Kelly Richey -- Guitar Instructor

With over 30 years of teaching experience under her belt, Kelly Richey is a dedicated and passionate guitar instructor. Kelly started playing the piano at the age of 5, and took lessons until she was 13 years old, at which time she switched instruments and began learning how to play the drums. She received her first guitar at the age of 15, and immediately began to take guitar lessons. Kelly excelled at the guitar, and by the age of 18 was a sought after and well-respected guitar instructor in her hometown of Lexington, Kentucky.

Kelly maintained a full teaching load of 30 - 40 students per week until she began to tour in the late 1980's. In between touring and being out on the road, Kelly continued to teach privately, hold guitar instruction workshops, and teach adult education guitar instruction classes for Butler Tech Vocational Schools in Hamilton OH. Kelly is an artist on Tour for the Cincinnati Arts Association, delivering a comprehensive Blues History and American Music program to the local schools. She also runs a non-profit business called Music For Change that has curriculum for Guitar Instruction Workshops, Blues History, and Songwriting.

With over 3,500 shows played over the last 30 years, Kelly has a broad and very solid understanding of music, which she passionately passes on to her students. She believes that learning how to play an instrument helps everyone, young and old alike, to develop creativity and self- confidence. Let her excitement and knowledge about the guitar inspire you to greater musical heights and provide you with insight into the world of a professional musician. Kelly is a dynamic teacher with a unique teaching style who relates exceptionally well to her students-- her goal being to provide you with expert instruction so that you can excel… beginner to advanced players are all welcome.

Kelly Richey maintains a number of private students each week in Cincinnati, OH and Lexington, KY. For those of you scattered throughout the country, Kelly offers guitar lessons via Video Skype, and has a Guitar Instruction Manual w/DVD available for purchase on her website.