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Guitar Teachers in Boulder

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Avery Johnson

Avery is a classically trained cellist that has been studying the cello for 21 years. In 2017, he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Cello Performance from CU Boulder. He has been playing the guitar (electric and acoustic) for 9 years, and has been in multiple rock bands, classical string quartets and orchestras. He has performed all over the US and Italy. When he’s not making music, Avery likes to swing dance (he was once in a competitive dance troop!) As a teacher, his goal is to foster a love of music in his students that is not restrained by... Read More

Mason Phillips

Mason Phillips grew up in Fort Collins, CO and has been playing music for 12 years. He started out in middle school playing percussion as well as piano, and eventually branched off into marching band, jazz band, pit orchestra, and symphonic band. He was invited to play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2017, alongside his other jazz band members. Today he is enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder where he is studying music and astronomy. The piano is Mason's main instrument, but he also has experience playing guitar, bass, ukulele, te... Read More

Daniel Florez

Daniel Florez is a guitarist with 16 years of playing experience with experience on other instruments such as piano, violin, and trumpet. In his time away from teaching, Daniel works as Audio Mocha, a solo project for creating surf rock and Latin arrangements of popular and video game music and has performed in multiple conventions around the country. He was a computer programming and mathematics tutor in college and teaches after-school classes for kindergarten to second-grade students for teaching the basics of rhythm and music. Daniel's pass... Read More

Jared Crider

Jared Crider is a Denver based multi-instrumentalist with over six years of teaching experience in both private lessons and in the public school system. He has degrees in both classical performance and jazz studies from the University of Idaho and the University of Northern Colorado. In his ten years as a performer Jared has performed around the world and taken the stage with greats such as Tony Bennett, Sheila Jordan, members of Earth, Wind and Fire, and more. He specializes in teaching trumpet and brass instruments, but also has great experie... Read More

Owen Gribbons

Owen Gribbons is a musician living in Boulder, Colorado. He's been playing bass guitar since 14 years old and went to school throughout his teenage years with focus on Musical Theory. Owen has been writing and performing his own music since 2020, and is a part of 3 professionally performing bands since 2022. His styles of choice range from pop-punk, folk, funk, jazz, and rock, and Owen is always looking for the next sound and style to understand and learn from. He regularly performs on both the bass guitar and drums, and has been recording guit... Read More

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1 Guitar Lesson Review

Casey Kelly

Both my children have been taking guitar lessons at Mountainside for years. They love their teacher. I recommend Mountainside Music Academy to everyone I meet looking for music lessons.

2021-6-21