The instructors listed here are dedicated to preserving the musical heritage of Maestro Andres Segovia. 

The list of teachers is growing, but it may be that no one from your area is yet listed. If that is the case,  check with your local university or college to see if it offers instruction in the classical guitar style.  It is often the case that university music students support themselves by offering lessons to aspiring guitarists in the area.  Be cautious when seeking teachers at music stores or under privately published ads, such as in classified listings in newspapers.  Many instructors in those venues are highly qualified, but, all too often, their only credential is their own limited playing experience.

If you are a Classical guitar instructor, please email me: Frank LaMonica and I will publish a short description of you and your program, with an email link so that students may email you directly.

Thank you.

List of Classical Guitar Teachers in your area:

Flagstaff

Matt Faunce has studied privately with many noted guitarists, including Javier Calderon. He has been teaching and performing professionally on the classical guitar since 1985, and, before moving to Flagstaff, had taught classical guitar exclusively for two years at Sherry-Brener in Chicago. Mr. Faunce offers his students a complete musical education. He has authored the book 'Sight Reading for Guitar', distributed in the U.S. by Carl Fischer, Chicago, and is currently working on 'Sight Reading CHORDS for Guitar' and '60 Original Progressive Pieces for the Absolute Beginner'. Mr. Faunce has performed at various venues in Michigan, Chicago Il, and Arizona.

Long Beach, Lakewood, Bellflower, Cerritos

phone:1 (562) 983-5626

Michael Nigro began playing guitar at the age of 12.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from Indiana University.  Michael stayed there for 2 additional semesters in the Performer Diploma program, and is  currently in the Masters of Music program at Cal State Fullerton.  Michael is currently in the process of recording a CD of Argentinian guitar music , performs frequently in the Long Beach and surrounding areas, and remains active in the guitar community.

Los Angeles, Westwood, Brentwood, Santa Monica

phone:1 (818) 585-9876

Kate Lewis is an active performer and teacher in the Los Angeles area.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Southern California in 1998, and returned on a full scholarship to pursue her Master's degree in performance with an emphasis in education.  Kate has studied with many highly respected classical guitar teachers, and has participated in numerous master classes.  She was a prize winner at the 1999 American String Teacher Association Classical Guitar Competition. 

In addition to her faculty positions at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles City College, and Los Angeles Valley College, Kate maintains private students of all ages ranging from beginning to advanced levels of proficiency.  Kate also serves on the board of directors of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA), and is an assistant director of the GFA pre-college guitar education program.

Lynn McGrath began guitar lessons at the early age of 6.  Currently a Doctoral Degree candidate and an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Southern California where she received her Masters degree; Lynn has previous degrees in Education and in Spanish.  As a member of The Brouwer Quartet, Lynn performed at the 2001 Guitar Foundation of America International Festival and Competition,  The Skirball Cultural Center, The Los Angeles County Art Museum, as well as various other prestigious venues in Los Angeles and abroad.

phone:1 (323) 376-5165 

Barry McNaughton holds a Master of Music degree from the USC Thornton School of Music, where he was a Teaching Assistant and full scholarship recipient.  In addition to performing as a soloist and ensemble player, Barry is an arranger and composer.  

Barry is currently recording a CD of eclectic solo music from around the world on six string, eight string and steel string guitars. This CD will include original compositions in addition to works by Dusan Bogdanovic, Hans Werner Henze, Michael Hedges and J.S. Bach.

Pacifica

phone:(415) 378-7377

Mark Sessler received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has performed concerts throughout the United States, Australia and 10 countries in Africa as part of the United States Information Agency's Artistic Ambassador program.

In addition to performing and teaching, Mark has arranged over 100 symphonic, piano, and other instrumental pieces for the guitar.

Mark currently teaches at the Spindrift School of Performing Arts and has taught classes at the SF Conservatory of Music and City College of San Francisco.

Petaluma

phone:1 (707) 664-8638

Mr. Olson holds both a Liberal Arts degree from Lewis and Clark College and a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He has performed in both solo and chamber music concerts throughout the United States and has been teaching private and group lessons for the last ten years in classical and other styles of guitar.  Mr. Olson's teaching experience has been augmented by classes in pedagogy taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  David's teaching stresses that music  is a vital part of life and that making music should be a wonderful experience. He believes any person can learn to share the joy of making music, and that a good teacher can not only point students in the right direction,  but can help them develop the skills they will need to enhance their playing, while providing the motivation to make music an everyday part of their lives.

Colorado

Denver

phone:(303)871-6667

fax: (303)871-6886

Mr. Betancourt is currently pursuing a MMA at Denver University and is a teaching assistant of Ricardo Iznaola. Prior to coming to Denver, Mr. Detancourt had taught privately in New York City and in Caracas, Venezuela. More information about Mr. Betancourt can be found on his web site: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/strasse/8309/

Connecticut

Hartford

RICHARD PROVOST is Professor of Guitar at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, and is the founder and former chairman of the guitar department at that school.  He has performed and conducted workshops at major colleges and festivals throughout the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. These include appearances at: Guitar '84, Toronto, The Boston Guitar Fest, California Summer Arts Festival, National Guitar Summer Workshop, and numerous festivals sponsored by the Guitar Foundation of America and The American String Teachers Association. He is the author of " The Art and Technique of Practice, and The Art and Technique of Performance" (GSP Publications). In addition, he has published numerous articles in both national and international guitar publications dealing with guitar pedagogy and performance issues.

Florida

Lakeland

Mr. Phillips has been teaching for over 25 years. He holds a doctorate in performance from the University of Miami, and has concertized throughout North America and the Middle East. Mr. Phillips spent 3 years writing a classical guitar column targeted to educating rock players: "Guitar for the Practicing Musician".  During that time he also wrote more traditional columns for "Guitar's" sister publication, "Guitar Extra". He has contributed articles to "Soundboard" and "Guitar Player", and has had numerous transcriptions published by "Cherry Lane Music" as well as a massive anthology for Mel Bay Publications, "Great Themes and Variations for Classic Guitar."  Mr. Phillips has released 2 CDs, a contemporary one, "Guitarre Nouveau", and the 2 CD companion to his themes and variations book.

Georgia

Atlanta

Keith has a masters of music degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and has been extremely active in the Southeast since the late 80's.  He has held faculty positions at Birmingham Southern College, Snead State College, and Wallace State College.  Keith has a very adaptable style of teaching and is great at coaching students for competitions or scholarship auditions.  His recent cd - Dance, Nocturne, Elegy - can be found on amazon.com and cdnow.com, excerpts of which have been aired on Public Radio Mississippi.  He currently performs in one of Atlanta's premier ensembles, the Sullivan-Crane Duo (classical guitar and viola).  

Illinois

Chicago/Evanston

Press here to send email to Dr. Julie Goldberg

Julie Goldberg is an experienced and enthusiastic guitar instructor. A native of Chicago, Julie Goldberg is the first guitarist to receive a Doctorate in Music Performance from Northwestern University, and also holds degrees from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University and College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Goldberg is currently on the faculties of North Park University, Saint Xavier University, and Vandercook College of Music in Chicago. She also accepts private students at her studio in Evanston, Illinois. An active recitalist Julie has been nominated to the Heartland, Ohio and Illinois Arts Council Touring Rosters, and has performed in solo and ensemble concerts throughout the United States.

Rock Island

Mr. Pobanz holds a master of music degree in guitar pedagogy and performance from Southern Illinois University.  His experience also includes attendance at numerous seminars and master classes. Mr. Pobanz published a book of right hand exercises and scales in 1995, and in November 1998 he released a CD titled "20th Century Music of Spain and Latin America." He is currently an instructor of guitar at Augustana College, and also accepts private students.

Kentucky

Lexington

Press here to send email to Efrem Taylor

Mr. Taylor has  taught Classical Guitar at LCC and continues his teaching through private lessons. 

Massachusetts

Fitchburg

Anne O'Conner has been teaching classical guitar for almost 20 years. She has a master of music degree in guitar from the University of Southern California and received her bachelor of Music from the Hartt School of the University of Hartford. She is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Fitchburg State College and the faculty of the Performing Arts School of Worcester and Pakachoag Community Music School. Anne is listed in the New England Foundation for the Arts touring roster, on the Massachusetts Cultural Commission's School roster, and has performed in master classes with many internationally famous guitarists.

Ms. O'Conner's home page can be viewed at: http://www.bicnet.net/users/anneoc

Michigan

Midland

Mr. Cassar has studied the classical guitar at Wayne State University and at Eastern Michigan University.  He has taught guitar to private students in the Tri-City Area of Midland, Bay City, Saginaw since 1979,  and has taught both classes and private lessons at Central Michigan University, Saginaw Valley State University and Delta College to instruct students in the art of playing the Classical, Folk and Popular guitar styles.

Missouri

St. Louis

Mr. Bolles has been giving instruction in classical and other guitar styles in the St. Louis, Missouri area for many years at the University level as well as privately, and currently teaches at the Saint Louis University as well as the The Musical Arts Academy of Webster Groves. He has served on the board of The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society for over ten years and as head of Classical Guitar studies at Webster University for ten years. Mr. Bolles is an active performer as a classical guitarist and composes and arranges jazz guitar music as well.  Some  of his work has been published by Mel Bay publications, and he is currently composing pieces and etudes to help fill in the gaps in the repertoire of study pieces. He specializes in individual  instruction, and his teaching includes fretboard theory for
those students interested in that topic.

Link here to an article written by Mr. Bolles for Mel Bay's Mastering The Guitar column, and download a free study piece.

New Jersey

Mantua

Maplewood

Studio:  

Phone: 973-762-1316

Fax:    973-762-8214

Mr. Gibb received his ALCM and LLCM teaching diploma from the London College of Music with concurrent study of music at Napier College (now Napier University) in Edinburgh from 1983 - 1985. He was awarded scholarships to both the Royal College of Music & the Royal Academy of Music in London, and   studied at the Academy with Hector Quine.  Mr. Gibb received an LRAM diploma in teaching and performance upon graduation in 1990 with a GRSM (honors) degree.  He is a recipient of the 'John Mundy' prize for string playing and was the first guitarist to participate in the Park Lane Group Concert Series for young musicians at London's South Bank concert halls.  Mr. Gibb made his London debut performing the BERIO - Sequenza for guitar; MAXWELL DAVIS - Guitar Sonata; STEVE REICH - Electric Counterpoint; and two motets written for Steve Gibb by MICHAEL FINNISSY.  

Steve now makes his home in Maplewood, N.J., where he teaches classical guitar privately in his studio.

 

Middlesex County

 

Middlesex County, NJ

Phone: (732) 382-1417

Patrick Durek is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he
studied guitar performance with world-renowned pedagogue, Ray Chester. Hehas participated in numerous masterclasses.  An active proponent of chamber music, Mr. Durek has performed extensively in numerous ensemble settings and has recently premiered several new compositions for
chamber groups with guitar by award-winning composers.

New York

New York City

Press here to send email to Mr. Kevin Gallagher

Guitarist Kevin Gallagher holds a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School, and has recently performed Alice Tully Hall in NY with the New Juilliard Ensemble, in Portugal with the National Orchestra of Portugal, and in Spain with the Orchestra of Valencia. His album "Music from the Renaissance to the High Baroque" was released world-wide in November 1999 on Naxos records. He teaches at Lawrence University in Wisconsin and lives in New York City. Kevin has his own website which he invites all interested people to visit.

West Babylon

Mr. Adam Press
76 Farber Drive
West Babylon, New York 11704
Phone 1 (631) 884-1528

Press here to send email to Mr. Adam Press

Mr. Press currently teaches classical guitar privately in long island New York.  He holds an associates degree in music from Nassau community college.  Mr. Press also earned a bachelors degree in music.  Adam performs at  weddings,  restaurants ,coffee houses and other events throughout the Long Island area, and  has concertized at Nassau, Suffolk, and Stony Brook Universities.   Adam teaches all styles of guitar, including classical,  blues, jazz, rock and popular guitar.

Greensboro

Mr. Dollar is currently on the faculty of the Music Academy of North Carolina (MANC). He holds a M.M. degree in guitar performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and has performed in numerous master classes with some of the world's leading Classical Guitarists. Mr. Dollar performs regularly in the Greensboro area as a soloist and with a guitar duo, with frequent concerts at MANC and UNCG. He has taught classical guitar for ten years and devotes all of his time to teaching and performing.

Mr. Dollar can also be contacted by telephone at MANC: (336) 379-8748.

 

• Press here to send email to Mr. Newton

Oregon

Portland

Inspired by the artistry of the greatest guitarist that ever lived, Andres Segovia, William Jenks continues to teach and perform classical guitar regularly in the Portland, Oregon area.  He began his classical guitar studies at Colorado Christian University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree.  Mr. Jenks went on to study at Portland State University..   William Jenks teaches from his studio and his home with students of many different ages and levels.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia/Lancaster

Classical guitarist Jeremy Hutson is a performer, recording artist, internationally certified guitar tutor, and lecturer.  Mr. Hutson is currently on the faculties of: Philadelphia Biblical University, The Lancaster Conservatory of Music, and the Csehy Summer School of Music. He developed the guitar program at both the Lancaster Conservatory and the Csehy Summer School of Music and maintains a private studio in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. In 2003, he was elected a member of the Board of Directors at The Lancaster Conservatory of Music. Mr. Hutson is a member of the Registry of Guitar Tutors, a registered Fretboard Logic instructor, and offers a comprehensive, certified curriculum for all styles of guitar instruction for students of all levels of ability. He holds a Master of Music degree in Guitar Performance from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Music degree in Applied Music from Covenant College.  He also  has been a adjudicator for the Pennsylvania Music Teacher’s Association’s (PMTA) Dorothy Sutton Festival.  Mr. Hutson has given master classes, clinics, and lectures in schools and for various institutions and events. 

TENNESSEE

Memphis

Brian K. Stuhr
3749 Beckman Drive
Memphis, TN 38135 MAP

Phone: (901)383-8304
E-mail: catman@elvis.com
Home Page: http://home.att.net/~memphiscatman

Mr. Stuhr teaches private and group lessons in many styles, including classical.  He studied music at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 1985 to 1989, and he has been teaching guitar since 1983

TEXAS

Austin

Hugh Chandler lives and teaches Classical Guitar in North Austin and Round Rock, Texas. Mr. Chandler teaches all levels of Classical Guitar and has had extensive experience in teaching both children and adults. He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Guitar Performance degree from the University of South Carolina.

 

 

Corpus Christi

Mrs. Galvan holds a Bachelors degree in Music and teaches all levels of Classical Guitar. She has studied for 6 years and has been teaching both privately and at High School level one for 4 years.

 

Mr. Cordero teaches Spanish Flamenco Guitar.  His qualifications include study with several of the most respected teachers of that style of music. You may view his website at: http://geocities.com/randy_cordero/

Dallas

Carlo Pezzimenti teaches intermediate and advanced Classical Guitar privately in North Dallas, Texas, and holds faculty positions in Classical Guitar at Texas Woman's University and Brookhaven College. Mr. Pezzimenti holds a degree in music from the Morlocchi Conservatory in Perugia, has recorded seven Classical Guitar CD's, and has concertized extensively throughout the world since 1971. He has also recorded Manual Ponce's Concerto Del Sur for Classical Guitar and Orchestra.

Fort Worth

President and Artistic Director of the Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society

http://www.christophermcguire.com

Virginia

Vienna

Mr. Giunta is an accomplished musician who has taught Classical Guitar for over 20 years and currently teaches beginners through conservatory audition preparation. He also offers music instruction for flute, recorder, accordion, and improvisation on any instrument.

Teachers in countries outside of the United States of America

Australia

Melbourne

Classical Guitar Tuition. Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. Preparation for exams, competitions and concerts. 30 years experience.

Germany

Munich

Oliver Thedieck  received his music degree in Bath and teaches in Munich, Germany.  He has written several pieces, including “Gegensatz” for Alvaro Henrique, which was premiered in Brasilia, Brazil.  He directed Mozart’s 36. Symphony with the Bath Spa University College orchestra.

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