Cary Fridley, Lead Instructor
Cary Fridley is an Appalachian singer, bassist, and innovative educator. Her style is rooted in tradition, and has evolved to embrace all styles of traditional country, blues, folk, and jazz. She is a published songwriter, recording artist, and bandleader, singing and performing in western North Carolina for over 15 years. She is currently a member of the Adjunct Fine Arts Faculty at AB-Tech in Asheville, NC, and teaches old-time guitar at two regional JAM (Junior Appalachian Musician) programs, Haywood County and Buncombe County. Check out Cary's website: https://caryfridleymusic.com/
Clark William, Instructor
Anna Whalen, Instructor
Anna Whalen is an old time music enthusiast who lives in Asheville and plays banjo, guitar, and upright bass. She discovered old time music as a young adult while working on a farm in Virginia where one of her coworkers offered to teach her banjo and brought her to her very first square dance. Since then Anna has been hooked and life has been sweeter. You can find Anna playing for dances throughout the region, and if she’s not in the band she’s on the dance floor or calling square dances. Anna also loves to sing, and recently joined the Green Grass Cloggers as a dancer. She is honored and excited to teach for JAM and support children in the joy of learning traditional Appalachian music.
Daniel Ullom, Instructor
Daniel Ullom is a mandolinist/guitarist who plays bluegrass, old-time, folk and American roots music. Ullom has been performing and teaching professionally for over a decade and has traveled extensively across the USA. While he is proud to call many places home, he currently resides happily in Asheville, North Carolina.
