Michael Neverisky has been playing jazz, ragtime, folk, classical and old-time country music on the guitar, five string banjo, mandolin and fiddle since the 1900s.
Celeste McClain received a Bachelor of Music Performance in guitar, University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 1979, where she studied with Neil Anderson, and a Master of Music in Opera Performance at the Longy School of Music. Ms. McClain spent many years as a software developer of financial applications, and as a professional actor and singer. She returned to serious guitar study under the late Frank Wallace and played guitar for ten seasons of the Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music in Brattleboro, VT. Currently a student of Dave McLellan, she has also worked with Chris Ladd. She serves on the Board of the Boston Classical Guitar Society.
Mitch Shuldman holds a BA in music history with a concentration in classical guitar, an MS in Library Science, and an EdD from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He was a media librarian at UMass Lowell for 34 years. Mitch continues to study online with Jason Vieaux through Artistworks, an online music and art school. He has performed in master classes with Jason Vieaux, David Russell, Rene Izquierdo, Zoran Dukic, Margaritta Esacarpa, Lukasz Kuropaczewski, Petra Polackova and Colin Davin.
During the very early years of New Hampshire Public Radio (1980-84) he was the host of a weekly classical guitar radio show (Excursions) as well as the host of the nightly jazz program (1981-84). He is the founder and curator of Guitar Sundays in Portsmouth, NH, now entering its 10th season, and he served 8 years as a member of the Portsmouth School Board – four as Chair.