About Keith and Karla
Keith Sullivan is
the former guitar instructor at Jacksonville State University- having
left to focus more on the duo and Lake Guntersville Music Academy which he owns.
Keith has won numerous fingerstyle competitions, and he incorporates this style into his interpretation of Celtic music for the guitar. Keith enjoys performing on the Irish Bouzouki, an instrument fairly new (1960's) to the Celtic genre. He has four pieces published with the reputable
Italian publisher, Berben, for various instruments and guitar. Keith has a master's degree in Music
Theory and Composition from The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
and a Bachelor of Music from The University of Southern Mississippi.
He is a passionate instructor who always strives for and expects the
best from his students. His current recording Dance,Nocturne, Elegy -
can be found on www.amazon.com and itunes and
has been played on National Public Radio in Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia. Keith is launching an interactive music theory instructional
site in 2011 that will focus on traditional tonal analysis, Schenkerian
analysis, set theory, and trending music theory topics such as
neo-Riemannian theory.
Karla Sullivan teaches traditional Celtic harp and flute, as well as handling all of the daily business at LGMA. Karla is an active member of the Scottish Harp Society of America and was awarded first place in the Early Scottish Music category at the Stone Mountain Highland Games in 2008. She promotes the Clarsach, or the traditional Gaelic wire strung harp, and enjoys giving presentations about this instrument.
Karla attended Troy State
University, studying biology and art. Her harp teachers include Kelly Stewart, as well as
masterclasses with other world renowned harpists. Karla studied with Ann Heymann at the
Ohio Scottish Arts School at Oberlin College where she was awarded a
scholarship for 2009.
The littlest Sullivan, who enjoys violin, fiddle, piano, percussion and most of all, voice.
