Teachers 2026

Scott Gayman (Southern California): Scott began study in 2005 at the Over the Water Hurdy Gurdy Festival and continued study with his good friend and teacher Richard Taylor. Throughout the next 18 years, Richard Taylor tirelessly tutored Scott, teaching him a great deal about the hurdy gurdy and introducing him to great people and incredible players throughout the world. In the past 18 years, Scott has had the pleasure of studying with Patrick Bouffard, Jean Michel Peru, Tobie Miller, Anne-Lise Foy, Laurent Bitaud, Maxou Heitzin, and Mathias Loidner. He is primarily a French Trad player but teaches music from around the world.

Scott has also spent considerable time studying hurdy gurdy construction and maintenance. With help from Curtis Berak, and the ability to study Curtis’ extensive collection as well as develop a considerable collection of his own, Scott began picking out minor, yet important, details of hurdy gurdy construction.  Scott uses his knowledge to help the students of the Indiana Hurdy Gurdy Workshop to maintain and improve their instruments. Scott provides training and assistance for students to help learn how to repair, maintain, and set up their instruments at the workshop as well. You will not find this training anywhere else in the US. 

(Arrive early on Wednesday and Scott and Taryn will help you adjust your instrument for your future classes) 

Robert Green has performed concerts of eighteenth-century music for hurdy-gurdy throughout the US, France and Israel. His book The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France was published by Indiana University Press. He co-authored the article on the hurdy-gurdy for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He has released two CDs of eighteenth-century music for hurdy-gurdy on the FOCUS label. He is Professor emeritus, Northern Illinois University.

Tom Lozano, a singer, musician, composer, scholar and writer, born in Barcelona, Spain to Andalusian parents. Known for his eclectic musicianship, Lozano’s performance of Spain’s traditional ballads stand out as iconic. Lozano has become well-known for his musical compositions set to legendary poets. He performs his original compositions, solo or accompanied, masterfully expressed through his smooth voice, the vibrant finger work on his guitar and the soothing droning of his hurdy-gurdy. Lozano also plays contemporary, popular and European folk music and the Middle East. He currently performs with Duo Krupoves Lozano, Zaba, Salaam, Shakespeare’s Ear and 2Thousand. Lozano has studied hurdy gurdy with Adrià Grandia, Scott Gayman, Juan Wijngaard, Efrén López, and several other hurdy gurdy teachers. He has performed throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. For more info about his performances, programs and publications please visit: www.tomaslozano.com