"an exceptional soloist, matching technical accomplishment with interpretive ardor"
Andrew Porter, The New Yorker

Email me at Jay.Kauffman@gmail.com with any of your questions. Or call me at 212 666 5761
Guitar Lessons for Children

I currently teach guitar to between four or five New York children and teenagers daily. Ages range from 6-up. , I have years of experience, including teaching Mayor Bloomberg's daughter way before he was Mayor of NYC.
Guitar Lessons for Beginners and Intermediate Guitarists

Whether you're interested in Classical Guitar, Blues, Folk Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar, Song-Writing, Spanish Guitar, Bossa Nova, Flamenco, Rock, or Metal, your guitar skills will grow side by side with your musical skills. I taylor the lessons to your interests and needs, and I make sure to keep things both fun and challenging.
Classical Guitar
Learn Classical Guitar, one of the the most challenging and rewarding things you'll ever do. Or improve your skills tremendously. What more can I say? This is my area of expertise. Listen to some of the tracks on this site and give me a call if you want help manifesting your own guitar vision.

Fees (negotiable to a degree)
1 hr at my studio = $60
1 hr at your place = $75 (I teach on the upper West Side and Upper East Side only.)
45 minutes at your place = $60
1/2 hr at your place = 50 (shorter lessons are mainly for children)

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