Teachers

(Note: While the organization below is by region, many teachers will travel for in-home lessons.)

Orange & Riverside County
Name & e-mail	City	Phone & web site	Notes
Timur Duel	Mission Viejo *(South and Central Orange County)*	(949) 939-9060	Private classical and acoustic guitar lessons, all levels and ages, in-home lessons offered in all parts of Orange County. 20 years of experience teaching guitar in Russia, Israel and USA. B.Mus from Tel Aviv Music Academy
Payam Larijani	Irvine	(949) 644-5044 (949) 231-2763 (cell)	Doctorate from Claremont Graduate University in Classical Guitar Performance, Masters in Commercial Music from Cal State Los Angeles, and Bachelor's in Classical Guitar Performance from UCLA. 14 years experience teaching classical, rock/alternative, jazz/blues standards. 3-Time 1st Place Winner of Randy Rhoads Guitar Scholarship at UCLA, OCGC President. All ages, levels, and styles.
Michael Nigro	Costa Mesa, Cypress, Lakewood	(562) 221-5430	Director of Classical Guitar Studies at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, classical only, all levels.
David Grimes	Huntington Beach	(714) 963-8525	All levels, serious students only.
John Schneiderman	Santa Ana	(714) 836-4186	Director of Guitar & Lute Studies at UCI. Recording Artist with Haenssler Classic & Brilliant Classics. All levels & styles.
David Adele	Orange	(714) 469-2892	MM in classical guitar performance from Cal State University, Fullerton., currently teaching guitar classes and Rock History at Mt. San Antonio College, Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College. Teaching guitar in college since 1997 and performing professionally since 1990, member of The Denali Guitar Duo. Classical only, all levels and ages.
Victor Lujan	Santa Ana	(714) 788-6638	Bachelor of Music in guitar performance, CSUF, member of the Orange County Guitar Orchestra. Classical and rock guitar styles, in-home private lessons available in central Orange County, all ages welcome.
Sharan Sacks	Anaheim Hills	(714) 345-4538	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 kids guitar classes.
Dmitry Koudymov	Costa Mesa, Cypress	(714) 875-8175	Over 10 yrs. teaching experience. Offering a structured teaching environment that includes student performances, competitions, repertoire expansion, and functional musicianship. BA-CSUF, Master's-USC, DMA from USC under Scott Tennant in classical guitar, minor in studio (jazz) guitar. All styles, levels and ages are welcome.
Amy Hite	Temecula	(714) 496-6395	Masters Degree in Classical Guitar Performance from CSUF, Certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, teaching since 2003. All ages, all levels of guitar, classical, rock, and popular styles.
Los Angeles County
Name & e-mail	City	Phone & web site	Notes
David Isaacs	Long Beach	(562) 760-3296	20+ years teaching experience. Adjunct Faculty, Instructor of Guitar and Music at CSUDH, Vanguard University, Cerritos College, Cypress College, and Long Beach City College. Classical guitar instruction at 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) 694-4480	Master's degree in Classical Guitar from Cal State Northridge, sixteen years' experience teaching classical and beginning pop guitar.
Emre Sabuncuoglu	Los Angeles, Pasadena	(323) 999-1881	D.M.A. from USC, M.M. from NEC. Lessons through Los Angeles Guitar Academy. Classical and flamenco guitar instruction for all levels
Trilogy Guitars	Playa del Rey	(310) 305-7577	We offer lessons to beginning and intermediate students in classical, fingerstyle steel string and pop. Our goal is to provide the guitarist, whether a beginner or a seasoned professional, with the basic materials needed to be a successful musician.
Almer Imamovic	Pasadena, Glendale, Los Angeles	(626) 470-7407	Over 20 years teaching experience, M.M. from USC studying with Scott Tennant and Pepe Romero, M.M. from Royal Welsh College with John Mills, Artist Diploma from Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Rafael Andia. All levels welcome, private and group coaching available.
Matthew Elgart	Pasadena, Altadena, Glendale, Los Angeles	(626) 664-2010	Recording artist, Director of the classical guitar department Caltech, 30 years of teaching experience. Extensive resume of performance and recording, awards include the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council. MFA Guitar Performance, Ph.D. in Composition, member of the Elgart/Yates Guitar Duo
James Chiang	Diamond Bar, Rowland Heights	(909) 374-3687	Twenty years' teaching experience, composer, OCGC Director, member of the Jury of the Russ International Competition 2017, 2018. Beginners and intermediate, serious students only.
Carlos Atilano	Claremont	(909) 626-2227	Bachelor of Music, Boston Conservatory of Music. Composer for the classical guitar with 25 years of teaching experience. Classical guitar, beginning to intermediate levels, serious students only.
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.