Will Dickerson
Guitar Instructor
Will Dickerson has been playing the guitar for as long as he can remember. He grew up in a musical household with a clawhamer banjo-playing father and a swing dancing mother. Will's first public performance occurred when he was just three years old, sitting in with a Zydeco band on scrubboard.
As a teenager, Will immersed himself in Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He often would play their music through his headphones while sleeping in the hope that he would acquire some of their greatness through osmosis (it didn't work). At thirteen, Will started attending a weekly blues jam session where he began to dip his toes in the waters of improvisation.
In college, Will became infatuated with the music of Django Reinhardt and the genre known as gypsy jazz. After graduating, Will moved to Paris, France to learn from the some of greatest living gypsy jazz musicians.
Will has taught master classes at guitar festivals (Django in June and Ashokan Guitar Camp) and toured with internationally recognized gypsy jazz musicians (Denis Chang and Tcha Limberger).
Whether you are a beginning or an advancing guitarist, Will would be thrilled to help you get to the next level!
