Michael B  
Instruments: Guitar
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Rock, Blues

Michael has taught guitar privately and led clinics in improvisation at Berklee School of Music, New England Conservatory, Boston, Ma.; Case Western Reserve, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Oh.; and The New School of Social Research in New York City. Specializing in improvisation, guitar technique for jazz and classical music, sight-reading, theory, and world rhythm, his goal is to help students reach their highest potential in the art of creating pure music on their instrument.His accomplishments and improvisational skills both on electric and nylon string guitar have led him to play with some of the greatest musicians in the world today such as Dewey Redman, Rasheid Ali, Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman to name a few. He has 12 CDs as a leader and he is also the author of “25 Etudes For Contemporary Guitar”. He was also a featured artist on Voices of America.Michael has been awarded grants for performance concerts and composing through Meet The Composer, Great Lakes Art Alliance, The Jazz Coalition, WDR radio (Koln Ger.), private funding for recordings and promotional endeavors. He has also been featured in national and international radio interviews, and jazz magazines

I take my teaching with serious volition wether the student is a complete beginner or at a college level. I thrive to share, educate and inspire every student as a complete individual and approach depending on who that person is and what there aspirations are. I want students to develop the confidence to evolve independently as players and a deep, life long respect for the power and potential of music.