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134 Water Street, Biddeford, ME 04005Monday to Friday: 10 am to 9 pm · Saturday: 9 am to 3 pm · Sunday: ClosedMonday to Friday: 10 am to 9 pmSummer weeks start in late June(207) 555-0114

Teachers

Four teachers, and the days each one teaches

You work with one teacher each week. Here is who plays what, and when each is in the building.

  • Cordelia Alsop, owner and acoustic guitar teacher, holding an acoustic guitar on a stool

    Cordelia Alsop

    Owner. Acoustic guitar and songwriting

    Cordelia opened Riff in a mill building and still teaches most days. She plays acoustic guitar and teaches fingerstyle, strumming and songwriting. In the building Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

  • Sterling Goodloe, electric guitar and bass teacher, seated with an electric guitar beside an amp

    Sterling Goodloe

    Electric guitar and bass

    Sterling teaches electric guitar and bass, from first lines to lead playing, and coaches the Friday band lab for teens. In the building Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

  • Arcadio Montemayor, classical guitar teacher, seated on a stool with a nylon-string guitar

    Arcadio Montemayor

    Classical and fingerstyle guitar

    Arcadio teaches classical guitar and fingerstyle on a nylon-string guitar, for students who like to hear every note. In the building Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

  • Lowell Gunderson, banjo and mandolin teacher, seated with a banjo on his knee

    Lowell Gunderson

    Banjo, mandolin and flatpicking

    Lowell teaches banjo, mandolin and flatpicking, and plays tunes with students once they are ready to join in. In the building Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

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