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Ethan Fiks
Ethan Fiks has played the guitar since 1979, and taught since the late 1980s. His own training comes from a combination of sources including private teachers (voice, composition, and piano, as well as extensive guitar study), college (Brown U.), and real world experience. Ethan was also a student at the National Guitar Summer Workshop (NGSW), where he was hired as one of the youngest faculty members after taking a three-year course in guitar and general music pedagogy. While at NGSW, Ethan performed with such artists as John Petrucci of Dream Theater and jazz guitarist John Abercrombie. He also attended clinics given by such artists as Trey Anastasio of Phish (Mike Gordon, their bass player, was at the Workshop too), Marty Friedman of Megadeth, and fusion guitarist John Scofield.
In addition to running his own studio in midtown Manhattan since 1996, Ethan has taught or led workshops at the National Guitar Summer Workshop (Connecticut and Nashville campuses), the Learning Annex (New York, NY), the Teaneck Community Education Center (Teaneck, NJ), the Ramsey Adult School (Ramsey, NJ), Mill Basin Day Camp (Brooklyn, NY), the O. DiBella Music School (Bergenfield, NJ), the Tenafly Adult School (Tenafly, NJ), the Solomon Schechter School (New Milford, NJ), and the Sam Ash “Get You Started” Program (New York, NY).com
Furthermore, Ethan has played as a pit guitarist for various productions of
musicals including "Bye, Bye Birdie," "Camelot," "Evita," "Fame," "Free to
Be You and Me," "Godspell," "Little Shop of Horrors," "Snoopy," "Man of
La Mancha," "Mame," "The Sound of Music," "Children of Eden," "Batboy," "Grease," "They're Playing Our Song," "All Night Strut," "Smile," "The Last Five Years," "Starmites," "A Chorus Line," "Hello Dolly," "Tapestry," "Gigi," "Les Miserables," "Rappacini's Daughter" (music director), "Footloose," "Cats," and "Pippin". He has been known to double on mandolin, banjo, and electric bass.r
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