TUTORS

Owner - Guitar / Bass

Matthew is an experienced music educator with a Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Music and a Graduate Diploma in Education. He has taught guitar for more than 30 years to students at Tokyo International School, Primary schools, NSW TAFE, and as a private tutor. Matthew has toured Australia, Japan, Europe, and New Zealand as a guitarist and electronic musician in many bands and has played with some of Australia's finest musicians. He has released several acclaimed albums in various genres and performs at festivals, weddings, breweries, and wineries.

Guitar / Bass / Drums / Piano / Vocal

Matt has been playing music for 14 yrs and teaching for 8 yrs. He's done a Bachelor of Contemporary Music at JMC. He's been writing, recording, and performing in a 25-piece soul, funk, disco, and hip-hop group called The Regime for the last 7 yrs, playing at festivals such as blues festival, strawberry fields festival, Caloundra music festival to name a few!   His expertise is funk, soul, R&B, rock, blues, fingerpicking, and hybrid picking.  His teaching methods can be customised to the individual's wants depending on whether you’re doing AMEB, end-of-school recitals, preparing for improvising or just looking to create.  If you’d like to extend your theory or how to understand and build simple to complex chord progressions, solos and full songs of your own then look no further :).

Guitar / Bass / Ukulele / Piano / Drums

Mauricio Maturana is a 36-year-old Chilean musician who has focused on Latin American music mostly on acoustic guitar and trombone. As a performer, he has participated in several projects such as orchestras, theatre plays, recording sessions, duets, minor ensembles, etc. These activities have allowed him to visit many countries such as the United States, Colombia, México, Cuba, Puerto Rico, etc. He also has developed a facet as an educator in music. He has taught people of different ages and contexts such as childhood, adults and elderly people.

​Vocal / Piano

Lisa is from a long line of classroom teachers, so it came as little surprise for her to be called upon during high school to commence a job teaching English. Through high school, she continued tutoring students in both English and Mathematics and then discovered her true calling - teaching music. Her ensuing Psychology degree gave her some insight into the varied ways in which different people learn, and she enjoys the challenge of figuring out what works best for different students. Lisa has been teaching piano to young children part-time for almost 20 years, and in recent years has started vocal coaching for beginners as well. She is particularly passionate about teaching beginner students and seeing them progress from the discovery of making new sounds into flourishing musicians.

Guitar / Bass / Ukulele

Richard has been playing music professionally for the past 30 years. He teaches bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele, and mandolin. Richard has extensive experience recording in music studios and performing on live radio and TV. He has played with touring and recording artists and at many national music festivals such as WOMAD. Richard has taught guitar and bass continuously for the past 10 years, with many occasional students prior to that. His philosophy in regard to music is above all to have fun and enjoy the art and the creative experience.

Guitar / Bass / Ukulele

James has been playing guitar for 6 years and has been tutoring for 3 years. He has written and performed in bands and currently working on his solo music working with different types of instruments. James is always experimenting with different types of music and is able to cater to the requests and needs of the student. If this is what you’re looking for, James is the perfect tutor.

Guitar

Peter has been playing guitar for 5 years. He has played in live duets and band settings, particularly during his time at high school. The genres he plays the most are alternative rock, funk and blues. He's also currently completing a Diploma in Music Performance at TAFE.

Guitar / Piano / Bass / Ukulele / Vocal / Drums

Luke is a 19-year-old local multi-instrument musician based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. For the past few years, He has embraced music into his life, playing live acoustic music at weddings, venues, and pubs across greater Sydney. With many years of music lessons across a wide range of instruments, as well as past experience as a sports coach for young kids, it’s safe to say he has discovered what works when teaching and learning a new skill. He strives to inspire growth and creativity in anyone that he teaches, empowering students to unlock their full potential and discover the joy of music!

Guitar

Luca has been playing guitar for the last 20 years in different bands ranging from Rock to Pop, to Samba, to Classical, to Jazz. He has been studying music for the last 15 years, mainly learning electric guitar, but also acoustic and nylon guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, piano, percussion, and many other musically relevant skills. Starting studying at an adult age allowed him to experiment with the best ways to quickly learn theoretical concepts. He could then apply these ideas in teaching guitar for the last 10 years to all ages, focusing on fun practice to explain many useful notions. His idea of teaching has three main roots: to play in as many bands, gigs, and concerts as possible; to constantly be a student himself; to keep learning bits of every other instrument.