Guitar Teachers
To be listed, a teacher must be a current GSSO member. GSSO does not endorse any teacher on this list.
Name
Styles
Locations / Contact info
Bio / Additional Info
Grant Ruiz
Flamenco / Classical / Popular
Grant is accepting students of Flamenco and Classical guitar from beginner to advanced in his Ashland studio.
Grant studied classical guitar at age 10 with Maestro Seiko Sesoko in Anaheim, California, and is a founding memberof GSSO.
He has performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Britt Arts and Music Festival, and several other regional venues. He has taught guitar at Southern Oregon University, John Muir School in Ashland, and St Mary’s School in Medford. He has participated in a number of recording projects, including five albums and a documentary, and is a founding member of the group Flamenco Pacifico.
Jimmy Grant
Gypsy Jazz/Django Jazz
I am a touring artist, performing the music of Django Reinhardt across the country and around the world. I also offer private lessons and have experience teaching at colleges and music camps. All ages.
Bob Bath
Classical repertoire spans the gamut from Bach, to Sor, to Scott Joplin to Beatles, Mason Williams, and everything in-between: literally Bach to Rock.
I start off teaching finger exercises, reading chord charts/open chords, a variety of strums, then bar chords and reading music.
I teach all ages. I have taught privately as well as in groups (guitar elective at a public school, and group guitar lessons for a city recreation department).
I began classical at age 11, and took on my first guitar student at age 14. I’ve never stopped playing, nor teaching. My task is to give you the skills to teach yourself how to learn any piece of music. I pride myself on tailoring my instruction to _your_ musical genre/artist. I do this by being able to play by ear _and_ sheet music. That’s a total of 44 years of guitar teaching experience!
Matt Dorris
Classical
Medford, Oregon.
Matt teaches out of his Medford, Oregon studio.
He has performed throughout Oregon and Colorado, including for the Governor of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski and the semi-finals at the Portland Guitar Festival Competition. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Colorado where he studied with Charles Wolzien, and a BA in Music Performance from Southern Oregon University where he studied with David Rogers. He has performed in master classes with the renowned Sharon Isbin, Asad Duo and Dusan Bogdanovic. Post graduate studies include work with Carey Harwood, Michael DeLalla,. In 2010 Matt released his debut CD “19th Century Guitar Music”.
