Jonah Shue has been involved in music and performing since he was just getting started in this world. Music was happening and all around with his parents playing and calling dances for friends in, what he refers to as, the undifferentiated beginning. Early lessons on the fiddle led to studying guitar in junior high school. He studied with many of the area’s finest players and teachers before pursuing classical guitar at the University of Oregon. Returning to Boise in 1991, Jonah played in local bands and taught private lessons at Old Boise Guitar Co. before moving to Boston in 1995 to study jazz guitar, violin, and improvisation at the Berklee College of Music. After traveling and playing in Europe and Asia, he came back to Boise in 2002 and co-founded Old Boise Music Studios where he has been teaching since 2005. A life long devotee of swinging dance music, he is happy to maintain a private teaching studio and perform, when possible, with 3 great swinging dance bands The Country Club, The Frim Fram Four, and The Hokum Hi-Flyers.
I am now offering lessons online. They seem to work well with video streaming. Contact me through the form on this page or at jonahshue@cableone.net to set up a time for your own individually tailored private lessons.
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Music Instruction
Lessons are organized on an individual basis according to the ability, musical interests, and goals of each student. While there is a strong emphasis on fundamentals, (technique, rhythm, tone, etc..) topics are chosen based on the student's interest and input. It is my belief that progress can be made more easily and quickly if a person's musical tastes are respected and that any style can provide a starting point to begin attaining the basics of music. The most important thing to me, as a teacher, is to help people grow their interest and understanding of music of any kind. In 2015 I was certified in the O'connor Method for fiddle/violin and now use the books and repertoire in my own teaching.
Instruments offered: Guitar, Violin/Fiddle, Mandolin, Ukelele, Bass, Voice, Piano, and more...
Instruments offered: Guitar, Violin/Fiddle, Mandolin, Ukelele, Bass, Voice, Piano, and more...
Bands
THE COUNTRY CLUB
The Country Club is a Honky Tonk and Western Swing band from Boise, Idaho playing originals and their versions of classics that light up dance halls, saloons, churches, country clubs, and festivals.
THE FRIM FRAM FOUR
The Frim Fram 4 specializes in the classic arrangements and songs of the jazz age with special attention given to the Nat King Cole trio, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong. See them at Pengilly's every Thursday night at 9:00 where they have been performing since 2001.
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THE HOKUM HI-FLYERS
Old time, Appalachian, early acoustic Blues, Swing, and Hokum music! Great for square dancin', barn dancin’, street dancin, contra dancin’, line dancin’, circle dancin’, hootenannies, hoedowns, picnics, potlucks, BBQs, planting parties, harvest parties, and, also just listening.
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MUSIC IN THE AIRMusic in the Air's mission is to facilitate a variety of interactions in which music can achieve its full, positive health potential within the broader medical and health environment.
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Get in Touch
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To ask a question, talk through an idea or just say hello
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