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Johnstonbaugh's Music Centers
North
4375 Gibsonia Road
PO Box 150
Gibsonia, PA 15044
724.444.5660
724.444.5670 Fax
East
5786 Saltsburg Road
Verona, PA 15147
412.793.6631
412.798.0487 Fax
South
Chartiers Valley
Shopping Center
1025 Washington Pike
Bridgeville, PA 15017
412.221.2990
412.838.0800 Fax
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| Instructor: |
Ben Hartenstein |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar |
| Instruments: |
Guitar ($18/ 30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia, Bridgeville |
| Description: |
Ben Hartenstein graduated from Fort Hayes, Columbus Ohio’s Performing Arts High School, in 2004. While attending Fort Hayes Ben performed with countless ensembles including the hip-hop group Fatty Koo in which he was featured on television’s BET. Ben matriculated to Duquesne University’s Honors program where he double majored in recording arts, and jazz/ classical guitar performance. Since moving to Pittsburgh he has performed with various groups, including 28 North, Black & Glass Factory, The Curious Gentlemen, and The Zoners. Ben is currently performing with The Incline, Steel City Jazz Project, and his own jazz fusion trio. Ben has experience instructing students from ages 5 to 50 and is comfortable teaching everything from country and rock to classical and jazz. Ben’s unique approach to instruction includes a variety of techniques all designed to keep the student focused and excited about playing guitar. In addition to guitar performance, lessons can include: music theory, ear training, sight reading, composition, and analysis. Ben promotes the use of technology in his lessons by facilitating student recordings and utilizing MP3 players and flash drives. Ben helps students reach their musical potential by tailoring his lessons to the individual student.
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| Instructor: |
Dan Burgun |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar |
| Instruments: |
Guitar ($18.50/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
| Description: |
Dan recently graduated summa cum laude from the Duquesne University School of Music with a B.A. in Guitar Performance. He is a versatile musician, adept in pop/rock formats and specializing in jazz and classical guitar. He maintains a busy teaching and performance schedule in the Pittsburgh area and favors a personalized teaching style, adapted to the need and goals of each student. Dan has experience teaching students of all ages and abilities.
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David Busch |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar, Strings |
| Instruments: |
Upright Bass, Electric Bass, Cello ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Penn Hills, Bridgeville |
| Description: |
David Busch graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Music Education in May 2007 where he studied bass under Nathan Santos and cello under Dr. Linda Jennings.
David’s teaching style focuses on the students’ personal music goals, being open to teach any musical genre available while incorporating technique, theory, style, and musicality. He believes that music should have a purpose which is, of course, having fun; but, wishes to instill in his students the understanding of hard work and perseverance that is required in achieving substantial goals.
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Izzy |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar |
| Instruments: |
Guitar ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
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Craig "Izzy" Arlet is an established performer and guitar instructor in the Pittsburgh area. Majoring in music, Izzy graduated from Pittsburgh’s Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA) in 1997. From 1999 to 2003 he worked as a touring musician, performing everything from hip-hop to country western music with various ensembles. Since 2003, he has been a member of the oldies group The Magic Moments. He has also performed with Jive Family, Hood Gang, Everybody Wins, Guaracha Latin Dance Band, Royale with Cheese, and the Reggie Watkins Octet. Izzy recently toured Central America and the Caribbean with University of Pittsburgh’s Seminar at Sea program and just completed a run with the Pittsburgh City Theatre’s producation of rock musical Hearts are Wild.
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| Instructor: |
Jim Farquar |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar |
| Instruments: |
Guitar ($19/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Bridgeville |
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Jim Farquar has been performing on the national scene after making a name for himself on the east coast and Chicago. Performing at stage and club dates as both leader and side man, Jim has also toured internationally as a clinician/lecturer in conjunction with companies including Tascam, Inc., Fender, Cronin Archtops, Yamaha Guitars and institutions such as the Berklee College of Music, Duquesne University and College of St. Catherine’s. He recently released a critically acclaimed CD entitled “Random Elements” and is in the process of recording his new CD “Wide Horizons.” Jim has a long list of notable performances including such artists as Max Roach, Herb Ellis, Alejo Poveda, Stu Hamm, Henry Johnson and many others. Jim has over twenty five years of experience and has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada, where in 1996 he was featured in a video during the Montreal Jazz Festival. Jim has also headlined the Mellon Jazz Festival. Recent highlights include appearances in Chicago, Nashville, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Boston and New York. As a member of the Summer faculty and frequent lecturer at Duquesne University’s Guitar Department for the last fifteen years, along with a successful private studio, Jim is also working with major manufacturers to help improve their music education programs.
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| Instructor: |
Josh Wulff |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar |
| Instruments: |
Guitar ($19.50/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Bridgeville |
| Description: |
Josh is a graduate of Duquesne University where he received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Performance. He has taught privately for the past seven years and also served at the music teacher at Holy Child Middle School in on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. While New York City he played regular gigs in Manhattan and Brooklyn while teaching in schools in and people’s homes. Having returned to Pittsburgh, he has been busy teaching and performing in various setting as a leader in his own groups and as a sideman for other musicians. He offers instruction in all styles and uses sight reading and music theory to improve his student’s musical literacy.
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| Instructor: |
Matt Korbanic |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar |
| Instruments: |
Guitar, Bass Guitar ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Penn Hills |
| Description: |
“Exceptional talent with virtuoso technique” writes Mike Cimballa, music critic and violinist with the Charlotte Symphony of his lyrical interpretations of his music. Born and educated in Pittsburgh, Matthew Korbanic has earned a masters degree in classical guitar performance from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of his noted teachers have been Dr. Nathan Davis, James Ferla, and Joe Negri. As a player on the newly innovated 8 string “Brahms” style guitar by Paul Galbraith, he has toured the east cost and mid-west and has received grants to study with Mr. Galbraith. He has been a return performer with the Three Rivers Arts Festival, the Pittsburgh Opera, and the Pittsburgh Arts Council. As a soloist and as a member of a flute and guitar duo, he has been presented live on WQED-FM in Pittsburgh. He has released a CD of original guitar compositions through his own record label titled “Orbit”.
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Ryan Kantner |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar, Percussion |
| Instruments: |
Percussion, Bass Guitar ($18/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
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Ryan is a bassist and percussionist who has been playing music for twelve years, and has taught private and community lessons for the past five years. Ryan holds a Bachelors Degree in Music and Literature from West Chester University. Some notable positions have included: Teaching bass guitar for the School of Rock In Downingtown, PA, Being the pit percussion instructor for Owen J. Roberts High School, and running a home studio for bass and percussion in the summer of 2005. Ryan is an avid listener of jazz, rock, classical, and many other types of music, and a key part of his lessons revolves around the interconnectivity between the different genres of music, as well as focusing on bass and drums as part of the same whole of a rhythm section. Ryan’s playing experience has been diverse, with tenures ranging from marching bands to rock bands, percussion ensembles to bluegrass, big bands, to solo performances. Lesson plans are designed to maximize time usage, and are tailor made to help students of any age or experience level not only become better at their instruments, but also better all-around musicians.
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| *Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher* This means that the teacher has received Act 33/34 Clearances from the State of Pennsylvania. Act 33/34 Clearances are designed to ensure that people who work with children have a record clear of child abuse and crime. All schools in Pennsylvania require that teachers and school staff have Act 33/34 Clearances. In June of 2005, Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers implemented a policy that all new teachers are required to have Act 33/34 Clearances. |
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