Crick Diefendorf

cdiefendorf@nycap.rr.com

Crick Diefendorf (guitar, banjo, mandolin, steel drums, vocals) is also a graduate of Berklee College of Music, and has been a professional musician and music educator since 1987. Crick is proficient in all styles of American popular music (jazz, country, rock and R&B) and well- versed in African, Latin, Asian, and European music. He co-founded the Boston-based eclectic acoustic band Made In The Shade in 1990, playing throughout the U.S. and Europe. They have performed with the Boston Classical Orchestra and at the Newport and Boston Jazz festivals along with such notables as Dave Brubeck, Al Jareau, and Maceo Parker. As an educator, Crick has taught at numerous private schools in New York and Massachusetts, and now teaches out of his own studio in Albany, NY. He has also created and developed several arts and education programs, workshops and residencies that he brings to public schools in New England as well as the Tri-State region.