Music Bio
Cheryl Lunsford
Cheryl Lunsford is known as
The Guitar Dojo.
She is the "Flatpicking Diva" and one of the finest flat-picker guitar players around and the only female to win and place in Flat-picking guitar contests. Whether playing electric, acoustic or bottleslide guitar Cheryl plays hot guitar and sings cool vocals, and knows how to use all the tricks and tools of the trade.
Cheryl has a music degree in voice and teaches professionally, guitar, bass and voice in her private studio, The Guitar Dojo Studio located in Fincastle, VA. She conducts workshops and Guitar Camps.
She grew up in Roanoke, VA and started playing the guitar when she was 12. Her father was a banjo player, and she soon joined her father's band playing rhythm guitar for square dances and local music shows.
Cheryl professionally studied guitar and graduated from Chilton Guitar Studio and went on to study voice and obtain her BA degree from Mars Hill College in North Carolina. Cheryl also studied under Scott Fore, as an apprentice for the Virginia Foundation For the Humanities, and is a recognized folk artist, and has played on the Virginia Stage at the National Folk Festival.
For the last few years, Cheryl has been busy operating her professional teaching studio, where she holds private lessons and group classes in a state of the art learning environment, complete with DVD lab, CD listening lab, and performance stage.
Cheryl is making her presence known in the male-dominated National Guitar Championships.
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Cheryl works with each venue to create individual music for the venue. She is a versatile entertainer that lets you select music that complements the desired atmosphere. She combines Jazz, Rock and Folk Vocals with smooth guitar. Today's music lover listens to all styles of music, from all walks of life and Cheryl will meet you on that road, on her acoustic, electric, bottleslide, Gypsy Jazz guitar, wherever it leads.