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Highland North Music, which opened in 2007, is located off Battleground Avenue/U.S. 220, near its intersection with Horse Pen Creek Road.
tion philosophy during the early 2000s while teaching at Greensboro Performing Arts. “It occurred to me over 15 years that there’s a better way” to teach, he said. With no formal instruction, he learned from his dad, a blue grass musician, by playing along. “I learned theory on my own,” he said. Wright left Greensboro Performing Arts in the mid-2000s, opened Highland North in 2007 and reorganized it as a nonprofit in 2016. The name is a nod to his Scottish Highland heritage. As for Kelly, she was quickly hooked on Wright’s method. “He was so nice and kind,” she said
of Wright. “He makes it more fun.” Kelly, who operates a photography business, saw lessons with her son’s guitar as a way to both honor her mom and follow her passion for music.
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“My husband and I go to Nashville” for the music, she said. “That’s one of our favorite cities to visit.” Her husband wondered how she could fit lessons into her busy life. He “was like: ‘Have you lost your mind signing up for something else?’” Kelly said. “But this is for me. It was so different, but so fun. It was kind of neat.”
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Highland North Music founder Donnie Wright began honing his musical skills as a child by playing along with his father, a bluegrass musician.
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