Dr. Emre Sabuncuoglu holds a doctorate (D.M.A., Doctor of Musical Arts) from the renowned Thornton School of Music in the University of Southern California. As an Andrés Segovia Endowed Music Scholarship recipient, he pursued doctoral minors in music theory, ethnomusicology, and Flamenco guitar. Emre had the distinct honor of studying performance with the legendary guitarist Pepe Romero.
Emre’s innovative teaching style helps him reach out to a diverse student population. He tailors his guitar lessons to the student’s individual learning style, incorporating visual, kinesthetic, and auditory cues to maximize the student’s potential. Using a strengths-based, encouraging approach to his teaching, Emre has helped even struggling learners to achieve a high level of proficiency in both Flamenco and classical guitar study.
He teaches in our Los Angeles studios, live private webcam lessons via Skype, and is the driving force behind the ongoing development of our on-demand 24/7 online guitar lessons, which feature world-class instruction at an affordable price.
Thomas Foster studied for many years under the guidance of the highly respected guitar teacher, Aaron Shearer. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master of Music degree from Appalachian State University. He has performed in master classes throughout the United States with such guitar luminaries as Pepe Romero, David Russell, the Assad Brothers, Ricardo Cobo, John Holmquist, Stephen Aron, David Leisner, and Dusan Bogdanovic. He has studied world music and jazz with Miroslav Tadic, David Oaks, Richard Smith, and Adam Del Monte. In 2004, Thomas was one of four players selected to perform for the legendary guitarist John Williams at the Merida, Mexico Guitar Festival.
Thomas is completing his doctorate as a student of James Smith at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. His doctoral minors are in the areas of theory and ethnomusicology. He has studied performance with Pepe Romero, Scott Tennant, and William Kanengiser. He received his Suzuki certification under the tutelage of William Kossler. He has also developed a special guitar curriculum for children that is aligned with California's state educational standards. His passion for education helps him communicate his passion for the guitar to his students in an easy, comfortable manner. He teaches private lessons in students' homes, live webcam guitar lessons, and was an integral part of developing our pre-recorded streaming online guitar lessons, available 24/7 at LAGA Online.
Mark Goldenberg has played with some of the most respected names in music. Educated at the Music Conservatory at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, he has played for a wide-ranging group of artists, including Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Izaak, Eels, Natalie Imbruglia, and many more. Currently, Mark is the lead guitarist for Jackson Browne. Versatile and personable, Mark specializes in teaching acoustic fingerstyle guitar, jazz, rock, folk, blues, fingerboard harmony, ukelele, and beginners' classical guitar lessons. He teaches in LAGA's Los Angeles-area studios, and also teaches live private webcam guitar lessons.
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