BIOGRAPHY
Phil Hansen has been a full time music teacher since 1973 and has taught at 2 colleges, 2 high schools, and in many music stores since that time. He currently teaches private lessons on Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, and Bass in Auburn on Mondays and Tuesdays at Green River Music, on Thursday in Issaquah at Mills Music, on Fridays in Redmond at Mills music, and on Wednesdays and Saturdays in Enumclaw at Cassandra Music. His classroom work includes Monday- Friday mornings at the Gateway Christiasn School in Enumclaw and Wednesday evenings at Green River Community College extension in Enumclaw.
In addition Phil has written four published guitar manuals, and many assorted articles on guitar styles and techniques.
Phil has been performing as a vocalist and guitarist in the greater Puget Sound Region for many years. His main acoustic guitar interests center on the Contemporary Fingerstyle and Contemporary Flatpicking arenas. His fun, informative, and entertaining shows would consist of an eclectic mix of ragtime, ragtime/blues, jazz standards, blues, pop, and folk material performed with vocals. Phil performs as a solo, with the progressive bluegrass band The VZ Valley Boys.
As a performing musician since the middle 1960s Phil has performed as a solo performer and has worked with many groups and venues. He has been an orchestra pit musician for 6 musicals and played with the East Side Gospel Orchestra (1989-1992). He performed with Cassandra (1977-86), Phil & Kathye (1986-92), Squirrel Heads and Gravy (1996-2005), and currently plays as a solo and with the VZ Valley Boys. He has performed in many venues including state and county fairs, street fairs, restaurants, coffee houses, festivals, weddings, parties, and even business meetings.
EDUCATION
Education: 1988-1990 Griffin Business College Bellevue Washington BS: Accounting 1974-1980 Green River College Auburn, Washington AA: Music, Business Other Schools attended: 1985 Community Chapel Bible College 1977 Highline Community College 1971-72 SOIC Trade School
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