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Teachers at the Old Town School

David Kachalon

Harmonica

David Kachalon is a musician, songwriter, visual artist, and teacher who runs the Continuing Education Harmonica Program at the Collage of Dupage. He has taught hundreds of players of all ages to successfully play music and have fun on the harmonica. Playing for over 20 years and teaching for around 13, David focuses primarily on the Filisko Tongue Block Method and the building of a solid foundation of techniques. He is fully authorized to use all Filisko Teaching Materials, and has led workshops around the country as well as taught at the SPAH convention for the past several years. Now in addition he helps as a Spah Seminar Coordinator. David is also the person behind the SPAH Instagram account Official_Spah63. He also helps as a contributor and content facilitator for the SPAH magazine Harmonica Happenings. David starting out playing in bands during high school, and has played in such groups as Spanish Blues Band Azul De Noche, the multi tournament winning jug band Strictly Jug Nuts, the Muscovy Ducks Cajun Harmonica Enable and the Three Kings Harp trio. He also has an acoustic duo project called Hal and Dave, and spent years fronting The Frozen Ground Blues Band. They played covers of Chicago blues standards, as well as some original songs around the Chicagoland area. David now focuses primarily on teaching. He makes sure each and every one of the students gets exactly what they need.

Started at the Old Town School in July of 2008