Private Classical Guitar tutoring lessons Stephens City, VA.

Each lesson is tailored to fit each individual student. We will use the guitar method that best fits your goals, supplementing that learning with songs in the genre(s) of music you enjoy most so learning the instrument will be fun.

I've been playing guitar and creating music since I was 13 years old. Between playing for 17 years and teaching for 14, I have a lot of knowledge to pass on to my students. Whether you want to write your own music, read and transcribe music( learn by ear), learn to play your favorite songs or anything in between, I will help you reach your goals and become a more knowledgeable guitar player and musician while having fun in the process! Let's get started!

The classical guitar is a rich and powerful instrument that has a long history. It has been developed like many instruments such as the piano, and today the guitar has a very powerful influence on modern music. However, the beautiful sounds from the past eras of music, Renaissance, Baroque, and Romanic composers have created wonderful and mysterious pieces that feature this incredible instrument. My goal is to help people who are interested in this type of music be able to perform and reproduce these amazing sounds.

I studied classical guitar on the college level. For those interested, I can supply needed instruction on classical guitar technique, reading, and performance.

I'm a guitarist and educator based out of Raleigh, NC. I received training at the University of South Carolina (Bachelors of Music, 2011) and East Carolina University (Masters of Music, 2015). I am an active performer in the Triangle area, drawing inspiration from American roots music, classical, and jazz traditions.

I have seen hundreds of students over ten years of private teaching, working with beginner to advanced students of all age levels. I teach in a wide range of styles, and I specialize in classical guitar and flatpicking (bluegrass/old time).

I hope to help you along as you grow as a musician and a guitarist!

I can help you get started on the fundamentals of classical guitar playing which would include the following:
- Learning to read music from beginning concepts to contemporary music notation.
- Left and right hand techniques for classical guitar playing which also carry over to acoustic steel-string fingerstyle guitar playing.
- Learning beginning to intermediate classical guitar repertoire from classical composers of the 18th and 19th centuries to contemporary 20th century composers