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I currently teach a limited number of private students at my home. In the past I have directed the guitar departments at Lawrence University and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and frequently teach master classes throughout the US. Lessons are currently $50 per hour and it is my policy to never raise the rates of an individual for as long as they decide to study with me. My current students include amateurs, students with professional aspirations and professional guitarists. I enjoy teaching students of any level, as long as they take their music making seriously. I accept students who wish to study weekly, bi-weekly and by appointment.
I believe in giving all students a solid technical foundation. While I acknowledge the obvious fact that anatomical differences exist between players, I believe that there are also principles of efficiency that hold true and that unnecessary and excessive tension are the main obstacles to a fluid technique. I strive to help students become there own best teacher. Consequently I rarely spoon-feed fingerings and interpretive ideas. I instead have more advanced students make their own initial attempts and then discuss the relative merits; presenting them with options. I believe in helping students to develop creative and efficient practice strategies and techniques in order to help uncover their own musical potential and individuality.