Guitar | Amelia Biere | Intermediate/Advanced | Period 3 | Week 1 (July 6-10, 2026)
This class dives into the heartbeat of Cajun music: rhythm guitar. We will focus on the essential strumming patterns, chord shapes, and timing that support the beautiful melodies and drive a floor full of dancers. Students will learn traditional right-hand and left-hand techniques, common progressions, and how to lock in with the groove—whether backing a two-step or a waltz. By the end of the class, participants will have a solid foundation and an improved confidence to hold it down in a jam or a band setting.
About the Instructor
Originally from a small town in Wisconsin, Amelia Biere was exposed to many forms of traditional music at an early age from her father and his music community. After moving to Minneapolis for school and attending the regular Cajun dances, she picked up the guitar. A few years after being mentored by musicians of the Twin City scene and attending Cajun music camps in Louisiana and West Virginia, she decided to move to the source of it all – Lafayette, LA. There, her and her partner Blake Miller founded the Old-Fashioned Aces in 2017. Since then she’s won CFMA’s Female Vocalist of the Year, become a regular on the Lafayette music scene and most recently joined bands including Chère Elise and the Luke Huval Band as well as a country band called Grampa.