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"I want to make good citizens. If a child hears fine music from the day of his birth and learns to play it himself, he develops sensitivity, discipline and endurance. He gets a beautiful heart."
--Shin'ichi Suzuki (creator of the Suzuki Method)

I am a professional musician, educator, and music therapist in training who has traveled the world musically... and literally! I look forward to working with you.

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

Private Music Instructor
2003 – Present, Self Employed – Greater NYC
*Private, personalized, in-home bass and guitar music instruction for beginning to advanced-intermediate level students

Staff Bassist:
February 2007 – Present, First Corinthian Baptist Church – Harlem, NY
*Bass guitar accompaniment, composition, and solos for all church choirs (Mass, Sanctuary, Young Adult, and Children’s) at weekly church services, concerts, and guest preaching...

I have an eclectic musical journey spanning the East and the West, the electric and the acoustic, the ensemble and the solo voice. I cover various stylistic ground from jazz, world, and classical, to funk, punk, and avant-garde. I also play the oud and Turkish cumbus.

As a composer, my song “Listen, was recently chosen as Editor’s Pick by Guitar Player Magazine. I scored the music for the feature film for Utopians, which premiered at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, had “one of the most long lasting guitar improvisations since Dead Man.”

I'm an Associate Artist with renowned downtown experimental theater company, The Wooster Group, I've worked over a three-year period playing electric guitar in the re-imagining of Francesco Cavalli’s 1641 baroque opera, La Didone. I'm aso a fixture on the downtown jazz scene, currently playingwith Karl Berger’s Improvising Orchestra, and Butch Morris’s Conduction Ensemble, as well as my own solo and group performances.

I hold...

Hi there, my name is Cory and I'm a professional musician born and raised in NYC. I play guitar and I let no genre escape my grasp, I even make up my own. I've been playing since I was a teenager and I am currently acquiring my Master's degree in guitar performance at Hunter College. I study, perform, and love music from a huge variety of periods and styles, but my true passion is combining everything I love into new forms and adding my own personal touches to create entirely new and individualized music to share with the world.

Grant F. is a Creative-minded, multi-disciplined musician with a wide range of interests including performance, composition, education, production, and design. Experienced guitarist with a large knowledge of different musical styles and improvisation techniques. Interested in combining improvisational styles in unique settings to create honest music of the moment.

Education:
New York University
Masters of Music Degree in Performance with a Concentration in Jazz – June 2011
Studies with John Scofield, Brad Shepik, Chris Potter, Ralph Alessi, and Bruce Arnold

Adjunct professor at New York University - 2009-2011
Teaching Jazz improvisation and general guitar studies

Performance in New York City
At noteable venues such as The Blue Note, The Jazz Gallery, St. Peter's Church, Tutuma Social Club, The Shrine, The Bitter End, Sullivan Hall, and many others. Performed with noteable musicians like Ralph Alessi, John Benitez, and Ingrid Jenson.

Awards
Ella Fitzgerald...

Studied with Yosi Levi and Yossi Urshalmi----- Worked with major Israeli/American artists such as Martha Wash, Shai Gabso, Arik Sinai, Yoni Bloch, Aia Corem, Eric Berman, to name a few----- Was a member of the Air Force Band, as a guitarist/ band leader/ arranger, and got to travel and play all around Israel and abroad----- Have been playing in prime time TV since the age of 18.
Currently a New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music graduate, Alon has studied and played with some of the top players of today along with some living jazz legends. Such players include Charlie Persip, Reggie Workman, Dave Glasser, Armen Donelien, Sam Yahel, Junior Mance and many more.

"Being an active modern musician who takes International stages, my experiences have kept me centered amongst the trends, scenes and happenings to new music."

My experiences have been far-reaching . I was trained formally as a concertise of the classical guitar. I studied at the Cleveland Music School Settlement and at the Cleveland State University before my sojourn to Vienna, Austria where I was accepted as a student at the Academie for Music and Performing Arts, arriving there at the age of 19, becoming a protege of Luise Walker-Hesjek.

I have been a teacher of guitar since my High School days.

I am a formidable teacher of the concert classical guitar and also am an excellent educator of blues and jazz music. Besides the guitar, I also instruct electric bass guitar, offer vocal coaching (including solfeggio), song writing, composition and harmony studies. Also, I instruct beginning violin.

My experiences around master musicians and artists have given me many...

Hello and welcome to my profile!
I have been teaching guitar for over a decade and love doing it. Before we get into how you can succeed as a guitarist here is a little background about me. I grew up in a small town and began playing guitar at age 12. I was taught a few chords from friends and tried to learn songs from tabs on the Internet. After a couple years I realized the need for formal training, so I began taking classical guitar lessons. I was introduced to formal music instruction and my abilities really blossomed. I became enamored with the guitar, and music as a whole, and decided to pursue music as a profession. I attended University of Colorado at Denver and received a Bachelors in Jazz Guitar performance.
Throughout college I taught guitar in various settings. I developed a weekend guitar program for Aurora Public Schools, conducted jazz clinics at Overland Trail Middle School, and was the Summer Music Director for Mracheck Middle School. I always held a...

A graduate of the University of Rochester with a B.A. in Music and Psychology and a trained instructor from the renowned National Guitar Workshop, Adam is an experienced teacher and performer on the guitar, bass, and piano, and is well-versed in a variety of styles, including rock, pop, jazz, classical, and folk. Adam loves to share his passion for music with others, and ever since his first student, an autistic child, Adam has sought to make learning music fun, regardless of age, style, and ability. Before relocating to New York City, Adam organized and executed a recital for all of his students in Rochester, allowing the opportunity for his students to perform in a relaxed setting for their families and friends, and later distributed a DVD of the event to the students. Adam is exceptionally knowledgeable in a diverse array of styles and is eager to share his love for music with others.

I am a music educator, classically trained with an advanced performance degree. As a soloist and collaborative musician, I have performed professionally in ensembles, bands and orchestras both here and abroad. With a high degree of knowledge and proficiency, I teach proper technique and practice strategies, music notation, theory, rhythm and phrasing, while adapting teaching approaches to match the needs of each student. I share a love of music with my students and it gives me great pride to hear each student develop their own musical voice.

New York city based guitarist and composer Juan C. immigrated to Miami, Florida at age 21.
His work speaks a unique language that blends elements from his early musical experiences in Colombia, as a member of various folk, rock (metal ) ensembles, and his studies in East Asian music fuelled by travels and interaction with musicians and artists in China and Japan.

Juan’s music has been performed throughout South America, the United States and Asia. Although Juan cannot return to his native Colombia, his string duet, “Famous Librarians” (commissioned by Olivia de Prato and Victor Lowrie, was premiered at the Medellín Conservatory of Music.) His piece for electric bass and keyboard, “Glue Pain Ghost,” a collaboration with video artist, Jane Hsu, was invited to a world premiere at the GEISAI Art festival in Tokyo, and the Art Basel festival in Miami.

Juan holds a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under the tutelage of Susan...

Student who takes lessons with me has a chance to expand his knowledge by learn necessary technique and elements of music which I have studied in college. I am glad and willing to share my knowledge of music as well as research different genres and styles of music.

I grew up in a musical home, my father was a rock and roll and soul session drummer throughout the '60's and '70's in New York. I picked up the guitar at 11 years old and started taking lessons. After studying classical and jazz throughout high school I attended William Paterson University from 1994 - 1997, majoring in Music Education and studying with jazz guitar guru Vic Juris and classical guitarist Rich Jacobowski.

In 1997, I moved to Brooklyn and cut my teeth in the NYC R&B and rock club scene playing in the band Sole Pocket, and with various jazz combos at many other clubs including the Blue Note and the Knitting Factory. In 2003 I returned to college at CCNY (city college of New York), majoring in Jazz Performance and studying with Ornette Coleman alum, Kenny Wessel. I also formed my Hip Hop band, Spokinn Movement, and started my long standing weekly Hip Hop event, Freestyle Mondays (still running after 8 years!) in the East Village. Freestyle Mondays has attracted some...