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The Classical Guitar Store offers lessons in all styles of guitar playing. With a staff of seven teachers we provide expert instruction in classical, folk, blues, rock and jazz playing styles. Each member of our staff is a professional performer of the style he or she teaches and has had long teaching experience.
Jon Dewitt is a Philadelphia musician whose primary interest is teaching and performing guitar. His open approach towards performance and study has allowed him to cross playing styles and he is comfortable in jazz, popular and world music settings. He holds a degree in music from Wesleyan University.

Paul M. Eaton is leader of the rock band PhunkyMan who can be seen in clubs and concert stages worldwide. An accomplished live and studio musician, Paul can be heard on many recorded releses from his band and an extended list of others (see his site for details www.phunkyman.com). Paul has a degree from Hartt School of Music and sits on the Board of directors for the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale, as well as being a soloist.

Łukasz Kuropaczewski has given recitals worldwide, including London, Berlin, Paris, Rejkjavik, Prague, Sofia, Minsk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, and New York, performing in such concert halls as New York's Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Mr. Kuropaczewski performs as a guest artist every year at some of the most important music festivals in the world. Mr. Kuropaczewski has recorded five critically acclaimed CDs. He has been living in the USA for six years and studied at the Peabody Conservatory with Manuel Barrueco with whom he now works as assistant. He now lives in Philadelphia.

William Newman has a guitar performance degree from Temple University. He performs as a soloist and in a variety of ensembles, including the Mascaro-Newman Flute and Guitar Duo, the Penn-Newman Guitar Duo, Network For New Music and the Newman-Ghezzi Duo. In addition, he has performed with the Opera Company of Philadelphia at the Academy of Music and in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Mr. Newman has worked to expand the guitar chamber music repertoire and has published transcriptions for flute and guitar by Mozart, Schumann and Villa-Lobos.

John Penn is a well-known Philadelphia performer of both classical and flamenco guitar. He holds a B.A. degree in music from Rutgers University and studied classical guitar for many years with William Viola.

Ryan Procini has experience in classical, jazz, and rock styles. He is currently completing his degree in classical guitar performance at Temple University, where he is studying with Allen Krantz. Ryan has also studied jazz guitar with Tom Giacabetti. He is a member of the rock band Super Consumers, with whom he performs around the Philadelphia and New York areas.

Lessons are given Mondays through Saturdays, daytimes and evenings. Guitars are available in our studios at no charge for students to use during lessons. For beginning students who do not have a guitar and are not ready to buy one, we have a guitar rental program for $5 per week.

The cost is $25.00 per week for one half-hour private lesson. Lessons are paid for by the month at the beginning of each month by check or cash. There are no application fees or other charges.
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