Mandy Rowden
Mandy Rowden is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and generally really nice gal. Mandy is the proud creator of Girl Guitar as well as a professional musician and educator. Mandy is a teacher and music leader at Lucky Star Art Camp and has been a contributing songwriter for Songs For The Soul, a contributing writer for Guitar Girl Magazine, and an instructor at Own Your Own Universe as well as an online educator for Elixir Strings and Gibson Guitars. Mandy has a Master's Degree in Musicology from Texas State University where she published an award-winning thesis on Texas women singer-songwriters and is currently a professor of Business in Music courses. Mandy performs currently as a singer-songwriter and plays guitar in Austin's all-female country hits band The Rhinestone Renegades. In 2025, Mandy founded the Texas Women Songwriters Festival in historic downtown Lockhart, Tx.
Sally Crewe
A native of the UK, Sally grew up in Sherwood Forest, riding horses, climbing trees, and figuring out Beatles songs on guitar in her room. She’s wanted to make records since she was 8, and at 14 became the proud owner of her first electric guitar and 4-track cassette recorder.
In the early 2000’s she enjoyed multiple visits to Austin to record her 2003 debut album, Drive It Like You Stole It, which featured Spoon’s Britt Daniel on bass / backing vocals, and Jim Eno on drums. The pair also backed her for her SXSW debut in 2002.
She moved to Austin full time in 2004, and spent much of the next decade either in the studio or on the road, including guest appearances singing with Ted Leo & The Pharmacists on tour, and at ACL Festival, as well as touring, co-writing and recording with guitar legend Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, Nada Surf).
She continues to front her band, (Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves) on guitar and vocals, and also plays drums in the all-female pop-punk band, Cobra Cats.
Sidney Kenley
Sidney Kenley is a Texas native and Austin-based singer-songwriter blending folk vulnerability with indie introspection and a touch of Texas twang. Raised on a cattle ranch and surrounded by bluegrass and country music, she grew up steeped in song and picked up the guitar at twelve.
As a working artist, Sidney writes music that feels intimate yet anthemic, pairing raw emotion with melodies that linger. Her sound bridges folk sweetness and indie edge, grounded in lyrical honesty and a deep love of storytelling.
As an instructor, Sidney brings a heart-forward, encouraging approach to the classroom. She believes music is a space for authenticity, courage, and connection. Drawing from her experience as a songwriter and performer, she empowers students to trust their instincts, embrace their unique voice, and build confidence in their playing and writing, whether they’re just beginning or refining their craft.
Heather Miller
Acoustic folk songstress Heather Miller’s body of work has been described as “songs of connection,” perfectly capturing the essence of her talent and dedication to the craft.
From beginnings that included listening to Donovan and The Beatles as a kid in Iowa and then picking up a guitar in college and teaching herself a few chords, she’s honed her skills through setting and subsequently achieving lofty goals, such as completing the Berklee Online Songwriting Certificate, performing at 157 open mics in one year, and writing a song a week for over 3 years.
She released Anchor EP (2012), Ornaments & Memories EP (2019), and a live radio studio recording, Heather Miller Live at KOOP (2020). Her debut full-length album, Count it in Moons (2023), landed at #48 on the Folk DJ charts for the month of September and was the #6 Americana Highways Favorite Albums of 2023 Readers' Pick. Heather has made the vibrant Austin, Texas music scene her home since 2015.
Juliette Buck
Juliette is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in Austin, TX. She began singing at a very young age in both church and school choirs, on stage with local musical theater programs, in addition to studies in Vocal Performance at the University of Texas at Austin. She got her first acoustic guitar from the local pawn shop at age 13 (thanks Mom!) and started rocking out in the living room; learning covers, writing her own original tunes, and eventually adding harmonica to add to the mix.
Juliette has been a member of many bands over the past 20 years, as lead vocalist, backup vocalist, drummer, rhythm guitarist, and on the keyboard. Her most recent band projects in Austin, TX were with indie dreampop-rock Prismavoix (backing vox, keyboard, contributing songwriter), grunge power-trio Highdive (drums, backing vox, contributing songwriter), and Texas blues & rock band Seventh Sun (lead vox, rhythm guitar), where she enjoyed playing venues around Austin and surrounding areas, and recording two albums.
Juliette has been an acoustic guitar teacher with Mandy Rowden’s Girl Guitar since 2021, teaching in the Beginner Two and Beginner Three acoustic guitar classes. She was previously a student at Girl Guitar beginning in 2008, where she enjoyed taking a plethora of the classes offered, including Intermediate Guitar, Songwriting, Band classes, Alternate Tunings, and Music Theory, and attended multiple Girl Guitar events, song swaps, and retreats -- her favorites being, performing at local charity fundraisers and retreats to Paradise Valley, MT and Wimberley, TX.
Juliette finds immense joy in helping beginner guitar players to forge their own individual playing style, and to look for the pleasant surprises that music always seems to provide.