Private Guitar Lesson Scheduling

Chair of the Berklee College of Music Guitar department since 1990, Larry Baione has been a Berklee faculty member since 1974. He has studied from Lenzy Wallace, Mick Goodrick, Bill Harris, William Leavitt, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Jim Hall. He received his bachelor's from Berklee and his master's from New England Conservatory. When attending Berklee. After graduating Berklee, Baione was principal guitarist in the Army Band, stationed in Washington DC. He performed in the White House and throughout the United States with the Army Blues. In 1996, Baione toured South America for the state department as one of the inaugural Jazz Ambassadors representing the unique American art form. He is the author of the Berklee Practice Method for Guitar. He performs in numerous jazz, concert, and recording ensembles, settings that range from solo guitar to big band. He continues to perform and give clinics throughout the world. His recent recording, Playing Time, consists of original compositions and standards in a trio setting.

Chair of the Guitar Department since 1990, Larry has performed at the White House with the Army Blues and in South America for the state department as one of the inaugural Jazz Ambassadors representing the unique American art form.

Bruce Bartlett began his career as a recording session guitarist at the age of 19, working for producer Arthur Baker in New York City. He played rhythm guitar for several underground recordings for R&B artists in the early 1980s. Bartlett has taught at Berklee for 23 years, including 10 years as an author and instructor for Berklee Online. He has taught groove ensembles in Italy, Argentina, Los Angeles, and on campus. He has performed consistently for more than 30 years, and has recorded seven albums under his name, in addition to the extensive work he has done as a side-person.

Bruce began his career as a recording session guitarist at the age of 19, working for producer Arthur Baker in New York City. He has performed consistently for more than 30 years and has recorded seven albums under his name.

Kevin Belz has had extensive touring, recording, and performing experience internationally and nationally. He has performed and/or shared the stage with artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Commander Cody, Jimmy Vaughan, Robert Cray, and more. Belz describes his musical taste as “the blues and everything with a blues/soul flavor in it,” also citing a love for American roots music, country jazz, and R&B.

Kevin has shared the stage with artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Commander Cody, Jimmy Vaughan, and Robert Cray. Belz describes his musical taste as “the blues and everything with a blues/soul flavor in it.”

In addition to being a full professor in the Guitar department, Dan Bowden is the developer of Fingerpicking Blues, Slide Guitar, and Bottleneck Blues labs and the Acoustic Blues ensemble. Bowden draws from a vast background of blues, classic rock, gospel, and country influences. As a longtime Berklee faculty member and online instructor and course developer, he is expert in both pre-war acoustic and electric blues as well as slide guitar. With more than a dozen publishing credits, Bowden's guitar books have been distributed worldwide. In a review of Bowden's 2011 album release, No Better Time Than Now, critic A.J. Wachtel wrote in The Noise, “the sharpness and power of each original composition is captivating and impressive. Southern Blues that rocks and always showcases Dan’s beautiful guitar tone and tasty licks.”

A longtime Berklee faculty member, Dan is expert in both pre-war acoustic and electric blues as well as slide guitar. With more than a dozen publishing credits, Bowden's guitar books have been distributed worldwide.

Freddie Bryant received a master’s degree in Classical Guitar from the Yale School of Music and in addition to being on the faculty at Berklee, he is also a visiting faculty member at the Prins Claus Conservatory in Groningen, Holland. Before coming to Berklee he was a professor in the Africana Studies and Music departments at Williams College. Bryant is an active player in the New York jazz and Brazilian scenes, where he has worked with Elaine Elias, Tom Harrell, The Mingus Orchestra, Ben Riley's Thelonious Monk Legacy Septet, Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Max Roach. He leads his own groups and has released eight albums as a leader. 

Freddie is an active player in the New York jazz and Brazilian scenes, where he has worked with Elaine Elias, Tom Harrell, The Mingus Orchestra, Ben Riley's Thelonious Monk Legacy Septet, Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Max Roach.

My teaching philosophy can be described in two phrases: stylistic versatility and artist development. Many students study with me because of my ability to get them ready for the real world of the music business, gigging and being able to hang with any musical situation that is presented them.

Sal has taught guitar at Berklee College of Music since 1998 and has extensive experience writing, recording, producing, and performing with a number of world class artists. He is known by his students as an inspirational teacher with excellent technique and command of a very diverse list of styles, including rock, jazz, blues, funk, and latin. Sal's style and sound is often described as "Jazz-Rock Fusion."

David Gilmore has performed and recorded with many of today’s most influential artists, including Wayne Shorter, Steve Coleman, Christian McBride, Dave Douglas, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Randy Brecker, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Sam Rivers, and many others. Gilmore’s first album, Ritualism, was nominated for the 2001 Debut CD of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He has been voted a rising star by DownBeat magazine and his playing has been compared to guitarists as diverse as George Benson and Jimi Hendrix. Gilmore has been the recipient of numerous grants, including two New Jazz Works Composer Grants from Chamber Music of America. Committed to an improvisational approach that reflects a global awareness, he conducts master classes around the world. His latest recording, Energies of Change, received four and a half stars in DownBeat, and he was recently featured in their Artist Spotlight column.

David has performed and recorded with Wayne Shorter, Steve Coleman, Christian McBride, Dave Douglas, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Randy Brecker, and many others. Gilmore’s first album, Ritualism, was nominated for the 2001 Debut CD of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association.

Born in the UK and raised in the West Indies, Thaddeus Hogarth is a two-time winner of the Independent Music Award for R&B/Blues. He has been a prominent singer/guitarist/harmonica player and singer-songwriter on the New England music scene since 1988, when he graduated from Berklee. He leads his own group, the Thaddeus Hogarth Band, featuring David Buda (Berklee Faculty) on bass, Tony “Thunder” Smith (Berklee Faculty) on drums, and David Sparr on keyboards. Hogarth has shared the bill or stage with such legends as Tower of Power, Average White Band, Ernie Isley, Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley, James Montgomery, Kim Wilson, Steve Kimock, and Johnny Winter. His band was hand-picked to represent Bose nationwide for the launch of its revolutionary L1 live music amplification technology and his work includes collaboration with the reggae legend and Grammy nominee, Sister Carol. Thaddeus has released five solo albums and a live concert DVD. He is the author of the popular Berklee instructional book, Funk/R&B Guitar: Creative Solos, Grooves, and Sounds (Hal Leonard/Berklee Press) and of the popular Berklee Online course, Funk/Rock R&B Guitar Soloing. His Introduction to Guitar course on Coursera has had a total enrollment of more than 500,000 since its launch in 2013 and has been featured on NBC’s Today show. Billboard magazine describes Hogarth's music as "Soul Terra Firma," and the Boston Globe calls him a "guitar virtuoso." 

Thaddeus Hogarth is a two-time winner of the Independent Music Award for R&B/Blues. Hogarth has shared the stage with such legends as Tower of Power, Average White Band, Ernie Isley, Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley, James Montgomery, Kim Wilson, Steve Kimock, and Johnny Winter.

A graduate of the Frost School of Music, Scotty Johnson has recorded and toured with guitarist Paul Gilbert, the Ford Blues Band (featuring Robben Ford), and The Blindside Blues Band. As an active pit musician, Johnson has more than 40 theatre credits, including The Lion King, Beautiful, If/ Then, Matilda, Finding Neverland, Motown, and many others.

Scotty Johnson has recorded and toured with guitarist Paul Gilbert, the Ford Blues Band (featuring Robben Ford), and The Blindside Blues Band. As an active pit musician, Johnson has more than 40 theater credits, including The Lion King, Matilda, Finding Neverland, and Motown.

Julien Kasper is now in his 20th year on the Berklee Guitar department faculty. His style can best be described as an organic amalgam of rock, jazz, blues, and funk. He has released three critically acclaimed albums of original music and has performed extensively in the United States and abroad as a leader and sideman. He has been featured and reviewed in Guitar Player, Guitar World, Vintage Guitar, Jazz Times, and numerous other publications. Kasper holds a master's degree in jazz studies from the University of North Texas and a bachelor's degree in jazz and studio performance from the University of Miami. 

Julien’s style can best be described as an organic amalgam of rock, jazz, blues, and funk. He has released three critically acclaimed albums of original music and has performed extensively in the United States and abroad as a leader and side-person.

Don is well known for his unique "Two-Hand" technique which he has been teaching at Berklee for over 20 years. Don specializes in rock guitar techniques and improvisation.

Don Lappin is a Rock Guitarist and Ernie Ball/Music Man Artist. Don has performed with Michael Sweet, Jonathan Mover, Steve Hunt, Chad Wackerman, Guthrie Govan, and others.

Tony is a professional guitarist and recording engineer, recently serving as mix engineer for legendary bassist, Eddie Gomez on his CD Per Sempre. Tony was an early user of computer and music technologies, and has presented on the use of technology in music education at MacWorld, the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME), the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) conferences. He continues to perform professionally as a guitarist in a variety of venues, almost always incorporating the use of available technologies.

Author of the Berklee Online course "Music Technology for Guitarists," Tony incorporates current guitar technologies into his playing and teaching.

Shaun Michaud is a Berklee grad who has been teaching at the school for more than 16 years. The music he has written has appeared on TV on The History Channel, and in films such as Movie 43, and November Criminals. He has written, recorded, and produced five albums, two of which were released on the Inside Out label. Working as a recording engineer for more than a decade, he has hundreds of recording and mastering credits in the classical music genre for Parma Recordings.

Shaun’s music has appeared on The History Channel, and in films such as Movie 43, and November Criminals. He has written, recorded, and produced five albums, two of which were released on the Inside Out label.

Tim Miller is a full-time faculty member in the guitar department at Berklee College of Music. He has a bachelor's degree in jazz performance from the University of North Texas and a master's degree in jazz performance from the New England Conservatory.  Miller's most notable recordings as a leader are Trio and Trio Volume 2.  He has performed/recorded with Dweezil Zappa, Paul Motian, Mike Stern, Mick Goodrick, Randy Brecker, Gary Burton, Terri Lyne Carrington, George Duke, George Garzone, among many others. In private guitar lessons, Miller focuses on a wide variety of subjects, specializing in jazz/rock/fusion improvisation.  

Tim has performed and recorded with Dweezil Zappa, Paul Motian, Mike Stern, Mick Goodrick, Randy Brecker, Gary Burton, Terri Lyne Carrington, among many others.

Berklee alumna Jane Miller is a guitarist, composer, arranger, and the author of Introduction To Jazz Guitar (Berklee Press/Hal Leonard, 2015). She is a Contributing Editor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, and is a former monthly columnist for Premier Guitar magazine. Miller has presented master classes in Argentina, Chile, and around the United States. She has taught at Berklee for more than 20 years. The Jane Miller Group has released three albums. Her fourth, Three Sides to a Story—which is her first solo guitar recording—was released in June of 2013. Her next group recording, Boats, is scheduled for release in 2016 and features Tim Ray, Lincoln Goines, and Mark Walker.

Jane is a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, and is a former monthly columnist for Premier Guitar magazine. She has presented master classes in Argentina, Chile, and around the United States.

Grammy-nominated guitarist/composer Amanda Monaco has performed at venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, Jazz Standard, and Flushing Town Hall. She has released five albums to date and her playing has been described by The New York City Jazz Record as “utterly unique, a breath of fresh air in the cookie-cutter climes of both mainstream and free jazz.” Before she began teaching at Berklee in 2011, she was a member of the faculty at New School University and the National Guitar Workshop. Monaco is the author of Jazz Guitar for the Absolute Beginner.

Amanda is a Grammy-nominated guitarist and composer who has been described by the New York City Jazz Record as "utterly unique, a breath of fresh air in the cookie-cutter climes of both mainstream and free jazz."

David Newsam is the author of the book, Making Money Teaching Music, published by Writer's Digest Books. In addition to offering private lessons, he designed and teaches the course, Fundamentals of Classical Guitar for Berklee Online. Newsam has performed in concerts and clinics with many noted musicians, including guitarists Jim Hall, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Howard Alden; pianists Dave McKenna and James Williams; drummers Ed Shaughnessy, Louie Bellson, Bob Moses, and Alan Dawson; and jazz legends Clark Terry, Phil Wilson, Joe Williams, and Milt Jackson. Recent concert appearances include performances at Berklee College of Music, Longy School of Music, Dartmouth, and St. Anselm Colleges, The House of Blues, and the Boston Hatch Shell. 

David has performed in concerts and clinics with many noted musicians, including guitarists Jim Hall, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Howard Alden. Recent concert appearances include performances at The House of Blues and the Boston Hatch Shell.

Lauren's music has been featured on NPR, international syndicated music networks, and television shows. As an artist in residence at Berklee she has mentored over 10,000 students to find their voice and grow past their limitations as musicians. Angie Swan, St Vincent, Will Knox, Panos Panay, Derek Sivers, David Rawlings, Kyle Patrick, Claudio Raino, and Jesse Rubin studied with Lauren at Berklee. Lauren teaches all levels of guitar, songwriting, guitar, arranging, production, and everything Beatles.

Lauren is a performing songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and recording engineer. She toured for twelve years in a Beatles tribute band and a solo Beatles’ tribute band for four years. She is the author of the Guitar Insights Series and was named one of the top ten most inspiring woman music professors in the USA.

Some of Rick Peckham's published works include the DVD Modal Voicing Techniques, the Hal Leonard books Berklee Jazz Guitar Dictionary, and Berklee Rock Chord Dictionary. He is the course author/facilitator of two 12-week online Berklee Online courses: Berklee Guitar Chords 101 (winner of the 2007 UCEA award for best online class) and Berklee Guitar Chords 201. Peckham has presented performances and clinics on six continents. He specializes in a unique blend of styles, including jazz, rock, blues, fusion, and country fingerstyle performance. Peckham has been a faculty member at Berklee for 30 years, and served as Assistant Chair of the Guitar Department, with 1,100 guitar students and 60 guitar faculty, from 1992–2013. His internationally released album Left End, with drummer Jim Black and bassist Tony Scherr was named one of the best releases of 2005 by DownBeat magazine. 

Rick specializes in a unique blend of styles, including jazz, rock, blues, fusion, and country fingerstyle performance. His internationally released album Left End, with drummer Jim Black and bassist Tony Scherr, was named one of the best releases of 2005 by DownBeat Magazine.

Randy Roos is a founding member of the critically acclaimed Orchestra Luna, who released their eponymous debut on Epic/CBS in 1974. He has also released albums on the Narada and JVC labels. Roos has composed numerous TV scores including all of the Scientific American Frontiers series (PBS, hosted by Alan Alda) and several in the PBS NOVA series. He regularly performs with Club d'Elf, Donkilo Afrofunk Orkestra, Urethane, and the Marc Rossi Group. He has also performed with Steve Swallow, Mick Goodrick, Bill Bruford, John Medeski, and Victor Bailey. In addition, Roos owns and operates a commercial recording studio where he produces, engineers, and plays on a steady stream of projects. On the Berklee campus, Roos teaches Recording Techniques for Guitarists, Electronic Effects, MIDI Guitar Lab, and Intro to Music Technology.

Randy is a founding member of the critically acclaimed Orchestra Luna, who released their eponymous debut on Epic/CBS in 1974. Roos has composed numerous TV scores including all of the Scientific American Frontiers series and several in the PBS NOVA series.

Originally from suburban Detroit, Sapp's musical interest started young. He learned basic drum set skills from his step-father and later received an electric guitar, which over time became his primary focus. After years of self-instruction, he relocated to Boston for music school and absorbed the east coast energy and experimental perspective. Since then, he has toured the United States as a guitarist with James Wolpert from NBC's The Voice, Liz Carlisle, Choose to Find, and has performed with Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling, Backstreet Boys, Ally Brooke (from Fifth Harmony), Rakesh Chaurasia, and former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky among hundreds of other artists. He has given masterclasses at Boston University, SUNY Oneonta, Lincoln Park Center For The Arts, and Brandon University in Manitoba, Canada. Sapp is a published author with articles on performance, pedagogy, and peer mentoring.

Colin Sapp is an accomplished guitarist with over 150 album credits to his name. Originally from Flint, Michigan, he has performed with Backstreet Boys, Ally Brooke (Fifth Harmony), two-time American Music Award winning vocalist Billy Gilman, GRAMMY Award winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, and James Wolpert (The Voice), among many others.

Guitarist, composer, and educator Bruce Saunders has taught at Berklee since 1993. He also teaches at Berklee Online, the University of Texas in Austin, and Austin Community College, and previously taught at NYU and the New School. After receiving his master's degree in jazz/classical guitar from the University of North Texas in 1986, he moved to New York City and has since performed at many renowned venues there, including Birdland, The Blue Note, Smalls, Fat Cat, The Jazz Standard, The Knitting Factory, Barbes, Detour, Smoke, Tonic, and many others. Saunders has recorded, performed, and toured with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Bill Stewart, Peter Erskine, Kenny Werner, Ben Monder, Donny McCaslin, Scott Colley, and many others. Referred to as a "guitar master" by the Boston Globe, he has released six albums as a band leader and has been a sideman on numerous other recordings. Saunders is also the author of six guitar method books published by Mel Bay Publications. In addition to developing two popular courses for Berklee Online—Jazz Guitar 101 and Jazz Guitar 201—he has conducted clinics and concerts in countries such as Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, and Japan, as well as throughout the United States.

Bruce has recorded, performed, and toured with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Bill Stewart and many others. Referred to as a "guitar master" by the Boston Globe, he has released six albums as a band leader and has been on numerous other recordings.

Bobby Stanton moved to Nashville before moving to Boston to go to Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with honors and became the first student to receive the prestigious “Ovation” award. Some of the artists he has played with include James Taylor, Bo Diddley, Gillian Welch, Run DMC, and Noel Redding. His areas of expertise are fingerstyle jazz and country music, although he has played extensively with many rock and blues artists. 

Bobby’s musical path has been diverse, including appearances on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion and Dave Brubeck’s A Welcome Home Christmas. He has played with James Taylor, Bo Diddley, Hal Blaine, The Temptations, The Drifters, and many others.

Robin Stone graduated from Berklee in 1983 with a degree in Professional Music and received her master's from the New England Conservatory in 1988. She began teaching in the guitar department in 1990. With more than 35 years of gigging experience, playing covers and originals in bands, Stone is currently in three bands, two of which are rock-based, and the third of which is a jazz trio. Among the classes she teaches at Berklee is an Allman Brothers lab—in which the students play tunes from the Allmans' catalog and work on improvising over them—and The History of Classic Rock Guitarists, which details the greatest artists from the ’60s, ’70s, and beyond. She has been the Managing Editor of the Guitar department's online newsletter since 2008.

With more than 35 years of gigging experience, playing covers and originals in bands, Robin is currently in three bands, two of which are rock-based, and the third of which is a jazz trio. She has been the managing editor of the Berklee guitar department's online newsletter since 2008.

Joe Stump was named by Guitar One magazine as one of the top 10 fastest shredders of all time, by Guitar World as one of the 50 fastest players of all time, and by Guitarist magazine as one of the top 20 shredders of all time. He has appeared in countless guitar and metal-based publications, fanzines, and webzines worldwide. Referring to his specialty as "full throttle neo-classical shred/speed metal," Stump has toured the world both as a solo artist and with metal bands Joe Stump's Reign Of Terror, HolyHell, RavenLord, and Exorcism. The Dark Lord Rises marks his 10th solo album. Stump has been the metal/shred guitar specialist at Berklee for the last 22 years.

Joe Stump was named by Guitar One magazine as one of the top 10 fastest shredders of all time, by Guitar World as one of the 50 fastest players of all time, and by Guitarist magazine as one of the top 20 shredders of all time.

Teaching fundamentals (scales, chords, theory, time, etc) is important. It's more important that I teach the student how to make sense of these 'building blocks'. To find practical uses of the fundamentals so they can perform and create. Even more is to teach them how to think, so they can rely on themselves to create new ways of musical approach. My focus is to help student’s find their voice, while understanding the process.

Aside from spending time as a busy Boston local sideman and touring artist, Scott performs live and records with players like Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin, Mark Egan, Ira Coleman, Nile Rodgers, Steve Gadd, Abe Laboriel, The Temptations, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Peter Eldridge, and Guthrie Govan, to name a few.

Jon Wheatley has been a musical performer in the Boston area for thirty years. He has recorded with Gordon Brisker, Ruby Braff, Herb Pomeroy, and Donna Byrne. Jon’s work on Daryl Sherman’s “Guess Who’s in Town” was noted by Steve Futterman (New Yorker Magazine, Best of 2006): “Among the excellent sidemen, Jon Wheatley’s work stands out.” 

On Dick Johnson’s “Tribute To Artie Shaw” Jon was noted by Jazz Times Magazine for “excellent solos.” 

Jon’s album Guitar On The Loose in London was included in renowned critic Dan Morgenstern’s “Best of 2005” radio program.

Jon Wheatley has been a musical performer in the Boston area for thirty years. He has recorded with Gordon Brisker, Ruby Braff, Herb Pomeroy, and Donna Byrne.

Michael Williams is the author of the Berklee Blues Guitar Songbook (2010), and Blues Guitar Technique (2014), published by Berklee Press and Hal Leonard. He has recorded and performed extensively with the Grammy-winning James Cotton Blues Band (for which he received a W.C. Handy Award, and a Grammy nomination in 2003). He also performed on Bruce Katz’s 2004 release, entitled A Deeper Blue, and his playing, songwriting, and arranging are featured on Michelle Willson’s So Emotional album, which earned a four-star review in DownBeat magazine. He also released an album under his own name, Late Night Walk on Blue Tempo Records, featuring 10 original compositions with guest artists David “Fathead” Newman on tenor sax, Sugar Ray Norcia on vocals, and Bruce Katz on Hammond B3 organ and piano. 

Michael has recorded and performed extensively with the Grammy-winning James Cotton Blues Band. He also performed on Bruce Katz’s 2004 release, A Deeper Blue, and his playing, songwriting, and arranging are featured on Michelle Willson’s So Emotional.

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Norman Zocher is a long-time faculty member of Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory. He has performed and recorded a broad range of artists including Esperanza Spalding, Maria Schneider, John Medeski, Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Lacy, Bob Brookmeyer, and Paul Bley. Described by The Boston Globe as a “fast-rising star of pedal steel,” Zocher has recorded critically acclaimed albums with numerous musicians, including his wife, fellow Berklee guitar professor Abigail Aronson Zocher, as the Abby and Norm Group. Educated in jazz performance and classical composition, Zocher has experience in all forms of rock, shred, blues, free jazz, film music, classical guitar, funk, and even bluegrass. "I'm often called a fusion guitarist," he says. "I'm known for my stylistic diversity and that's reflected by the stylistic diversity of my students."

Norman has performed and recorded with a broad range of artists including Esperanza Spalding, Maria Schneider, John Medeski, Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Lacy, Bob Brookmeyer, and Paul Bley. He has been described by the Boston Globe as a “fast-rising star of pedal steel.”