Clayton Hopkins

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

Josh Torvi is a guitarist, teacher, and composer based in Brooklyn. Since 2018, he has maintained a busy schedule at the New York City Guitar School, where he has truly put in his “10,000 hours” teaching private lessons and group classes, hosting the school’s monthly open mic, and guiding students of all ages and skill levels as they discover their voice through music. Josh specializes in Jazz, Bl

Our Summer Camp Director, Issac Hernandez, discovered his passion for guitar as a child when his grandfather introduced him to the instrument, starting with Mexican music. He was captivated with the guitar’s beautiful sounds and rhythms. As he grew older, his musical tastes evolved, and he became interested in rock and blues. Driven to transform his passion into a career, he pursued a formal educa

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

A Chicago native, Emilio picked up a guitar at the age of 12 with his dad at a local music store. Fueled by the excitement and energy he got from classic rock, Motown, and 90s alternative, guitar soon became a dedicated passion. Despite focusing on film at NYU, he minored in music and dedicated himself to guitar and performance from his very first days in New York City. Since then, he recorded and

A graduate of Mannes College's classical guitar program, Koby has been studying the guitar for 16 years, thanks to some amazing teachers! He has performed at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Neue Galerie...

An expert in all things rock, Michelangelo brings over 15 years of teaching experience to the Brooklyn Guitar School. A childhood learning the music of rock greats such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Guns N’ Roses brought him to Berklee College of Music, where he received his BM in Guitar Performance. He loves teaching all styles and levels, specializing in classic rock, pop, heavy metal,

Dylan Charles was so excited when he got his first guitar at age thirteen, he started waking up extra early so he could jam a few chords before catching the bus to school. Only two years later he was gigging professionally in his hometown of Ann Arbor, MI.

Eliane Delage has been playing the guitar since the early 80's when she started learning the guitar in São Paulo, Brasil. She's been in several bands ranging in style from Funk, Brazilian Music, Hard Rock, Blues, and even Metal!

Jaime teaches singing, guitar and bass, and directs the Voice Studio here. Teaching at NYCGS since 2007, he especially loves working with beginners. He has literally written the book on singing for our Vocal Workshop group classes. Jaime studied voice, guitar, and songwriting at Berklee College of Music and toured with rock and R&B bands for years. He writes songs and sings them solo acoustic, and