Andrea, Guitar
Andrea Connolly is a professional vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and active touring musician. While touring through the southwest she fell in love with Tucson, AZ and the Sonoran Desert and relocated here from Durham, NC three years ago. Andrea has been teaching voice professionally for over 10 years and guitar for 5 years. She has worked for over 15 years as a professional vocalist studying voice privately starting at a very young age and continuing to further her musical education into college. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a BFA and was able to put herself through art school by performing as a musician in various rock and roll bands. As an instructor she customizes her lessons for each individual student based on their musical goals and aspirations and combines vocal and guitar technique/training with building confidence as an artist and performer. She encourages her students of all ages to embrace and nurture their creativity and talent while keeping them inspired and working hard towards their goals. Her focus is in rock, folk, country, blues and pop but has experience in teaching many other genres as well. When she’s not teaching she is writing, recording and touring all over the country in her band Birds and Arrows.
