Guitar Lessons in Nob Hill. Amazing Teachers.

As personalized as you want it to be, the guitar is a wonderful mode of expression. I have been playing for twenty years as of 2019. Classical, jazz, blues, Indian classical, mostly acoustic guitar! Please contact me for more details.

I teach beginning to advanced levels, including music theory, proper hand and finger technique and ear training. Pick the style of guitar playing you want to learn and I'll teach you how to perfect your abilities and have fun with it at the same time!

Get your guitar playing to the next level. Guitar lessons with Mike S., a formally trained vocalist with global guitar experience as a Christian missionary, will provide as much personal encouragement along with the musical progress.

Now open to all ages and levels of expertise.

A fun and easy approach to learning guitar.
If you’re a beginner, I’ll give you easy exercises and fun songs to get your chops together.
If you already play, we’ll work on taking your playing to the next level through learning scales, new chord voicing, and diving deep into new songs or pieces.

I have played with some of the great Jazz musicians around, Ben Wendel, Mike Moreno, and I have an album coming out soon featuring Reuben Rogers. I have led many bands and been fairly successful. I've studied music for around 10 years now and learned to play classical piano music on top of jazz guitar. Music is my life and I love to help people get to where they want to be!

Joel is an accomplished performer, composer, songwriter, and educator who draws from several pedagogical techniques to create a curriculum that is fun, active, inquiry-based, and student-driven. He is a professionally licensed K-12 music teacher in the state of Colorado with a master's degree in music education who has taught in public schools and privately for 5 years. Work collaboratively to set goals, pick repertoire, and build a strong musical foundation. Come prepared to sing, improvise, analyze, and play.