Will Devitt Electric/Acoustic/Classical Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin
A performer, composer and guitar teacher for more than 20 years, he taught in Japan and has played with new music ensembles, poets and country-dance bands.
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Erol Ozsever
Electric/Acoustic/Classical Guitar
Erol Ozsever is a guitarist from Fishers, Indiana.
His stylistic variety has led him to play in jazz
ensembles, rock quartets, and solo and chamber
recitals. He has also served as a session guitarist
for artists such as Nick Davidson, Austin Bush,
and various other projects. As a classical guitarist,
he was won numerous awards including the
Outstanding Achievement Award in Guitar
Performance from Middle Tennessee State
University and 1st prize at the 2009 Rosario
Guitar Competition in Columbia, SC.
Erol graduated cum laude from Middle Tennessee State University with a
Bachelor of Music Degree in 2007. He graduated magna cum laude from Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music with a Master of Music Degree in 2009. He
is currently continuing his education at IU working on a Doctor of Music degree.
Erol has taught guitar for around five years, and has worked at Stafford Music
Academy since October 2009.
We are very proud to offer some of the best music
instructors in Southern Indiana. The esteemed
Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University
produces truly world-class performers every year.
We choose from among these fantastic musicians
as well as local artists to find those performers
who also make excellent teachers.
Oboe
Phil has played guitar, bass, and oboe for 18 years and has teaching experience on all three instruments. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree in Music Composition from Northern Illinois University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Musicology from Indiana University.
Active as a composer, songwriter, performer, and scholar, he spends much of his free time writing and recording music in his home studio. Before joining Stafford Music Academy in the fall of 2010, he taught music appreciation and music theory at Kishwaukee College in Malta, IL.
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Joel Tucker Guitar
Joel began studying guitar at age ten and has been teaching privately since 2006. He is currently finishing his degree in jazz studies with a focus on guitar at Indiana University. He also has plans for continuing his studies and attaining a masters degree. Joel has performed around the U.S., as well as in Argentina.
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Currently, Will writes and performs in the progressive folk-rock duo, Davis +
Devitt. Their fourth recording “Midwestern Standard Time” is a collection of
original compositions and jazz/pop standards.
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