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Regional Classical Guitar Teachers

 

               Orange County

Name & e-mail City Phone & web site Notes

Richard Glenn

Irvine (949) 733-1456 Over 20 years' experience teaching lute and guitar at colleges and universities.  All levels of classical & fingerstyle technique
Payam Larijani Irvine

(949) 786-4600

(310) 435-1705 (cell)

DMA student at Claremont Graduate University, 8 years' experience teaching classical, rock/alternative, jazz standards.

Timur Duel Irvine (949) 939-9060

Over 15 years' experience teaching guitar in Russia, Israel and USA. Private and studio lessons in classical guitar for all levels and ages.

David Grimes Huntington Beach (714) 963-8525

All levels, serious students only.

Larry Deack Garden Grove (714) 638-9485 Over twenty years' experience performing and teaching classical guitar; all levels.
Ted McKown Orange (714) 633-2990 Over twenty years' experience teaching flamenco, classical, and Latin American guitar.  All levels.  Se habla espaņol.
John Schneiderman Orange (714)288-9250 Director of Guitar & Lute Program at UCI & IVC.  Recording Artist with Profil & Dorian Recordings. All levels & styles
Sharan Sacks Orange (714) 978-6413 Ten years' experience teaching beginning and intermediate basic acoustic and classical guitar to adults and children.  Santa Ana College Community Services instructor for adult and kid's guitar classes.
David Adele Orange (714) 469-2892 MM in classical guitar performance from Cal State University, Fullerton. Currently teaching guitar classes, guitar ensemble and musicianship at Mt. San Antonio College and Santa Ana College.  I have taught guitar for 13 years professionally and have been performing for over 20 years.  I am also member of The Denali Guitar Duo. Classical only, all levels and ages. 
Jill Winchell Anaheim (714) 749-8001 12 years teaching experience, Bachelor's and Masters degrees in guitar performance from Cal State Fullerton. Currently teaching applied guitar and class guitar at Long Beach City College. Beginning to intermediate levels, classical guitar only. All ages.
Richard Turner Fullerton (714) 577-8045 Thirty years teaching, including 14 in the classical guitar program at CSUF.  All ages and levels, classical, folk fingerpicking, beginning folk flatpicking.
Lee Zimmer Corona/Orange (951) 736-6469 Over 25 years of teaching experience.  In charge of the guitar studies programs at La Sierra and California Baptist Universities

               Los Angeles County

Name & e-mail City Phone & web site Notes
David Isaacs Long Beach (562) 760-3296 MM student at CSUF with 8 years' teaching experience, all levels of classical guitar.
Michael Nigro Long Beach (562) 809-6818

Head of guitar department at Vanguard University.  Classical only, all levels.

Jon Minei Torrance (310 ) 346-9818 USC grad student, studied with Bill Kanengiser, John Dearman, John Schneiderman, member of Brouwer quartet.  Classical guitar only, all levels.
Keiji Tomita West Los Angeles (310) 837-4598 Master's degree in Classical Guitar from Cal State Northridge, five years' experience teaching classical and beginning pop guitar.
Emre Sabuncuoglu Los Angeles (888) 524-4827 15 years of teaching experience, Master of Music from New England Conservatory, DMA from USC.  First prize winner in two international guitar competitions. Co-founded Los Angeles Guitar Academy (laguitar.com) where qualified students receive scholarships towards their musical education
Perfecto de Castro San Gabriel Valley (626) 905-3916

Classical, Flamenco, Electric Blues and Rock guitar (all levels welcome). BM in Guitar Performance and Music Education, Philippine Women's University.   Over 17 years experience teaching, performing and recording in the Philippines prior to relocating to Los Angeles Area

Brian Kwon La Crescenta/Northridge (818) 451-6161 15 years of teaching guitar at all levels and in all styles.
Kevin Greenhaw Calimesa (909) 795-1488 Bachelor of Music, University of Redlands, teaching since 1997. Classical and flamenco, all ages and levels of experience welcome.
Peter Orozco Corral San Clemente (949) 369-7348 Graduate of Cal State Los Angeles. All levels of  classical and flamenco.

 

        Last updated 20 June 2009

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