Electric Bass Teachers in Boulder

Elliott Elder was born in Dallas, Texas in 1999, but was raised and lived in Atlanta, GA until adulthood. In 2017 he left for Boulder, Colorado to pursue his interest in American music forms. At CU Boulder, he studied as a bass player in the Thompson Jazz Studies Program and quickly found a deep love and appreciation for jazz, an art form deeply embedded in the heart of American history and culture. While studying at CU, Elliott had the chance to feature his own compositions in his ensemble's performances, as well as recording his own compositi... Read More

Elliott Elder was born in Dallas, Texas in 1999, but was raised and lived in Atlanta, GA until adulthood. In 2017 he left for Boulder, Colorado to pursue his interest in American music forms. At CU Boulder, he studied as a bass player in the Thompson Jazz Studies Program and quickly found a deep love and appreciation for jazz, an art form deeply embedded in the heart of American history and culture. While studying at CU, Elliott had the chance to feature his own compositions in his ensemble's performances, as well as recording his own compositi... Read More

Mason Phillips grew up in Fort Collins, CO and has been playing music for 12 years. He started out in middle school playing percussion as well as piano, and eventually branched off into marching band, jazz band, pit orchestra, and symphonic band. He was invited to play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2017, alongside his other jazz band members. Today he is enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder where he is studying music and astronomy. The piano is Mason's main instrument, but he also has experience playing guitar, bass, ukulele, te... Read More

Mónica “Nico” Maldonado started playing piano at the age of five and continued to learn more about music, guitar, and bass guitar throughout middle and high school After pursuing their Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2014 they never stopped teaching. Mónica has been teaching music for a total of 15 years, with an additional year of student teaching in a public school setting as a student-teacher. This helped Mónica achieve a firm grasp on the art of teaching music in the 1-on-1, small group, and classroom settings. Mónica believes that ... Read More

Mónica “Nico” Maldonado started playing piano at the age of five and continued to learn more about music, guitar, and bass guitar throughout middle and high school After pursuing their Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2014 they never stopped teaching. Mónica has been teaching music for a total of 15 years, with an additional year of student teaching in a public school setting as a student-teacher. This helped Mónica achieve a firm grasp on the art of teaching music in the 1-on-1, small group, and classroom settings. Mónica believes that ... Read More

Sam first moved to Colorado in 2018 to pursue his Bachelors in Music at the University of Denver. While completing his degree in Audio Engineering and Jazz Guitar, he simultaneously began gigging and integrating himself into the Colorado music scene. Sam founded his indie rock band, Bleak Mystique, in 2021, and since has toured multiple times, been featured in Westword and 303 Magazines, recieved radio play in Colorado and beyond, and has played over 100 gigs with his band in the last 2 years. While he’s not writing, recording, or gigging with ... Read More