“Music is to be enjoyable, and last a lifetime. I make learning music fun and clear from your first chord to advanced improvising. I focus on your musical interests and provide you with the tools you will need to achieve your goals.”
Bruce Middle is an educator, composer, publisher, and performing and recording artist with over 35 years in the industry. He has taught since 1985, and teaches beginners through advanced (ages 10 to adult) in all styles.
Member of: MENC, IAJE, BMI, WAMA Education: NVCC, GMU, UMW
Bruce is the Professor of Guitar and Director of the Guitar Ensemble at The University of Mary Washington, and is an 11-time WAMA (Washington Area Music Award) nominee.
Joanna Smith has been playing upright and electric bass professionally for the past 10 years, and has taught since 2014. She received her BA in music from the University of Mary Washington in 2012, spending four years in the UMW Philharmonic and Jazz band.
She can often be seen playing in Fredericksburg and abroad with various groups in styles ranging from jazz to bluegrass and rock.
Her most recent projects include playing for Ladia, The Kingbolts, and Jon Tyler Wiley and his Virginia Choir, and she regularly plays in the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts’ pit orchestra. She is a member of AFM Local 161-710.
