New England Guitar Teachers

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Daniel Acsadi: (313) 529-0750. bostonguitar@hotmail.com.  Faculty: At Your Door Music, Wellesley, and Artisan Music Studios, Boston.  Available for lessons in metro Boston, all ages and levels.  Special emphasis on combining strong technical and interpretive foundations with students' unique musical interests.  M.M. New England Conservatory, B.A. Cornell University.

Jean Pierre d'Alencon G. (617) 939-4260 jeandalencon@gmail.com.  Graduated from Chilean conservatory.  Both English and Spanish.  All ages and levels.  Classical and Latin american music.  Music theory.  Please call or e-mail for details.

Louis Arnold: (978) 342-8708. lou.arnold@gmail.com.  Guitar lessons, The Minor Chord, Acton, MA; private studio, Lunenburg, MA.  Graduate Longy School of Music, classical guitar; music history, Lake Forest College.  Former faculty, Boston Conservatory, the Longy School, Wellesley College, Concord Academy, New England Conservatory Extension.

Jamie Balmer (617) 462-4101 jamie.balmer@gmail.com www.myspace.com/duoorfeo Classical Guitar, Jazz & Contemporary Music. Faculty: Music Maker Studios, Brighton & Solomon Schechter School, Newton. All levels welcome.

Rick Bernstingle: (978) 486-4011, frederic.bernstingle@verizon.net.  Classical Guitar.  Come and develop all aspects of technique and musicianship.  Thorough, unhurried lessons by the session.  Repertoire and instrument history included for beginners.  Please call or email for details about me, and how I just may be the teacher you always wanted.

John Bigelow: (617) 731-3257, JonLorPro@aol.com, P.O. Box 200343, Boston MA 02120.  Instructor in classical and contemporary fingerstyle guitar, renaissance lute, multi-string guitar, technical analysis, music and fingerboard theory.  All levels, beginner to advanced.  Vocal instruction available from performance partner Lorraine Saltre. B.A. in Music and Guitar from Franconia College with studies at Mannes College of Music, NYC.  Former Music Faculty (Guitar) at University of Vermont, Middlebury College, Johnson State College, and other institutions.  Concert performances in U.S., Europe, Japan. Recordings and recording services also available.

Audie Bridges: (781) 245-8302, aubri@aol.com. Lessons taught at The Music Emporium, Lexington, beginners to advanced; Classical, Jazz, Pop, Improvisation and Arranging for Guitar.

William Buonocore: (508) 879-2058, wbuon@comcast.net,  home.comcast.net/~wbuon. Faculty: The Boston Conservatory. Private instruction available, all levels welcome.

Maurice Cahen: (781) 874-0224, mauricecahen@comcast.net. Teach Classical, Jazz & Latin guitar styles as well as harmony, ear training, composition and improvisation classes. Lessons given at the Powers Music School in Belmont and Lexington, Winchester Community Music School or privately in Medford.

Glorianne Collver-Jacobson: (781) 275-6686, gcollver@verizon.net. Faculty: Wellesley College.  Private instruction also available.  Lessons given in Classical and Flamenco Guitar and Renaissance Lute (all levels).

Lance Gunderson: Classical, Flamenco, Jazz guitar instruction, all levels, reasonable rates.  47 years professional experience.  Lessons in Cambridge and also the Portsmouth, N.H. area.  Lance F. Gunderson, 113 Brave Boat Harbor Road, Kittery Point, ME 03905.  (207)439-7516, lancefgunderson@yahoo.com.

Olav Chris Henriksen: (617) 776-8688. Instruments: lutes (Renaissance, Baroque, theorbo, 20th-century lute), Early guitars (Renaissance, Baroque, 19th-century, vihuela, cittern, English guitar), Classical guitar. Faculty: The Boston Conservatory, University of Southern Maine, Gorham. Private lessons in Somerville.

Carlton D. Kish: (508) 877-6657, classicalguitar@juno.com. Faculty: St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, The Fay School in Southboro, Solomon Schechter in Newton.  Students successfully competing in N.E.G.C. at Boston Conservatory.  Private instruction available, all levels welcome.

Gerry Johnston: (978)372-2250, gerajohno@yahoo.com, www.gerryjohnston.com.  Studied jazz at Berklee College of Music; received B.M. in classical guitar performance from New England Conservatory.  Teaches classical, jazz and popular styles to students of all levels at studio in Haverhill, MA.

Jimmy Lanzillotta: (508)655-0706, Lanzillotta-Jimmy@comcast.net.  Classical and popular styles taught to all ages emphasis both on fundamentals and enjoyment.  Taught in both colleges and private schools.  Attended Hartt College of Music and studied with Rey de la Torre.  Lessons available both private and group in Wayland and at the Danforth Museum in Framingham.

Aaron Larget-Caplan: (508)764-4403, www.aaronlc.com, e-mail aaron@aaronlc.com.  Classical guitar, flamenco technique, music theory & history, & body-guitar mastery.  Faculty at the New School of Music of Cambridge, (617)492-8105; Cambridge Friends School (617) 354-3880.  Private lessons are available in South Central Massachusetts/ Northern Conneticut or at student’s residence in greater Boston.  Ages 6 through adult.

Steve Lin: (203) 228-2751, www.linguitar.com steve@linguitar.com. Assistant Director: Boston GuitarFest. Director: Boston Guitar Project. (B.M. New England Conservatory, M.M. Yale School of Music, D.M.A. candidate at NEC.) Classical guitar performance and instruction.

George Little: (617) 962-1655, www.mynameisgeorgelittle.com B.A. in Guitar Performance from UMass Dartmouth and an M.M. from the Longy School of Music. Has been teaching for over ten years; currently on the faculty at Musical Arts Academy in Exeter, NH and directs The Little Guitar Studio in Amesbury, MA. Registered Suzuki Guitar instructor and teaches both traditional and Suzuki lessons for classical guitar ages 4 and up.

Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual: (617)566-7157, jp@jpascual.com.  Flamenco guitar for all levels, with strong emphasis on creating solid technical foundation.  15 years teaching experiece and extensive performance background.  Also teach beginning to intermediate classical guitar, plus theory and ear training.  B.M. in Contemporary Improvisation with honors from New England Conservatory.  For more info go to www.jpascual.com.

Will Riley: (617) 469-1250, willriley@earthlink.net.  Classical guitar performance and instruction; Faculty, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Director, The Childbloom Guitar Program of Boston.

Jeffry Hamilton Steele: (978) 282-3106 www.jeffrysteele.com Classical and other styles taught at the North Shore Conservatory at Endicott College, Beverly; and privately in Gloucester.

Berit Strong: (978) 263-3418, beritstrong@hotmail.com. Master in Music, Top prize winner of GFA, has taught all levels of classical guitar since 1988, including college, competition and career preparation.  Masterclasses at Cleveland Institute of Music, Holyoke Community College and Wooster College.  Injury Prevention at Tufts Univ.  She teaches in MetroWest Boston at Littleton, Maynard and Groton.

Frank Wallace: (603) 588-6121, liveoakmusic@hotmail.com. Guitar and Lute lessons, all levels. Specializing in lessons for children in Antrim and Peterborough NH.

Robert Ward: (781) 279-7960, rward@lynx.dac.neu.edu. Faculty: Northeastern University, The Brookline Music School and the New School of Music, Cambridge. Also, private lessons in Stoneham. Beginning to advanced levels.

Sharon Wayne: sharon@sharonwayne.net; www.sharonwayne.net.  Classical guitar instructor in Longmeadow, MA.  Lessons available for all ages and levels.  Suzuki certified.  Currently on Faculty at the Joy of Music program in Worcester and the Community Music School of Springfield.  Former guitar faculty at San Francisco Conservatory and Santa Clara University.  B.M., M.M. Guitar Performance from University of Southern California.  Concert performances and recordings in U.S. and Japan.  (413) 754-3031.

Teachers Outside of New England

Eli Friedmann: (718) 204-6989,  www.elifriedmann.com, elifriedmann@hotmail.com.  Jazz musician with a BFA from the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program. Interested in students of all levels and the full range of jazz/rock styles.  Particular strengths in improvisation and technique.  New York City location.

Gil Magno, classical guitar instructor in Coconut Grove, Florida. Segovia School.  Beginners to Advanced.  (305) 447-8660 Gilmagno1@netzero.net; www.gmagno.htmlplanet.com