Kevin Downing Profile

Kevin has been playing guitar and keyboards, song writing, recording, and teaching for over thirty years. He began guitar at age 13, started performing professionally at 15, and by 21 years of age was working with some of the biggest names in the music business.

He has worked with a various range of international artists who include singers Harry Secombe, Cilla Black, Tony Christie, New World, Peters and Lee, Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch, Basil Brush, and John Rowles. Jazz musicians Bruce Forman, Larry Koonse, Bruce Paulson, and Rodger Fox. New Zealand artists include Dinah Lee, Angela Ayers, Tommy Adderley, Bunny Walters, Malcohm McNeil, Ray Wolf, and Suzzane Donaldson, to name a few.

Kevin has had compositions in the NZ Top 40 and has produced many radio jingles. His students are now following his footsteps with many of them playing professionally and producing their own CD’s. Two students have won their respective categories at the NZ Music Awards.

He also used to write the bass guitar examination syllabus for the Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts – an internationally recognised music examination board based in Melbourne, and also teaches on the Massey University Performance Music Program.

Kevin currently performs with singer Tony McLaughlin; The Blues Busters; and The Rodger Fox Band.

Kevin also works with associate teachers Gavin Donaldson, and Christine Parker in Palmerston North who are both registered guitar teachers and have many years of teaching experience behind them.

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Kevin Downing is a professional guitarist, teacher, and author.
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