Christopher D  

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Instruments: Guitar
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, R&B, Gospel, Latin, Funk, Showtunes, Spirituals, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Swing, New Age, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Punk, Avant-garde

From ~1998 to 2009 I studied under Jason Beaudreau starting at Jackson Music on Grand Island, NY and ending at the Guitar Woodshed in Niagara Falls, NY.  In 2006 I began my academic life at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, NY. During that time I had "worked my way up", so to speak, to teaching at the Guitar Woodshed under Jason until I moved to New Paltz, NY in the fall of 2009. While earning my two Bachelors Degrees at New Paltz, several of the students and I form a Jazz Fusion quartet and played at various venues are the Hudson Valley Area. I was also recruited by the SUNY New Paltz Administration Team to perform at various school functions (award ceremonies, graduation ceremonies, executive galas, etc.). I was also recruited by the SUNY New Paltz Arts Department to perform in a student production of the musical "Tommy" as 1st guitarist. This led to gigs playing "Footloose" and "Grease" and Fallsburg High School in the upper Hudson Valley. From 2011-2012, I interned at the National Guitar Workshop in New Milford, CT where I study pedagogy (teaching styles) and got to attend a master class with shred-guitar heavy weight Paul Gilbert. After New Paltz, I moved to NYC and earned my Masters Degree at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and taking advantage of the cultural offerings of the big city before moving back to Buffalo, NY in 2013. Since then, I have had the opportunity to teach guitar at the Lockport Music Center as well as private guitar lessons.