Guitar, Bass Guitar Lessons

Our private Guitar lessons includes Acoustic, Classical, Electric, Bass Guitar, plus Banjo and Mandolin. There are over a dozen Guitar teachers at The Music Collection, this large faculty allows us to offer just about every style; rock, blues, jazz, country, folk, classical, spanish and more. We suggest children wait until they are seven before starting Guitar lessons. We will occassionally accept six year olds after a trial lesson, but younger children don't have the hand size or strength to properly play a guitar. Of course lessons are not only for children, but are also available for adults.

Guitar and Bass Guitar Teachers

Don Boland - Piano, Guitar and Bass Guitar

Michael Boone - Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Bouzouki, Rock Group Coach

Duncan Cameron - Violin/Fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki, bodhrán, dulcimer
Duncan Cameron plays ten instruments: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bodhrán, whistles, harmonica, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer and English concertina and sings in French and English. His specialty is traditional music from Ireland, Scotland and Quebec. He has toured in Canada, U.S., the U.K., and Europe, with “The Magic of Ireland” dance and music show, Canadian Fiddle Grand Master Champion, Pierre Schryer, and Juno award-winning The Irish Descendants. He has been teaching for over 10 years privately, for various music schools, and for The Toronto District School Board. He has published several music books including Beginner’s Fiddle, and a collection of his own compositions.

Darryl Collins - Guitar, Classical Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Banjo
Darryl holds a B.Mus. with honours from St. Xavier. He offers over 25 years of teaching experience in all styles of guitar, bass, and mandolin. Darryl also currently teaches classical guitar at Memorial University and performs with the band Miss Conduct.

Marijn Emanuel Companjen - Guitar, Classical Guitar, Flamenco Guitar
Emanuel was born in The Netherlands and began his first guitar lessons at the age of five. Studied classical guitar with Louis Ignatius Gall a student of master guitarist Andres Segovia at Conservatorium Hogeschool, a renowned musical conservatory in The Netherlands. In 1994, he began taking lessons in flamenco guitar. It conquered his heart and lead him to study with Paco Serrano in Córdoba, Spain and with flamenco guitarist and master Luthier Francisco Manuel Diaz in Granada, Spain. Emanuel is also an accomplished flamenco percussionist, having extensive experience playing both the cajon and the udo. Emanuel's professional flamenco career started in 1996 when he became a guitarist and percussionist for the flamenco group Potage. Since then he has also been a member of the troupes Norte y Sur (1999) and Fuego Andaluz (2001 - 2005). Emanuel has fifteen years of experience in accompanying flamenco dance classes and has worked extensively with renowned flamenco dancers, singers, guitarists and percussionists in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Canada.

Emanuel moved to St. John's in 2005 and has made appearances as Featured Performer in TADA productions "Our Divas do Christmas III", a Performance with the World Jazz Orchestra at the St. John's Jazz Festival and appeared on Roger's Channel 9 'Out of the Fog'. He is currently completing a music degree in classical guitar at the MUN School of Music.

Mike Gehue - Guitar

Matthew Goldsworthy - Guitar

Gary Gosse - Guitar
Garry has been actively playing of the guitar for over 20 years. He has taught lessons privately since 2005 and has been teaching with the Music Collection since 2009. He has played in numerous bands since high school, most notably the band Two 13, in the mid to late 2000's. During this time he had the opportunity to play as a professional musician, and played shows with acts including Billy Talent, Collective Soul, Theory of A Dead Man, Ian Thornley, and others. He is currently studying Classical Guitar with Darryl Collins at The Music Collection and has the goal of completing the Royal Conservatory of Music Examinations.

Daniel Griffin - Guitar
Daniel has been studying guitar since 1998. This is his eighth year as a music teacher at The Music Collection. Not only does Daniel teach guitar, but is also still actively taking lessons as he is working on his classical guitar for an upcoming advanced Royal Conservatory exam.

Leanne Kean - Voice, Guitar

Jon Lane - Guitar, Percussion/Drums
Jon Lane has been teaching drums and guitar at The Music Collection for over fifteen years and performs in St. John's as part of various groups including 709, the Lori Cooper Band and the Spirit of Newfoundland. He also directs and coaches many of The Music Collection's Rock Groups and camps.

Allan Locke - Guitar, Classical Guitar, Bass
Allan Locke attained a B.Mus. in Theory/Composition from MUN in 2005, whereby he was named to the Director's List "in recognition of sustained academic and musical excellence". His primary instrument at MUN was classical guitar, though he sings and plays many other instruments proficiently. Allan has been teaching at the Music Collection for ten years, and he has been performing, writing, and recording all types of music for almost twenty years. Allan has performed with many musical ensembles, including the MUN Jazz Band and the MUN Festival Choir, and he currently plays with the band Miss Conduct. Allan has also attained a Master of Employment Relations degree from MUN in 2010.

Joe Reynolds - Guitar
Joe Reynolds is a fourth-year B.A. student at Memorial University. He has studied piano, voice and music theory since a young age, and guitar for the past ten years, including classical guitar with Darryl Collins at the Music Collection. He is active in the local music community, playing with many groups since 2000, including the Gower Youth Band and MUN Concert Band. After teaching privately for several years, Joe started teaching at the Music Collection in 2009.

Chris Rodgers - Guitar
Chris has been playing the guitar for 13 years. His early years were spent playing rock and blues music in various ensembles before his interest turned to the classical realm. This interest led him Memorial University, where he studied classical guitar and music theory/composition. Years of experience playing with bands coupled with formal academic training makes Chris well equipped to teach various styles of music including rock, metal, blues, classical and folk as well as music theory and/or composition lessons.

Ryan Sheeves - Guitar
Ryan just recently completed a Degree in Jazz Studies at St. Francis Xavier University. He has been giving private lesson for the last ten years with students of all ages. Ryan enjoys playing a large variety of musical styles including blues, rock, jazz, reggae and bluegrass, just to name a few. Now living back home on the island, Ryan is eager to meet and play with fellow musicians and students alike.

Joe Tucker - Guitar
Joe began his guitar playing career at the tender age of 13. He has played with various choir, jazz bands and musical productions including Les Miserables. In his last year of high school he formed the rock band Roundelay with his best buds and they are still going today, gigging all around town. He is currently in his eighth year of teaching guitar with The Music Collection. He has also completed a degree in philosophy at Memorial University.

Jamie Wilkinson - Percussion/Drum, Guitar
Jamie has been teaching drums and guitar at The Music Collection since 2001. He earned his B.Mus. and B. Mus. Ed. from MUN School of Music in 2002. He is currently teaching choir, band, and applied music at St. Michael's High on Bell Island. Jamie performs with the band Redline and has also played with The Celtic Fiddlers. Past groups he has performed with include The Scruncheons, MUN Concert Band, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir and pit orchestras for several high school musical productions.