Daisy Press

If you are longing to sing, in any capacity, Daisy wants to hear ALL about it! In her own life and the lives of her students, she has repeatedly witnessed the magic and vitality that explode into a person’s life when they are brave enough to just open their mouths and MAKE NOISE. Sing for your life! Daisy Press was born and raised on the buses, planes, and under the stage of the large-scale

Kris Wong is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and educator currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Kris holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Berklee College of Music, where he had the opportunity to perform for Megadeth, Victor Wooten, and David Davidson, amongst others. He has also worked with producers Aaron Sprinkle (New Found Glory, Anberlin) and Ann Mincieli (Alicia Keys, Jungle Studios).

Anthony Dom is a Brooklyn-born session guitarist and jazz band leader who recently graduated from SUNY Purchase College’s Jazz Program at the Conservatory of Music, where he honed his craft and emerged as a standout talent in the world of straight ahead jazz and bebop. Under the guidance of his mentor, Professor Pasquale Grasso, and other masters such as Jon Faddis and Eric Alexander, Anthony deve

Julian Barthold first picked up the guitar at age 11 and almost instantly discovered his passion for music. It was not long thereafter that he came to New York City Guitar School for lessons and Summer Rock Camp, which set him on his path towards interning and now teaching at NYCGS! Julian earned his BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied music composition, theory, history, performance,

Clayton C. Hopkins is a NYC/NJ based guitarist, songwriter, and singer. He studied Music Engineering, Production, Contemporary Guitar, and Composition/Songwriting at the Frost School of Music before moving to New York to pursue his original music full-time. In addition to teaching with NYC Guitar School, he is currently writing and producing material under the name Claytones (@musicbyclaytones). Y

Ben grew up with New York City Guitar School. After studying with NYCGS in camps and lessons, Ben began gigging as a professional musician at 17 and started teaching lessons soon thereafter. Ben has a B.A. from Hampshire College where he studied music composition, guitar performance, and music production. At Hampshire, Ben explored jazz, avant-garde and classical guitar and spent his free time pla

“In our lessons, a lot of the time we’re learning guitar. Other times we’re really learning music and just happen to have a guitar in our hands.” — Olin Olin teaches guitar the way working musicians learn it: through songs, taken apart until you understand why they work. The songs you love become the way in. You learn why a chord change hits you, how the form is built

Born and raised in the outskirts of New York City, Greg began studying music at an early age into his college years. Starting with the saxophone in grade school and later moving on to guitar, it became clear that music would be a lifelong passion. Greg moved to the city in 2010 to intern at a recording studio and focus on his musical path. He has played guitar and bass in various NYC bands for ove

Eric is joining us from Hamilton, Canada. This is his second stint making America “home”. The first was as a scholarship student at Berklee College of Music in Boston studying bass and guitar performance. His professional experience includes everything from bar gigs co-starring the weekly hockey game to cross-country indie tours stuffed in a cramped van to backing up Grammy and Juno (Canadian Gram

Katty Anna Mayorga began her guitar studies in Guatemala at the age of 6, concentrating in Latin American pop music on acoustic guitar. She also studied electric bass, mandolin, ukulele and banjo, but fell in love with the classical guitar. At the age of 18 she decided to concentrate solely on classical guitar and in New York, she began her studies with Peter Press (accomplished classical guitaris