Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele & Composition Lessons

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Nick Russo+11 at 55 Bar, NYC with Samir Chatterjee, tabla, Matt Clohesy, bass, Willard Dyson, drums, Miles Griffith, voice, Art Hirahara, Rhodes

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I offer guitar and banjo Lessons in Forest Hills.

I service Forest Hills, Church in The Gardens, The Gardens area, Kew Gardens, Middle Village, and Queens area.

- Fun, attention-grabbing lessons
- Acoustic or electric guitar
- Learn tenor banjo
- Learn bluegrass on 5-string banjo

Plus:

- Classical guitar
- Jazz guitar
- Rock guitar
- Blues guitar
- Mandolin
-Ukulele
- Ear training
- Composition
- Singer/songwriters welcome

The teacher will transcribe what's on your iPod, computer or CD and teach you what you want to learn in an organized lesson syllabus. Learn the fundamentals of music through tunes that you are familiar with.

Classical & jazz training also available.

Nick Russo has recently performed and taught a guitar workshop at the Bermuda Guitar festival this past May. (reviewed in the Royal Gazette)

Recently, the book "The New Face of Jazz" by Cicily Janus was published which includes a 2-page interview with Nick Russo.

Currently the professor for MUS115 (guitar class) at Essex College and on staff as a jazz clinician for Kupferberg Center (formally Colden Center) via Queens College and guitar/banjo teacher at Great Neck Music Conservatory. Russo has also given lectures on music at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, Manhattanville College, and was an instructor at the National Guitar Summer Workshop in Conn. and has taught at many music studios, music schools and public schools.

Instructor Nick Russo has a Master's degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music and a Bachelor of Science from Stony Brook University. Russo is also the author of 2 Metallica instructional books (Legendary Licks Series, vol. 1 & 2), as well as the editor of 2 arpeggio/chord books published by Cherry Lane Music/Hal Leonard.

Nick Russo appears (playing guitar) in the new Sam Mendes film "Away We Go" recently in theaters, currently on DVD. If you have a chance to see the film, you'll see him in the "bar scene" playing in the quartet.

He has been teaching music for 21 years with over 17 years classroom experience. Performances include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Bluenote, Birdland, The Iridium, Knitting Factory, IAJE 2007, NJPAC, Colden Center, Charles Ives Center, Lenox Lounge, CBGBs, Zinc Bar, Smoke Jazz Club, Sweet Rhythm, 55 Bar, as well as international performances in Spain, Japan, Russia, Brasil, St. Kitts, Bermuda, Canada and across the U.S.A. He is also a recording artist and artist rep for Thomastik Infeld Strings. Recently, he played guitar on the movie soundtrack for "King George."

Recently, Nick Russo appeared on NBC (ch. 4) after Saturday Night Live as part of 1st Look. It also aired in NYC taxi cabs for a week.

Learn:

- Pieces and standard tunes in all keys
- Sight reading
- Ear training
- Technique (finger style and with a plectrum)
- Harmony
- Theory
- Advanced rhythm training with a metronome
- Coaching available for vocalists
- NYSSMA preparation

Guitar/banjo/composer video clips (all original music by Nick Russo): search for Nick Russo on YouTube.

5-string banjo audio sample (original tune written & performed by Nick & Betina Russo c. 2007) at Myspace: betinahersheyrusso, "Gettin Married" track.

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