Nathan Zavalney - The Childbloom Guitar Program in Missoula, Montana

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Nathan Zavalney is a trained and licensed Childbloom guitar instructor. He has been director of the Childbloom Guitar Program of Missoula since September 2000, specializing in teaching guitar to young students. He has 21 years of experience with guitar in classical, jazz, and folk styles, and has performed as a guitarist, vocalist, and percussionist in solo and group settings, including the world music group Drum Brothers, Headwaters dance company, the Open Field Artists, and Dolce Canto. During his musical studies at the University of MT he focused on composition, jazz studies, and classical voice training. Nathan has studied guitar with Helena, MT based fingerstyle guitarist Darrel Casey, world renowned classical guitarist Janet Feder, and guitar, voice and percussion under the mentorship of composer, performer, and teacher Matthew Marsolek.

Nathan has taught music to students all over the northwest U.S. and Canada in educational assemblies and in-class instruction, including 2 years as the music instructor for the Missoula International School. He has taught private lessons for 11 years in both guitar and percussion. Nathan has an extensive background as a facilitator for music camps and workshops, and has directed the Childbloom summer music and creative arts camp since 2002.

Along with directing the Missoula Childbloom Program, Nathan is the owner/engineer of the audio production company Missoula Soundworks.He has composed and recorded music for film, television, dance performance, and commercial CD release. Nathan also uses Missoula Soundworks to provide educational and mentorship opportunities by holding recording studio camps for teens.

Nathan's focus as a teacher is to inspire students to develop tools for exploration and discovery by demonstrating and sharing his own endless curiousity and love of music. He is unabashedly playful at heart, and uses this to create a fun and relaxed teaching environment.

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