Voice, Songwriting, Audio Engineering, Guitar
Rock, Pop, Folk, Country
Classically Trained in Voice
Josh is a songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist with a love for music in many styles. Their approach to voice teaching puts the student’s experiences and sensations front and center as the most important guide to free and sustainable singing. Having trained in classical technique and repertoire in college, they have since specialized into rock/pop/country/folk styles and love helping to find a student’s unique voice in whatever genre(s) they want to explore.
Their songwriting classes try to foster a balance of learning about the craft of songwriting (music theory, rhyme & lyrical meter, song structure, etc) with practicing the personal and creative side of the process. Other than writing songs & getting feedback which forms the core of every class, they emphasize studying the songs of artists you love to learn how to incorporate new elements into your own style. They also teach audio engineering and beginner guitar with a specialty in fingerpicking.
Josh holds a BA in Music from Carleton College, where they studied vocal performance and composition. Having performed in folk and rock groups their whole life, they currently write and release indie folk under the moniker Measuring Marigolds (measuringmarigoldsmusic.com) and indie rock with their band Better Odds (betteroddsband.com). They're an active performer in a variety of contexts around the city, playing bass for other local bands including Hannah Frey and Lawrence Tome, performing cover sets with folk duo Tinfish, leading Jewish liturgical music and Yiddish sing-alongs, and more!
Started at the Old Town School in April of 2024
