Babak graduated from Shenandoah University Conservatory with a Bachelors in Jazz Studies (focus in jazz guitar) and a double minor in classical guitar and jazz piano.

Babak has always had interest in music. He began receiving piano instruction when he was seven. In middle school, he started to play piano with the choir, performing not only at his school, but also at several different venues.

In high school he began studying guitar. Babak became so infatuated with the instrument that he would practice for hours a day. By the end of his high school career, he was performing in two groups, a classical guitar ensemble and a jazz band. With the assistance of not only the high school guitar teacher, Keith Owens, but also a private instructor/performer in the Washington D.C. Area, Dave Cosby, he started to excel and auditioned for Shenandoah Conservatory.

While at Shenandoah, he was instructed by various professors who have had a very important role in the D.C. area such as:...

Having grown up in a musical household (my father owned a guitar shop on Long Island, my mother sang all over in soul/motown/classic rock outfits), it was impossible not to start speaking the same language. After spending 5 years on trombone and a few years of piano lessons, developing my love for music as well as the knowledge of how to communicate with others through it, I found my home as a bass player as early as 5th grade. From Symphony Hall to Pit Orchestras at Berkshire Theatre Festival (America's 2nd oldest regional theater), from musical retreats in Nashville with 5-time grammy winner Victor Wooten to touring Europe in a rock band, I exposed myself to every kind of music I could get my hands on (and still do!). I moved to New York to get a degree in theatre as a singer and actor (thanks to my mother for the ability to hold a tune), and had great experiences performing in such hit shows as Les Miserables, but my passion kept calling me back to the band side of things. Since...

At the age of 12, I knew I wanted to play guitar after watching a televised concert of the rock band ‘The Smashing Pumpkins’ performing their song “1979.” After my father bought me an electric guitar, I began terrorizing family and friends with my musical endeavors not knowing that playing and creating music would become a lifelong passion. I started playing the bar scene of rock, country, and bluegrass featuring his own compositions and popular cover tunes of the time.

I went on to study at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and studied classical guitar and jazz with Michael Mosley. I also studied composition briefly with John Allemeier. I studied jazz guitar at Berklee School of Music for a year, and finished my Masters at The Boston Conservatory, studying with Berit Strong. I have taken master classes with Alvaro Pierre and Jason Veaux.

I have performed at venues all across North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina, and Boston, MA. I...

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Studio Composition from Purchase College Conservatory of Music. I am currently an active musician who gigs many times a week doing old-time Gypsy Swing (in the style of Django Reinhardt), as well as rock and blues and latin music. If you're looking for rigid classical guitar lessons, that's not me. If you're looking for anything from beginning lessons to blues, jazz, funk, rock, latin/gypsy, in a low-pressure and fun but still serious environment, then that IS me. I like to create an environment that's comfortable for anyone so they can do their best focusing and playing. I have taught all age groups and genders...even minimal-English speakers. Sense of humor is always a plus. Let's make it fun!

Seth is an extremely versatile and highly skilled guitarist and composer based in New York City. He has played, studied and/ or composed in diverse genres including: Jazz, Western Classical, Chinese Classical, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Peruvian, Brazillian styles, African styles, and most popular North American styles. Equally at home playing Jazz, Country, Funk, Bosa Nova or whatever the moment calls for, Seth can be seen performing at many of New York’s diverse and historic clubs including The Blue Note, The Bitter End, Zinc Bar, S.O.B.'s, The Garage, Minton’s Playhouse, Sweet Rhythm, Jules Cafe, Club Groove, Shrine, Fat Cat, and Smoke. Seth has also performed at clubs, colleges, theaters and performing arts centers across the United States and abroad.

Seth grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and began playing and experimenting with the guitar at age 10. Largely self-taught, Seth developed a unique approach to music and the instrument prior to receiving formal training. Inspired by...

About Jessica:

Jessica is known worldwide as a writer and musician who uses her own comedy, illustration, videos and crafts in her performances. She tours the US and the UK regularly and has performed in many festivals including the Reading & Leeds Festival, Latitude Festival, Montreal Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dublin Comedy Festival, NY International Children’s Film Festival and more.

Jessica’s comedy and ideas are inspired by being the oldest of 6 girls and growing up in a small town in Maine, where she taught Sunday school and counseled teens and tweens in a local after school program for four years. When Jessica was 19, she moved to Philadelphia to study animation after winning a scholarship to the Art Institute of Philadelphia, and relocated to NYC shortly after graduating.

Her polarizing music, performances, art and internet videos have won many awards, garnered much praise, and have also been publicly denounced by the US Catholic League....

Hello students and parents!

I have been teaching bass, guitar, and piano for over 7 years and have been playing all of those instruments for over 10 years. I have experience teaching kids as young as five as well as adults. I enjoy having a variety of students!

I received a Bachelors in Music from Manhattan School of Music where my major was Jazz Bass Performance. I also studied a wide range of other subjects including piano, composition, and arranging.

I am very passionate about music as well as teaching and I want to inspire my students.

I play with a variety of artists in New York City and have toured extensively both nationally and internationally.

I have performed with artists including Jason Moran, Dave Liebman, Steve Wilson, Ambrose Akinmusire and Aaron Parks and have studied with teachers including Jay Anderson, David Grossman, Larry Grenadier and Ben Street.

I look forward to helping you grow as a musician and learning from you as well!

All the best,...

Taught privately in the Washington DC area for almost 2 years, I am young but very knowledgeable and I have a knack for teaching. I gigged regularly in MD,DC,VA and recently have been doing a lot of private parties, receptions, weddings, and business events. i have made recordings in studios and I am very musically active. I am extremely passionate, and I live to play, learn, and of course teach the guitar.

I'm a seasoned guitarist with over 15 years playing and 9 years teaching experience. I have a Bachelor of Music from NYU, I am Manhattan based and have a multitude of both live and studio session work experience. My studio experience includes having worked with notable producers, doing sessions for a variety of musicians and doing music for advertisements. My performing background includes having played guitar for various rock groups throughout the country at famous venues including The Bowery Ballroom, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Gramercy Theater, 9:30 Club, Electric Factory, Orpheum Theatre Boston, The Roxy and festivals such as Lollapalooza, SXSW and CMJ. I've also written instructional articles for Premier Guitar magazine.

I'm a versatile player, comfortable teaching a wide variety of styles at all levels.

Most of my current students come to me because I specialize in stylistic niches. When I was young it took my years to find a teacher who could show me how to do...

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In addition to 20 years of guitar playing, as well as a bunch of other instruments, I'm also a national Telly and Addy award-winning composer and performer. It's strange to say, but my music is heard by millions of people every day. I compose, perform, and produce music for TV commercials, shows, theatre, dance, and weird short films. As far as my education goes, I've studied guitar with a number of teachers, and studied composition and music theory with Stuart Saunders Smith, Linda Dussman, William Horne, and piano virtuoso, Martin J. Cannelli. After graduating from Loyola University of New Orleans with a degree in English Literature and Music Composition, I was hired as an English professor at Assumption University in Bangkok, Thailand. When I returned to the States, I was hired at an ad agency in Baltimore (where I was born and raised), doing all elements of TV commercial production, from script writing to coffee making to (drumroll please) Music. That's...

have been performing professionally as a singer for 20 years in jazz, pop, opera, and musical theater in the Washington-DC area. I grew up mainly performing musical theater, but also sang with the Washington Opera and with the Choral Arts Society of Washington at Carnegie Hall, and sang the National Anthem for the Orioles and Washington Nationals Baseball teams, amongst other experiences. I then studied opera singing at McGill University in Montreal and in Austria and Italy, but also explored many genres of music within the Montreal music scene. After my studies, I moved to NYC and landed a position as an audio engineer intern at ishlab Studio in DUMBO. I was curious about musical creation on the other side of the glass and wanted to learn how to produce the music I create. Simultaneously, I joined gypsy jazz bands around NYC and Washington, DC and started performing in the jazz scenes to sing in a new stylistic way vocally (as compared to my opera studies). I then earned a...

As a touring musician & composer for the movie industry, I have performed and recorded on 4 continents, from Radio City Music Hall in New York - where I am based - to Le Louvres in Paris - my hometown. Besides a broad music knowledge, I specialize in music from all around the world playing on the guitar, electric or acoustic, dubbed "Global Guitar".