Instructor: RANDIN GRAVES

RANDIN GRAVES

Randin Graves is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and one of the world's leading non-Aboriginal exponents of the Australian didgeridoo. As an Australian-American Fulbright scholar and manager of the esteemed Buku-Larrnggay Mulka art centre in the remote Aboriginal township of Yirrkala from 2004-2009, Randin was appointed as an ambassador of the instrument and its culture by two governments and a council of Aboriginal elders. He has a passion for sharing his experiences with the culture that originated the didgeridoo that has lead to presentations everywhere from United States elementary schools to the National Museum of Australia. As a trained western musician, he is also passionate about raising awareness of the musicality of the oft misunderstood instrument.

But before he ever played didgeridoo, Randin grew up playing guitar and keyboards. Despite his notoriety in world music, he's never given up his desire to rock out now and then. He sings and plays guitar in the Salt Lake classic rock power trio The Discographers and appears as a sideman for a few other original and cover artists. He shares his experience as a working guitarist along with his didgeridoo expertise in his Lifelong Learning classes.

What Students are Saying:

"Randin was such a great teacher. We were taught songs and techniques that gave us a range of songs that we can enjoy sharing with friends. He presented chords, notes and timing that so matched the familiar original songs, learning the pieces was a reward that keeps playing. He helped us as individuals and a group with ways to improve chord transitoons, gaining flexibility in finger movements, etcetera. He gave us instructions to our individual strengths and challenges. So glad I took this course!"
-Anne I.

"Randin Graves is a knowledgeable, personable and thoughtful instructor. The pacing of the course was good and the variety of skills he exposed us to were appropriate for our level yet challenging."
-Elizabeth B.

"I've taken so many guitar courses, Guitar Center individual lessons, college group lessons, Great Courses, Udemy, YouTube, Guitar Pro, Guitar Tricks, TrueFire, and on and on. Randin Graves has unlocked the stumbling blocks I've had, switched on the light bulb, and I think I get it now. He's a phenomenal teacher. I just have to practice to get the muscle memory locking it all in. I'm looking forward to sometime in the next year getting beyond the beginner phase that I've been in my whole life."
- Ray M.

RANDIN GRAVES is currently teaching:

Class Title	Semester	Date(s)	Program
Beginning Guitar I	Spring	2/03/25 - 3/03/25	Lifelong Learning
Beginning Guitar II	Fall, Spring	Multiple	Lifelong Learning
Australian Didgeridoo: Introductory Workshop	Fall	11/18/24	Lifelong Learning

RANDIN GRAVES has previously taught:

• Intermediate Guitar: Learn to Play The Rolling Stones
• Intermediate Guitar: Learn to Play Neil Young
• Intermediate Guitar: Learn to Play The Beatles
• Classic Rock Rhythm Guitar
• Australian Didgeridoo - Playing and Culture