Faculty profiles

Guitar Department Faculty Profiles

Guitar department faculty offices are located on the 5th floor of 1140 Boylston Street and on the 4th floor of the Uchida Building, 921 Boylston Street. The Uchida Building also has private lesson studios on the 5th floor.

Please check the guitar department bulletin boards for the latest information about faculty schedules and office locations. You also may stop by Room 5P1 (1140 Boylston) or Room 400 (Uchida Building) for additional information about the department.

Larry Baione (Department Chair)
Office: Room 400 (921 Boylston) and 5K (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Recipient of Down Beat Hall of Fame scholarship award - Principal guitar, U.S. Army Band, Washington, D.C. - Performances with numerous jazz, concert, and recording ensembles
Larry has performed with numerous jazz, concert, and recording ensembles and given concerts in formats ranging from solo to duo to big band. In 1996 he toured Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Paraguay as a Jazz Ambassador for the US State Department. As a private instructor, Larry works with students on single line soloing, comping, and chord soloing in the mainstream jazz style.

Rick Peckham (Assistant Chair)
Office: 5L (1140 Boylston) and 400 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Ohio State University - M.M.Ed., University of North Texas State - Internationally active jazz guitarist, composer, writer, and clinician - Frequent contributor to Down Beat and other magazines - Coauthor of Berklee textbooks for ear training and musicianship.
Rick is an internationally active jazz guitarist, composer, writer, and clinician. He has performed with Hal Crook, George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, and Dave Liebman. He is a frequent contributor to Down Beat and other magazines, and is co-author of Berklee textbooks for ear training and musicianship. Rick leads the John Scofield Ensemble and the Thelonius Monk Ensemble. Visit Rick's homepage

Abigail Aronson-Zocher
Office: 442 (921 Boylston)

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Performing guitarist and bassist - Numerous recordings and television scores.
Abby earned her Master's Degree in jazz guitar performance from New England Conservatory, where she studied with Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Bob Moses, and Cecil McBee. She performs her contemporary jazz-fusion originals regularly throughout the Northeast with her own quartet. Abby has been a singer-songwriter, and spent several years playing bass in the funk band Urbana. Visit Abby's homepage

John Baboian
Office: 5D (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Performing credits include concerts, clubs, television, and radio throughout the United States and Canada - Performance tours of Japan, Great Britain, Central America, and the former Soviet Union - Recordings include First Time Out, String Vibrations, New Journey, The Boston Big Band After Dark, and Boston Big Band's Everything Happens to Me, and Mucho Gusto with The World Leaders - Compositions and Arrangements performed on television shows: Walker Texas Ranger and The Sopranos - Director of jazz programming for the Armenian Arts Alliance.
John specializes in mainstream jazz and be-bop, but also has experience performing in many different styles, including funk, pop, R&B, classical, fusion, and ethnic music. His recordings include First Time Out, String Vibrations, New Journey, and The Boston Big Band's After Dark. He has also toured the former Soviet Union. John teaches many first semester sight-reading and chord labs.

Sheryl Bailey
Office:443 (921 Boylston)

B.M. Berklee College of Music - Guitarist - leader of The Sheryl Bailey Three - has performed nationally and internationally with Richard Bona, David Krakauer, George Garzone, Gary Thomas and Dena DeRose - Recordings include "Little MisUnderstood", "Reunion of Souls" and "The Power of Three" (PureMusic) as a leader - featured in the 1999 Guitar Player Magazine - Finalist, 1995 Thelonious Monk Competition.
Sheryl says, "My main focus with any student is to listen to them and focus in on their challenges--organizing the fretboard, ear training, arpeggios and applications to harmony, developing a strong time feel, navigating jazz tunes, approach tones, developing lines within chord voicings, comping, transcribing, and helping students develop a repertoire and practical skills for realistic playing situations." Visit Sheryl's homepage

Bruce Bartlett
Office: 5X (1140 Boylston)

Private studies with Charles Banacos, Gary Chaffee, Mick Goodrick, John Scofield, and Mike Stern - Numerous club and concert performances - Experienced private instructor of guitar, trumpet, bass, trombone, and piano.
Bruce is an experienced concert performer, recording artist and clinician. His groups have opened concerts for Weather Report, Hiram Bullock, Mike Stern, Jazz Crusaders, and Allan Holdsworth. Bruce has studied privately with Charles Banacos, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Mick Goodrick, and Gary Chaffee. He has taught jazz improvisation to players of various instruments and specializes in the application of these concepts to contemporary funk, fusion, and blues styles.

Kevin Belz
Office: 418 (921 Boylston)

Diploma, Berklee College of Music - Performance's with Paula Cole, Catie Curtis, Ellis Hall, Mighty Sam McClain, Susan Tedeschi, Temptations, Tony Zamagni, and others - Recordings with Journey 1999 (Telarc records), Live at the BBC, Mighty Sam McClain, One Life to Live (soap Opera) - Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Scholarship.

Dan Bowden
Office: 443 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Studies with Charles Banacos, William Leavitt, Paul Rishell and Charles Postlewate.
Dan is an active guitarist who's deeply experienced in electric and acoustic blues, slide and bottleneck guitar, classic rock, Jazz, R& B and American roots music. He has authored a series of 14 guitar transcriptions books (for Mel Bay Publications) which encompass jazz, electric blues, country blues, slide guitar, finger-style acoustic guitar, and bluegrass. These publications include the works of Wes Montgomery, Emily Remler, Jimmy Bruno, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Tony Rice and many others. Dan is also the author of Mel Bay's Complete Accompaniment Method For Guitar and Electric Blues Guitar Workout (also for Mel Bay). Dan teaches Slide Guitar Lab, Fingerpicking Blues Guitar Lab, Bottleneck Blues lab as well as all levels of transcribing and improvisation in his private lessons. He also leads the Berklee Acoustic Blues Ensemble.

Charles Chapman
Office: 5R (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - M.Ed., Cambridge College.
Charles is a Professor in the Guitar Department at Berklee College of Music where he has taught since 1972. He is a versatile jazz guitarist with extensive performing and recording experience. He performed four tunes on the Mel Bay,s compilation CD "Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos" and all nine solos on the CD that accompanies the text "Guitar Solos" by George Van Eps (Mel Bay Pub.), two selections on the Just Jazz Guitar CD (JJG magazine) and released an album with bassist Rich Appleman in 1996 titled In Black & White. Most recently recorded four CD's to accompany the very popular Modern Method Guitar Series by William Leavitt, Berklee Press Publications. Charles has published six texts with Mel Bay Publishing and now performs on a regular basis at Guitar Shows and jazz festivals internationally. As a music journalist he has interviewed many of the most prominent guitarists in the field and is a frequent contributor to Guitar Player, Guitar Shop, Acoustic Guitar, Frontline, 20th Century Guitar and Just Jazz Guitar magazines with over 400 published articles and reviews. Charles has appeared in concert with such luminaries: Martin Taylor, Kenny Burrell, Joe Negri Jimmy Bruno, Frank Vignola, John Pisano, Ted Greene, Carol Kaye, Jerry Jemmott and Dwane Dolphin. He is an Artist Endorser for Fender/Guild Corporation, Benedetto Guitars and Double Treble custom guitar straps". Charles teaches Guitar Improvisation, Performance Ear Training for Guitar, Guitar Class for Music Educators and Chord Soloing in the Style of George Van Eps. In his private instruction, he specializes in strengthening guitar basics. Visit Charle's homepage

Jon Damian
Office: 5Y2 (1140 Boylston)

A.A.S., New York City Community College - B.M., Berklee College of Music.
Jon's mainstream jazz, avant-garde, classical and popular experiences include performances with the American Repertory Theater, Leonard Bernstein, Boston Opera Company, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bill Frisell, Jimmy Giuffre, Sheila Jordan, Howard McGee, Luciano Pavarotti, and Gunther Schuller - Recordings with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Collage, Bill Frisell, Nova, and Jazz in the Classroom series, and Wolf Soup - Recipient of Pro Arts Consortium Public Service Award.
Jon's mainstream jazz, avant-garde, classical and popular experiences include performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Howard McGhee, Luciano Pavarotti, Jaki Byard, Jimmy Guiffre, Gunther Schuller, Leonard Bernstein, Johnny Cash, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Bolshoi Ballet, Linda Ronstadt, the Boston Opera Company, George Russell, and Bill Frisell. He has recorded with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bill Frisell, the Boston Pops, Collage, Nova, and Wolf Soup.

Sal Di Fusco
Office: 442 (921 Boylston)

Diploma, Berklee College of Music - Guitarist - Leader of the Sal DiFusco Project - Recordings include Chase the Fire by Heart and Fire and City of Hope by the Radicals - Solo recording, Nevertheless.
Sal has had extensive experience writing, recording and performing with many world class artists, including Terry Lynn Carrington and Peter Erskine. He has toured the world performing original music in jazz, rock, funk and fusion. He has studied privately with Charlie Banacos and Jerry Bergonzi. His teaching approach focuses on practicalities for the working musician, and on developing "stylistic versatility" on the instrument. Visit Sal's homepage

Garrison Fewell
Office: 4R1 (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Accurate Records recording artist - Performances with George Cables, Larry Coryell, Tal Farlow, Tim Hagans, Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, Norma Winstone, and others - A Blue Deeper Than the Blue featuring Cecil McBee and Fred Hersch voted Top Ten Jazz Album by Coda magazine and Best Jazz CD of the Year by Boston Music Awards - Are You Afraid of the Dark? received Guitar Player magazine's "Editors Choice ó Best Recordings 1996" - Featured at international jazz festivals including Budapest, Jazz Mecca, Krakow, Montreux, North Sea, Umbria, and Warsaw - Contributing writer to Guitar Player and Axe (Italian) magazines - Jazz clinician for over 40 conservatories in Europe.

Jon Finn
Office: 421 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music. Performances or recordings with Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Carl Verheyen, Vinnie Moore, Andy Timmons, and Dweezil Zappa - Guitarist for the first national touring production of the Broadway show Rent - Recordings include Don't Look So Serious on Legato Records and Wicked by the Jon Finn Group, and the Grammy-nominated CD The Celtic Album by the Boston Pops Orchestra (BMG Classics), also with the Boston Pops, A Splash of Pops and The Latin Album (BMG) - Author of Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation, Mel Bay Publications. Jon specializes in improvisation and rock guitar styles, addressing advanced techniques for modern rock guitar. Visit Jon's homepage

Mark French
Office: 5M (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - M.Ed., Cambridge College. Mark is an established performer and arranger for various professional groups and has extensive recording experience. A veteran teacher, Mark can give you a number of approaches to understanding the guitar fingerboard. He teaches beginning labs and all levels of Fundamentals of Improvisation for Guitar.

Tomo Fujita
Office: 418 (921 Boylston)

Diploma, B.M., Berklee College of Music - Studied with Joe Pass - Leader on CD Put On Your Funk Face by Tomo Fujita & Blue Funk - Performances with Phil Collins, Ronnie Earl, Darryl Jones, Ron Levy, Mighty Sam McClain, Tiger Okoshi, Peaches 'n Herb, Roomful of Blues, and others - Performer in theater production of Rent - Instructional video Playing Ability Development Exercises released by Rittor Music, Japan - Contributor to Japanese magazines Jazz Life, Jazz Guitar, and Guitar Magazine - Tours and presents clinics annually in Japan, instructional video release, Accelerate Your Playing series, Hal Leonard/ Berklee Press.
Tomo's music combines the groove of funk with the feel and subtlety of blues and the harmony of jazz. In addition to funk, blues and jazz, Tomo also enjoys teaching rock (e.g. Stevie Ray Vaughan Ensemble). He helps students understand how to develop their own style. Visit Tomo's homepage

David Fiuczynski
Office: 418 (921 Boylston)

B.M., New England Conservatory of Music, Leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos, Member of Hasidic New Wave, Performances with Dennis Chambers, Victor Bailey, Kenny Garrett, and Bernie Worrell, Recordings with Me'Shell NdegeOcello, John Medeski, Billy Hart, and Ronald Shannon Jackson, Performances at festivals i n Argentina, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Africa, and the United States. Visit David's homepage

Tony Gaboury
Office: 5Y3 (921 Boylston)

B.A., University of Maine - M.A., Goddard College - Jazz guitarist - Performances with artists including Vinnie Colaiut, Hal Crook, George Garzone, Jeff Hirshfield, Art Lande, John Patitucci, Marc Ribot, and others - Faculty member at the University of Maine and former faculty member at the University of Southern Maine. Tony specializes in post-bebop jazz improvisation for guitarists. He also teaches Rhythm Section Ensemble and harmony.

David Gilmore
Office: 442 (921 Boylston)

B.S. New York University - David Gilmore has recorded and performed with some of the most highly influential and innovative artists in modern music today including Wayne Shorter, Steve Coleman, Don Byron, Dave Douglas, Christian McBride, Cassandra Wilson, Uri Caine, Randy Brecker, Greg Osby, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Lost Tribe, Lenny White, Bill Evans, Victor Bailey, and David Sanborn, as well as contemporary pop artists like Joss Stone and Meshell N’Degeocello. In addition to his significant presence on the international touring scene, Gilmore has also appeared on over 70 recordings, including two of his own as leader. His first CD, Ritualism (2001) received international critical praise and was nominated for the 2001 Debut CD of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, leading to Downbeat Magazine’s Critics Poll voting him a ‘rising star’. Gilmore’s playing has been compared to guitarists as diverse as George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix and Leo Nocentelli. He is committed to an improvisational approach that reflects a global awareness, with emphasis on rhythm as a generating source for melodic and harmonic ideas. His latest CD, Unified Presence (RKM Music, 2006), features Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Jeff “Tain” Watts, and Claudia Acuna. Visit David’s website

Mick Goodrick
Office: 5W (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music. Guitarist with Jerry Bergonzi Quartet, Laszlo Gardony Quartet, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, Greg Hopkins Big Band, and Steve Swallow Quintet - Performances with John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Steve Gadd, Charlie Haden, David Liebman, Pat Metheny, Paul Motian, and others.
Mick has been an internationally acclaimed guitarist and educator for three decades. His former students include Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Wolfgang Muthspiel. As a sideman, he has performed and recorded with Carla Bley, Gary Burton, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, and Steve Swallow. His recordings include In Pass(s)ing, Biorhythms, and Sunscreams. Mick is the author of the ground-breaking texts Mr. Goodchord's Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond and The Advancing Guitarist. Visit Mick's homepage

Charles Hansen
Office: 444 (921 Boylston)

B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston. Member of Ross Phasor and Rock Bottom. Recordings include Ross Phasor's Gold Is Dead, Hide Your Rock and Roll. Author of "Twentieth-Century Guitar" in Down Beat .

Bob Harrigan
Office: 5X (1140 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music and Boston College.
Bob is an active performer in a variety of styles. He has made clinic, concert, festival, and radio appearances and has many commercial and educational recordings to his credit. Bob specializes in Chord Soloing, Walking Bass and Chords For Guitar, arranging and improvising for Solo Guitar and has done extensive writing for solo guitar. He welcomes Rock, Blues, Classical, Latin, and other non-jazz as well as jazz players and writers to investigate these great areas of Guitar Studies.

Richie Hart
Office: 5E1 (1140 Boylston)

B.M.Ed., Berklee College of Music - M.A.T., Lehman College - Former department head, Jazz Studies Department, Western Connecticut State University.
Richie leads the Richie Hart Quartet and is a member of the Lonnie Smith Trio. He has also performed with Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Tal Farlow, Milt Hinton, Etta Jones, Jack McDuff, Don Patterson, Houston Person, Ben Riley and Grady Tate. Richie has also performed on numerous recordings, including: Afrodesia, Blue Nights, Funk Reaction, Just a Matter of Time, Momentum, Remembering Wes, and When the Night is Right. Visit Ritchie's Homepage

Craig Hlady
Office: 417 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music.
Craig is a performer and composer with extensive studio and recording experience in a variety of contemporary music styles, including blues, jazz, pop, rock, and fusion. He teaches performance skills labs, styles labs, and private lessons. His private lessons include a balance of stylistic techniques, technical exercises, fretboard harmony, improvisation, and the ability to play what you hear and have fun. Visit Craig's homepage.

Thaddeus Hogarth
Office: 417 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music.
Former singer-songwriter/guitarist for Boston' award winning band, The Heavy Metal Horns. Appearances at Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport at Saratoga Jazz Festival, Boston Globe Jazz Festival. Currently leading his own group, The Thaddeus Hogarth Band (BEST R&B/BLUES 2001, Indie Music Awards/Musicians Atlas) with two national releases on Spinning/Catapault. A single from one of these releases features a collaboration with Reggae Grammy Nominee, Sister Carol. His songs and compositions have been heard on MTV, PBS and in independent film. (Including a film by Steve Rosenberg; Best Director, Toronto Film Festival, 2001). Visit Thaddeus' homepage.

Dave Howard
Office: 5T (1140 Boylston)

B.M., University of Bridgeport - M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Guitarist, composer and arranger on recordings including Souveniors featuring Kenwood Dennard, Clouds, Almost Carefree, and Block Island Summer with the Joe Parillo Ensemble, and Autumn Leaves with Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra - Performance tour and clinics in Europe - Composer and performer on various jingles.
Dave has worked as a guitarist and composer/arranger for radio and TV jingles and in various performing situations, from solo to big band. He teaches private lessons and labs for guitarists of all proficiency levels. Dave's style of teaching is both challenging and encouraging.

Mike Ihde
Office: 5U (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Film composer for The Sun Dagger - Author of Rock Guitar Styles and Country Guitar Styles, Hal Leonard Publications - Performer/clinician on lap and pedal steel guitar - Recipient of numerous songwriting awards - Author of A Different Slant cassette and TAB book for lap steel.
Mike's books, Rock Guitar Styles and Country Guitar Styles, are used by guitarists all over the world. Mike specializes in modern guitar, including pedal steel and guitar synthesizers. He teaches Steel Guitar Lab, Rock Guitar Lab, Country Guitar Lab, Guitar Performance Styles, Guitar Synthesizer Lab, Professional Guitar Styles, and Country Music, a Performance Studies course. Visit Mike's homepage

Scotty Johnson
Office: 421 (921 Boylston)

B.M., University of Miami - Recordings with Paul Gilbert, Robben Ford, and the Ford Blues Band - Grand prize winner, International DíAddario "Rock on Test" 1993.
Scotty is a former 'Blues Bureau International' recording artist (Blindside Blues Band I, II,and III), and has toured and recorded with Paul Gilbert("Bee Hive Live"), Robben Ford("Fords and Friends"), Dick Dale, Ansley Dunbar, and many others. Musical Director "Madhattan" in Las Vegas. Scotty specializes in rock and blues with a jazzy twist.

Julien Kasper
Office: 4R2 (1140 Boylston)

B.M., University of Miami - M.M., University of North Texas - Extensive club and concert appearances in the U.S. and abroad - Guitarist with Audioquest recording artists The Bruce Katz Band.
Julien's "harmonically aware" blues/rock guitar style stems from extensive performance experience in jazz, rock, and blues. His live appearances include opening for such artists as B.B. King, Albert Collins, Albert King, and Buddy Guy. Julien specializes in expanding the harmonic and melodic vocabularies of blues and rock guitarists, and in assisting jazz players in their search for fresh ideas and techniques.

Jim Kelly
Office: 445 (921 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music.
Jim is proficient in rock/pop, mainstream jazz, blues, and fusion styles. He has performed with Gary Burton, Jim Odgren, and Duke Robillard, recorded with the Berklee All-Stars and Duke Robillard's Swing, and played guitar in Boston's production of the Broadway musical Rent. He is the author of The GuitarWorkshop , published by Berklee Press. Jim's labs, Just Like the Record and Jazz/Rock Guitar, are among the most popular offered by the Guitar Department.

Don Lappin
Office: 400 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Performance, Berklee College of Music.
A guitarist for over 26 years, Don graduated from Berklee with a Bachelor's degree in Guitar performance. Currently, Don is the lead guitarist for Michael Sweet (lead vocalist for the multi platinum rock group Stryper), and fronts his own band "The Don Lappin Group", a progressive instrumental rock group that performs throughout New England. Don is a rock guitarist and specializes in rock improvisation techniques and fretboard organization. He also teaches a unique two-hand technique that he has developed over the past 15 years. Don's EP CD "Fine Lines" features Joe Santerre on bass.

Andrew Maness
Office: 445 (921 Boylston)

Diploma, Berklee College of Music - B.A., Marietta College - Established theater musician, recording artist, singer, guest conductor, musical contractor, and society/dance bandleader - Listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in Entertainment.
Andy composes, arranges, performs, and records his own music and has a number of albums to his credit. Andy's focus in private lessons is on fretboard mastery and musicianship.

John Marasco
Office: 4R3 (1140 Boylston)

A.A., Niagara Community College - B.M., Berklee College of Music.
John is an excellent mainstream jazz guitarist who has performed with The Lettermen, Peter Allen, Louis St. Louis & Alexis Smith, and John Valenti. His theater work includes A Chorus Line, Chess, Little Shop of Horrors, and Showboat. John specializes in jazz comping and improvisation. He is a lefthanded player.

John McGann
Office: 5P1 (1140 Boylston)

John McGann has been an international professional touring and recording artist for 25 years. John specializes in acoustic guitar styles styles from bluegrass to Django style jazz to traditional Celtic music, and also teaches mandolin. He is a former National Flatpicking Champion, and has toured and/or recorded with The Wayfaring Strangers, Celtic Fiddle Festival, Darol Anger, Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly, and many others. Information on his many books, DVDs, and recording projects can be found at: www.johnmcgann.com

Shaun Michaud
Office: 5Y2 (1140 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music - Member of event performance with Zakkwilde - Recordings include Electric Skies, released in Japan, Europe, and South America.

Jane Miller
Office: 5Y3 (1140 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music - Private study with Rich Falco, Mick Goodrick, Mark Marquis, and Emily Remler - Active performer, composer, and recording artist - Extensive private lesson experience.
Jane Miller is a guitarist/composer with roots in both folk and jazz. She has released two cds: Postcard and Secret-Pockets . Jane writes and performs both with her own jazz group and in a chamber jazz trio. She is also a frequent guitarist with Leni Stern and Emily Remler (her former teacher). Jane specializes in standard jazz repertoire in her private lessons. She has developed a visualization technique for improvising over chord changes that she incorporates in lab and private lesson instruction. Visit Jane's homepage

Tim Miller
Office: 421 (921 Boylston)

B.M., University of North Texas - M.M., New England Conservatory of Music.
Tim is a guitarist and composer with extensive performing and recording experience in the U.S and abroad, including recordings/performances with Dave Liebman, Eddie Gomez, George Garzone , and Aldo Romano. He has studied with Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, John Abercrombie and Gene Bertoncini. As a private instructor, Tim focusis on creative concepts for improvisation. B.M., University of North Texas. M.M., New England Conservatory of Music.

Joe Musella
Office: 420 (921 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music - Private studies with Charlie Banacos.
Joe specializes in funk, blues, and rock. He teaches Rhythm Section and Guitar Performance Ensembles, Performance Styles and Performance Skills Labs, as well as private lessons. Joe is also lead guitarist for the Hell Hounds.

Dave Newsam
Office: 419 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music.
Dave has extensive theater, concert, and club performance experience. He has performed with Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, Dave McKenna, Joe Williams, and Buddy DeFranco, and also has performed in workshops with Jim Hall and Howard Alden. Dave's influences range from Jimi Hendrix, to Wes Montgomery, to Mike Stern. His private lessons emphasize applying material to playing situations. His popular first year labs are performanceoriented.

Lauren Passarelli
Office: 419 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Feather Records recording artist - Lead guitarist for Two Tru and Beatles tribute band Get Back - Songwriter, vocalist, arranger, recording engineer, and record producer - Debut album Among the Ruins voted Best Independent Release from the U.S. on European radio, 1994 - CD projects include Stained Glass by Sarah Burrill, Garden Party by Crave, and When the Sun Goes Down by Thaddeus Hogarth - Member of AMRA, BMI, and NARAS
Lauren Passarelli is a performing songwriter, vocalist, arranger, record producer and recording engineer. Lauren writes in alternate tunings, plays slide & fretless guitar, and approaches the guitar as a mini orchestra. She has the ability to play funky riffs and sing counter melodies at the same time. Lauren teaches slide, alternate tunings, arranging signature guitar parts, and the ability to groove. Visit Lauren's homepage

Jim Peterson
Office: 5E1 (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Member of three-time Boston Music award-winning rhythm & blues band Eye 2 Eye - Performances with gospel group Colour Blind, Lalah Hathaway, Bob Moses, NAJE and Tavares - Recordings include Chill and Listen and Gotta Believe by Eye 2 Eye.

Jack Pezanelli
Office: 444 (921 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music - B.A., State University of New York - Ed.M., Cambridge College - Private studies with Jimmy Giuffre - Recordings as leader include Pleasured Hands featuring Michael Moore - Performances/tours with Wayne Cochran, Richie Cole, Larry Coryell, Sammy Davis, Jr., Maynard Ferguson, Shirley Horn, Cleo Laine, Rebecca Parris, Jaco Pastorius, Herb Pomeroy, Lou Rawls, and others - Educational material includes Key Jazz Rhythms with Fred Lipsius (Advance Music) - Profiled in The Jazz Guitar, Its Evolution and Players Since 1900 (Fourth Ed.) by Maurice J. Summerfield, Ashley Marks Publishers, U.K. - Artist representative for Mesrobian Custom Jazz Guitars. Visit Jack's homepage

Joe Rogers
Office: 5T (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Additional studies at New England Conservatory of Music and Boston Conservatory of Music - Soloist and accompanying guitarist in both plectrum and classic styles - Incorporation of Eastern philosophy to develop the guitarist as a whole musician.
Joe is an experienced performer, as a soloist and accompanying guitarist. He specializes in jazz arranging for classical guitar and is an experienced performer in all aspects of contemporary guitar, as soloist and accompanist in both jazz and rock idioms. Joe's lab, Building Guitar Technique Through Triads, has proven invaluable to many students.

Randy Roos
Office: 5X (1140 Boylston)

Leader of Vertigo-Z. Member of Club d'Elf and Van Gogh Shadowtree. Performances with Orchestra Luna, Steve Swallow, Mick Goodrick, John Medeski, and Bill Bruford. Recordings include Primalvision, Raz, and Liquid Smoke (Narada); Photogenic Memory (Agharta Japan); Mistral (Spoonfed); and Orchestra Luna (Epic). Articles in Guitar Player magazine and Electronic Musician. Composer for the PBS series Scientific American Frontiers since 1991.

Bruce Saunders
Office: 444 (921 Boylston)

M.M., University of North Texas - Recording artist for Moo Records.
Bruce Saunders has been living and working in New York City for more than a decade. He has recorded with Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Dave Holland, Bill Stewart, Kenny Werner, Michael Cain and Mark Murphy. He has performed with Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Ray Anderson, Geroge Garzone, Scott Colley, Bill Stewart, John Riley, Kenny Werner, Michael Cain, Glen Velez, and with his own groups throughout the United States, Japan, Portugal, South America, Australia, and Italy. He has recorded 2 cds as a leader and is a member of the New York based trio, Strange Pursuit, with whom he has also recorded 2 cds. Visit Bruce's homepage

Benjamin Sher
Office: 5V (1140 Boylston)

B.A., Carnegie Mellon University - M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Bandleader on BGI Records - Performances at Montreaux, the North Sea, Istanbul, Marsala, and Bell Atlantic jazz festivals - Appearences with Brazilian jazz group, Tudo Bem, at the Blue Note, New York - Recording credits include Jungle, by Ball-in-the-Jack on Knitting Factory Works and Jumpin in the Future, by Gunther Schuller on GM.

Curt Shumate
Office: 5Z1 (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Studies with Charlie Banacos - Performing and recording artist - Former private instructor in Massachusetts public schools - Professional theater credits include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and Mama Mia.
Curt is an excellent jazz guitarist who also plays blues, R&B and fusion. He has also performed in theater engagements. He teaches the Survey of Guitar Styles, Blues Styles Lab, and Guitar Performance Ensemble. Curt has a knack for relating Berklee's guitar curriculum to your personal style.

Robin Stone
Office: 420 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Extensive performing experience in a variety of styles - Member of Phi Kappa Lambda Honor Society and Master Musicians Collective - Recipient of a Uchida Foundation Fellowship to study "Koto" in Japan - Composed Adagio for string orchestra and oboe (1993) released in 1996 on MMC Orchestral minitures Vol. 1.
Robin is an experienced classic rock and blues guitarist who will show you what is expected of a contemporary professional guitarist. Robin teaches Classic Rock Ensemble, Guitar Performance Ensemble, the Guitar Performance Styles and Guitar Performance Skills labs, and private instruction.

Joe Stump
Office: 5U (1140 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music.
Joe Stump is a world-renowned electric guitar player popular for hard rock guitar solo style. A Berklee grad, Joe has released five instrumental albums and three records with his group The Reign Of Terror, a European power-metal band in the style of Blackmore`s Rainbow and Yngwie Malmsteen`s Rising Force. All albums were released worldwide in the U.S., Japan, and the Pacific Rim, throughout Europe, Mexico and South America. He has toured in Europe, Mexico, Japan, and Canada and throughout the U.S. Has toured with and opened for Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dokken, Savatage, Robin Trower, Hellstar, Steel Prophet and many other well-known metal acts. Interviews and feature articles have appeared in Burrn, Young Guitar, Guitar World, Guitar, Guitar School, GFTPM Japan, Guitar Shop, Metal Hammer, Hit Parader, Aardshock, Rock Hard, BWBK and countless other international guitar, hard rock and metal publications. Night of The Living Shred, Joe's second all instrumental disc was a semifinalist at the 1994 Grammy's as best instrumental rock album. Endorsed by ESP Guitars, Dimarzio pickups, Ernie Ball strings and Dunlop picks, Joe is also an Assistant Professor in the guitar department at the esteemed Berklee College of Music where he has been the hard rock, shred and high tech speed metal specialist for the last nine years.
Joe's instruction focuses on any and all aspects of heavy rock guitar (speed metal, thrash, shred, and neo-classical fusion). He stresses right hand development with arpeggios, pedal-point, economy and speed picking, and technique studies. Joe has released three solo instrumental recordings for the Leviathan Label and has appeared in Guitar World, Guitar School, Young Guitar, Guitar Shop and many other music publications worldwide. Visit Joe's homepage

Ken Taft
Office: 443 (921 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music.
Ken is a commanding performer in the commercial studio, theater, clubs, live jazz radio, and concerts, allowing him to play regularly in a very wide variety of music styles. He has performed, toured, lectured, and conducted clinics throughout the East Coast and in Central America. Ken Taft incorporates his expertise in the Style Labs and in all levels of core and elective private lessons. Emphasis is placed on technique, ear training, and performances in the styles of Jazz, Funk, and R&B. Ken also teaches Electronic Effects, Fundamentals of Improvisation , and Developmental Arpeggios for Guitar.

Scott Tarulli
Office: 400 (921 Boylston)

B.A., University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth - Guitarist - Leader of Scott Tarulli Group - Performances with The Wailers, Peter Wolf, Meatloaf - Recordings include Lois Greco Surrender; T.O.C., Eastern Standard Time, and various jingles - Featured in Guitar for the Practicing Musician - Studies with Bruce Bartlett and Charlie Banacos.
Scott encourages his students to listen to and transcribe a variety of styles and makes use of fretboard knowledge, chord vocabulary, time feel, and ear training in his teaching, while also focusing on the role of the guitar in professional music settings. Visit Scott's homepage

John Thomas
Office: 4R2 (1140 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music.
John is a musician, composer and lecturer who has toured and recorded with AACMBig Band, Chet Baker, Andrew Cyrille, Kenny Drew, Charles Earland, Christian Escoude, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Henderson, Jimmy McGriff, Don Moyé, Tony Scott, Sonny Stitt, Art Taylor, Malachi Thompson, Charles Tolliver, Larry Young, and Mike Zwerin.

David Tronzo
Office: 419 (921 Boylston)

Pioneer of extended techniques for bottleneck slide guitar. Recordings with: David Sanborn, John Cale, The Lounge Lizards, Reeves Gabrels, Jerry Granelli, Sex Mob, Mike Manieri, Wayne Horvitz and others. Performances with John Hiatt, Ray Anderson, The Lounge Lizards, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Reeves Gabrels, Sex Mob, Elliot Sharpe, Foday Suso, Hassan Hakmoun, Warren Haynes and others. Solo projects include The Tronzo Trio, Spanish Fly, V-16 w/ Jerry Granelli and Slow Poke w/ Michael Blake. Recordings on Knitting Factory Works, Accurate, Rounder, Traditione & Moderne, and Intuition Records. Headline appearances at various jazz festivals including North Sea, Pori, Berlin, Vienna, Montreal, Warsaw, Vancouver, and JVC New York. Featured in critics/readers polls and articles in Guitar Player, Guitar World, Musician, Jazzthetik, New York Press and Jazziz magazines. International residencies as visiting artist and guest clinician.

Jon Wheatley
Office: 442 (921 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music. Recordings and European Tour with Legendary Cornetist Ruby Braff. Performed/Recorded with Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Gordon Brisker. Performed with Diana Krall Trio, Scott Hamilton. Jazz Festivals in UK and US. Interview, Just Jazz Guitar Magazine, May 2005. Visit Jon's homepage

Mark White
Office: 5V (1140 Boylston)

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music - Performances include appearances at the Nuits Bleues Internationales de Jazz Festival, Quebec; the Kool Jazz Festivals in New York, San Diego and Dallas; the Tokyo Music Joy Festival, Japan; Warsaw Jazz Jamboree, Poland; the Settembre Musica, Italy; and tours of Portugal, Costa Rica, Russia, and the United States.
Mark's private lesson instruction emphasizes contemporary jazz improvisation. He also specializes in guitar synthesizer and MIDI applications.

John Wilkins
Office: 5Y1 (1140 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Performances with the Boston Pops Jazz Ensemble and the Winter Sauce Chorale, Boston Jazz Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Globe Jazz Festival with Kenny Hadley Big Band, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra (under director Gunther Schuller), Artie Shaw Orchestra, and Clark Terry - Member, Berklee BeBop Guitar Ensemble - CD recordings with Kenny Hadley Big Band, Kenny Hadley Big Band with Rebecca Parris, Rick Stepton Quartet, John Wallace/John Allmark and the Newport Jazz Affirmation - Theater performances with Annie, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof..
John has played in a variety of musical settings, including fusion, blues, and rock, with a central focus on jazz performance. John is especially adept at identifying students' weaknesses and working to correct problems.

Mike Williams
Office: 445 (921 Boylston)

B.M., Berklee College of Music - Improvisation studies with Charlie Banacos and Jerry Bergonzi. Performances and CD recordings with Grammy winner James Cotton, David "Fathead" Newman, the Bruce Katz Band, and Michelle Willson. Blues and r&b performances with Mighty Sam McClain, Jerry Portnoy, Darrell Nulisch, David Maxwell, the Love Dogs, and Tony Lynn Washington . International jazz and blues performances and theater engagements. In addition to private lessons, Mike teaches Guitar Performance Styles and Performance Skills labs, Blues Ensembles, Harmonic Considerations in Improvisation, and Improvisation Techniques For The Blues Player classes. Visit Mike's homepage .

Bret Willmott
Office: 5V(1140 Boylston)

Alumnus, Berklee College of Music - Alumnus, California State University - Private studies with Gary Burton, Mick Goodrick, and Pat Metheny.
Bret is a contemporary jazz/fusion composer, arranger, and performer. He has appeared on recordings with Mike Stern, Dan Gottlieb, and Bob Moses. Bret is the author of two internationally recognized harmony texts:Mel Bay's Complete Book of Harmony, Theory, and Voicing , and Mel Bay's Complete Book of Harmonic Extensions For Guitar. He also is a contributing guest columnist for Guitar Player magazine. Bret's lessons are especially suited for students who are interested in discovering new improvisational concepts.

Norman Zocher
Office: 417 (921 Boylston)

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music.
Norm's playing blends influences from rock, contemporary jazz, funk, and fusion. He has recorded with Paul Bley and Urbana, and also with his own group, featuring George Garzone and Bevan Manson. Norm has studied with Mick Goodrick, John Abercrombie, George Garzone, Paul Bley, Cecil McBee, Bob Moses, and Dave Holland. His compositions for television and industrial video have won three national awards. Norm also performs with guitar synthesizers. Visit Norm's homepage.