Mandy Rowden-Founder/Guitar/Bass/FullBand/Songwriting

Girl Guitar is the brainchild of singer/songwriter/teacher Mandy Rowden.  A lifelong musician and multi-instrumentalist, Mandy has played all around Austin with various bands on guitar, bass, mandolin, keys, drums, and violin.  In March of 2007, after having taught privately for 10 years, she combined her love of teaching, playing, wine, and good old-fashioned fun to form Girl Guitar!

Mandy currently plays guitar and sings in Cover Girl (#2 Cover Band, Austin Chronicle Music Poll), plays keys for The Buddy Quaid Band, and can be found all over town playing original music and sitting in with different artists on violin, mandolin, and bass. Get more info on Mandy at www.MandyRowden.com.

Contact her at mandy@GirlGuitarAustin.com. 

Tanya Winch-Songwriting/Voice

In April of 2008, the lovely and talented Tanya Winch joined the Girl Guitar family in the form of fun fabulous Songwriting teacher! A lifelong songwriter, Tanya has performed from the West Coast to Jay Leno and everything in between. Many of our girls have written their first, third, or fiftieth song under Tanya's expert and wildly unique tutelage. For more info on Tanya's music and career, check out www.TanyaWinch.com, or contact her at tanya@GirlGuitarAustin.com.

Jane Gillman-Guitar

Jane Gillman has wound her way across the US, Canada, and Europe as a singer/songwriter and musical theatre band member and has released 7 albums along the way. Her favorite highway is IH64, favorite key is Bb, and favorite song is "Ticket to Ride".  You can catch her playing guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and banjo with the Sarah Pierce Band.  See more Jane at www.janegillman.com and contact her at jane@janegillman.com.

Kristen Hall-Guitar/Full Band

Kristen started out as a band geek in middle school in a small East
Texas town.  She realized her love of guitar 10 years ago, and 
started taking lessons from Trigg Ward.  She along with fellow stu-
dent Ben Kweller recently thanked Mr. Ward for his influence when 
he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kenneth 
Threadgill Association. She moved to Austin 7 years ago and re-
connected with longtime friend and fellow high school geek Mandy 
Rowden and became one of Girl Guitar’s first members and jumped 
right into Austin’s live music scene. She is now the guitarist for Guilty
Pleasures. Contact Kristen at Kristen@girlguitaraustin.com.

Andrea Knaack-Guitar

 

Andrea Knaack is a lifelong musician, who grew up playing the piano, violin, and saxophone.  She has two degrees in music therapy from Texas Woman's University and currently works with children, adolescents, and young adults with special needs.  Andrea moved to Austin in 2008, which is when she started her focused study of the guitar and songwriting craft with Girl Guitar Austin.  She is now a rhythm guitarist and vocalist with The Cash Band. Contact Andrea at abk915@aolcom.


Jess Klein-StageCraft

A folk troubadour whose talents have been lauded on the national and internation scene for almost a decade, Jess Klein writes songs that tell the story of the soul - from wrenching and heartbreak to finding the strength to pick up and move on.  Catch Jess on Monday nights at Whip In and contact her at Jess@JessKlein.com!