The FHA faculty is comprised of working performers, professional educators, published authors and subject matter experts in the music industry who have mastered their instrument utilizing the Free Hands methodology as their foundation.
Emmett Chapman will be in attendance this year, in addition to a host of other fine players and performers. Our faculty will share their tricks of the trade through group instruction, printed materials and 1:1 personal instruction in the Free Hands technique. Here is a quick glimpse into our lineup for the Summer 2014 program.
Don Schiff
Recording Artist and Performer, Songwriter
Biographical Info
Don has been a professional Musician since 1973 and played the Stick professionally since 1975. Don has since used the Stick in music that was scored for TV, movies and more recently, the web series “The Guild”, now in it’s 6th season. He has a gold album for “Cerebral Man” a song he co-wrote, recorded by Pat Benatar on her Chrysalis release “Wide Awake in Dreamland. He has recorded and/or performed with such artists as Elvis, Tina Turner, Eddie Money, Pat Benatar, Sheryl Crow and Al Green. He continues to record/tour the world using the Stick for new artists as well as established artists and bands.