Blake Lowrey-Evans
Blake’s own musical journey started when he was very young. Both his parents are musicians, and he seemed destined to follow in their footsteps. At age 5, while Blake was listening to Mozart in the car one day, he pointed to the radio and said, “Dad, I want to go there!” Not long after, he had his first piano lesson.
Several years later at age 13, Blake started taking private guitar lessons where he learned to play his favorite rock songs, and was introduced to the wonderful world of Jazz. After high school he went on to Major in Music Education at San Francisco State University, where he studied and played with many great musicians. For his final performance at SFSU he arranged all of the music for a 4-piece band; featuring mostly his original jazz compositions. Blake graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music.
Years later, when Blake and his wife welcomed their first child, he discovered a love of the Ukulele and spent his sleepless nights playing, singing, and recording an album of children’s music while his son would stay up and listen (since he didn’t like sleeping much). When his children started preschool Blake volunteered weekly to lead the class in music, song, and dance, with ukulele accompaniment. Now that his children are older, he gives them both piano lessons and ensures that music is still part of their daily lives. This doesn’t make for a quiet household…but it sure is fun!
Blake has played and performed in many different groups over the years, spanning many different musical styles, and currently performs in a local band called “3ofWe.” The band writes all of their own music and just finished recording an album, due to be released by the end of 2022. Blake has almost 30 years of experience playing guitar, and has been teaching privately for the past 15 years. He is very excited to be teaching at Cascade School of Music because it gives him the opportunity to be part of a very talented community of musicians, while engaging people of all ages and skill levels in the thing he loves most! Now for the quiz….
Music Is:
A) Fun!
B) Challenging
C#) One of the coolest things in the world!
D) A lot of work
E) Awesome!
F#) For Everyone
G#) All of the above
(The answer is G# of course. All of the above!!!)