That’s when we’ve got to get together and “feel alright”. Audiences of all kinds… our friends, our family, your guests, your clients, festival go-ers, entertainment seekers and…
Hey, let’s face facts. Learning a musical instrument is fun and rewarding but it’s also kind of tough. If it were easy, everyone would play an instrument. Unfortunately, we know that it’s kind of a rare skill amongst the population at large. Personally, I think everyone should learn to play something. And they can! The…
Gifts for your Guitarist Looking for a gift for that guitarist in your life? You can encourage their musical growth and help speed their progress with a few key tools. Here’s a list of a few items that every guitarist can benefit from and that we all need in our “toolbox”. There’s a wide range…
Since 1993, the Jason Riley Guitar Studio has helped hundreds of students begin and continue on their musical journey. Now, with the evolution of the St. Joseph Arts Academy, we are the fastest growing school of music in northwest Missouri, soon to be offering private lessons in all popular instruments, as well as voice. We…
Teaching a child to play Parents should be involved in the process of teaching children to play. It won’t matter if the parent is a musician themselves or not. Encouragement and patience is all that is really required. (Maybe a hug or two!) Parents can help by ensuring the child’s instrument is in good working…
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Did you ever want to learn to play the guitar? Well, I did. And not just a little bit. I wanted to learn to play the guitar really, really bad. I didn’t exactly grow up in a musical family so it was a little out of the ordinary for a kid around there to be…
The St. Joseph Arts Academy is the best place for guitar lessons in St. Joseph, MO. Academy Director (and professional guitarist), Jason Riley has over 25 years of guitar teaching experience and is an adjunct professor of guitar studies at Missouri Western State University AND Benedictine College. Many of the other guitar instructors at the…
We’ve recently updated the Benedictine College – Handbook for Guitar! You can download it for FREE. PDF Benedictine College – Handbook for Guitar The handbook lays out the curriculum for Guitar majors and minors and guitar as a secondary instrument. Jason Riley has taught guitar students at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS since the fall…
