Guitar Lessons Northeast

Instruments: Guitar, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Guitar, Euphonium, Acoustic Guitar

I believe in being being honest and encouraging, allowing students the chance to struggle and fail in a safe environment, while stressing and correcting proper techniques. I encourage practicing a little almost every day of the week, and finding what fires you up about the instrument. I also make sure to take an interest in student's lives beyond music- people are busy, and I understand those pressures! Besides that, music can relate to many areas and disciplines in life, and one's own previous experiences offer many methods for greater understanding. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, French Horn, Tuba, Music, Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar

My performance and education career began as early as my freshman year of college. I have been fortunate to perform over 1,800 professional commitments in my career as well as teaching roughly 25 students. Some performance highlights of my career have been performing on four national tours, playing two contracts with the Hershey Park band, recording with different artists, and of course performing with the Marine Corps and the Air Force bands. Read More

Instruments: Guitar

For beginner students I start with chord shapes. We'll learn what notes are in the chord, where to find the root note of the chord everywhere on the fret board and how to play that chord in multiple postions. Then we work on switching chords in basic progressions and later we move onto scales. For my intermediate students its more about technique and theory. We'll focus heavily on scales and modes and their relationship to each other. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Music

As a recent graduate of the Eastman School of music, I am dedicated to the arts and passionate about teaching students of all ages. I am a friendly, outgoing and motivating teacher who will work with each student individually to develop lesson plans that correspond to what they are hoping to learn. I am passionate about musical theatre and classical singing and have a wealth of knowledge in both styles. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Teaching music is like growing a plant in the garden. It takes support and love of music for this to work.. I can promise each one of my students will walk away with a better understanding of the guitar. Finding the music that clicks with each students is important in finding the passion and love for music that exist in each and every person. Understanding each students journey to becoming a musician is different makes the journey and process that much more interesting. Read More