Teaching

I’ve taught guitar to a wide variety of students–youth to retired, brand new beginner to college graduate student–for nearly 20 years. I believe that…..

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“I highly recommend Andy Jurik as a guitar teacher for a number of reasons. I started working with him as an adult beginner. He was quickly able to get a sense for where I was and where to go from there. Each week he had a lesson prepared that was part of an overall progress plan, but he always made adjustments based on my own interests and questions. I can honestly say I enjoyed each and every lesson, even when I felt unprepared or had not made progress that week. Among other things, I learned how to structure practice sessions, ways to work on scales and chords, left- and right-hand choreography and fundamentals of music theory. In short, by working with Andy I not only made steady and significant progress but also gained insight into how to go about learning to play the guitar, which serves me so much better than just learning songs by rote. Can’t recommend him highly enough.”

"Andy Jurik is a remarkably passionate and effective teacher, and his knowledge and inquiry about the subject is impressive. All in all a great teacher, he tailor the lessons specifically to me as a student and my goals, and engaged in frank discussion about what I have done and need to do to improve when asked."

"Great first lesson. My son is a beginner and he really enjoyed his first lesson, he's excited about learning the guitar. Andy is very relaxed and creates an easy learning environment."

"I contracted with Andy for guitar lessons. I've had two thus far, and am very pleased with the instruction. He is articulate in his instruction, has a clear, progressive lesson plan, and pays keen attention to my technique. I have the impression that I'm getting a solid foundation."

"Andy is a fantastic guitar teacher. I imagine it must be difficult to figure out what to do with me because of my background (years of self-study). Andy helped me fix a lot of technique problems AND has me playing pieces that seem appropriate to my skills, which are now growing."

 "Andy Jurik is the best guitar teacher I've had. He is very patient with teaching new pieces and there is no pressure during lessons. I especially like the fact that he can teach very effectively AND pick good musical pieces that are just on the edge of your ability to really give you a sense of satisfaction when you can play them.