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      About Dustin Smurthwaite

      Dustin Smurthwaite
      Dustin Smurthwaite
      Music Teacher, Master
      Location: Sunset Valley, TX
      Speaks: English
      Instructs: Bass Guitar, Clarinet, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet
      Education: Bachelors in Linguistics from California State East Bay. Teaching Credentials in Music, English, and Digital Media from California State East Bay.
      Performance Experience: I have twenty seven years of experience as a professional music performer and shared the stage with some of the finest musicians in the world including members of Miles Davis' Band, Hieroglyphics, Fantastic Negrito, Madonna, and The Shins, just to name a few.
      Teaching Experience: 18 Years
      Teaching Philosophy: I am compassionate to the people that I interact with and take an interest in learning their individual stories so that I can reach and inspire their process of artistic and creative development.

      Get to know Dustin Smurthwaite

      My name is Dustin.  I have 27 years of experience as a professional music performer and 18 years of experience as a teacher in urban, suburban, and rural communities and was even a band director while living in California.  I teach a wide variety of instruments and have shared the stage with some of the finest musicians and educators in the world.  I have had the great fortune to share the stage with members of Miles Davis's Band, Hieroglyphics, Fantastic Negrito, Madonna, and The Shins just to name a few.

      Dustin Smurthwaite teaches at:
      5207 Brodie Ln Suite 220
      Sunset Valley, TX 78745
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