Private Lessons

McCabe's® private lessons are sold in 1/2-hour increments. The cost is $35* for each 1/2-hour ticket or $120 for four 1/2-hour tickets. Tickets should be purchased ahead of time, and then handed to your teacher at the beginning of each lesson. McCabe's lesson tickets are valid for six months.

All scheduling is done directly with each teacher. Contact info can be found on this page, or by calling the shop. There is a strict 24-hour cancellation policy. If you cancel a lesson less than 24 hours in advance (or don't show up at all), your teacher is entitled to the ticket(s) required to cover the lesson time.

* Please note that this rate does not apply to all instructors. Double check individual instructor rates below.

Rental Policy

1. We rent for a minimum of three months.
2. We rent anything that retails for $500.00 or less (with some occasional exceptions).
3. The rate is 30% of the cost of instrument and case. (We will not rent without a case unless the customer already has a suitable case.)
4. The first three months' payment can apply toward purchase on that instrument or one of higher value.
5. One may continue renting at the rate of 10% per month after the initial three-month period. However, these payments do not apply toward purchase.
6. One must have a Credit card valid for at least 12 months.

John Rosen
(818) 590-5691
banjo1228@hotmail.com

Specializing in bluegrass banjo, all levels and ages, beginner through advanced

38 years professional experience as a banjo teacher and performer

Teaches Scruggs style, melodic 3-finger style, clawhammer

Has played with the Dropkick Murphys, Ashley Campbell, Scarlet Rivera, Dan Bern, Old Man Markley, Ed Helms, the Get Down Boys, the Dust Bowl Cavaliers, and Burning Heart Bluegrass, among others.

Patient, dedicated, and FUN teacher

Available Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays

Monique Mizrahi
(424) 210-1552
monique@honeybird.net

Monique encountered the charango in a life-changing experience in Bolivia in 2003 and has been playing the charango ever since. This 10-string Andean lute creates a sonic landscape unlike any other string instrument.

Styles ranging from traditional Andean rhythms to rock, folk and soul.

Explore this instrument still quite uncharted in North America.

Monique has toured throughout Europe over the past 10 years as Honeybird, including performances on national Italian TV, national public radio in Germany and Spain, and a festival tour on electric charango with popular Italian rock band Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti.

Availability is varied and flexible

David Ellis
(424) 603-4042
dellisgtr@aol.com

Beginning (all ages — absolute beginners should have a nylon-string guitar)
Folk, blues, flamenco and rock (beginning to intermediate)
Classical (all levels)

David has been a guitar instructor at McCabe's Guitar Shop® in Santa Monica for the past twenty-six years. His students have been accepted into music programs at USC, UCLA, UC Irvine, Cal State Long Beach and the Berkelee School of Music.

Performance highlights include playing several concerts with the Broadway singer Kristin Chenoweth, playing on the red carpet for the 71st- 74th Academy Awards, performing with the Los Robles Master Chorale, and performing in the garden of the newly opened Disney Hall.

He also has a band called the Attractive Nuisance. Check the calendar for local show dates!

Available:
Wednesdays and Thursdays 3-10pm
Fridays 3-6pm
Saturdays 10am-6pm
Sundays 10am-6pm

Paula McMath
(310) 394-4640
paula@paulamcmath.com
* Specializes in teaching guitar to children
* Believes in allowing interest to drive material selection, and strives to have kids "feel" music as well as hear and see it
* Emphasizes: fingerboard knowledge, use of music notation, chord vocabulary, fingerpicking, right-hand rhythm techniques, scales, scale tone chords, and songwriting
* Extensive training and experience in ORFF Schulwerk — a system of teaching music which utilizes singing, speech, movement, body percussion, and small pitched and unpitched percussion instruments
* Works professionally as a singer/guitarist/songwriter in the Los Angeles area — and in her native Canada
* Launching a children’s project: veryhappyday.com
* Available Monday evenings at McCabe’s

Joel Morrison
(310) 483-3235
blindrevmorrison@gmail.com

All levels, especially beginners
Rock, Blues, Folk, including Finger Picking and Slide
Specializing in Electric, Acoustic, and Resonator guitar, Theory, and Advanced Technique
BFA in performance from CalArts
Theory for the Working or aspiring Working musician: Everything you need to know presented in a simple straightforward manner with an emphasis on the most important and usable things first.
All classes would include a section on guitar gear and set-up.

Harry Orlove
(661) 312-5803
commail1@socal.rr.com

Specializes in:
Bluegrass, Electric Blues, Jazz, Western Swing, Country, Roots Rock

Proud to have had artist endorsements from The Martin Guitar Company, Eastman Guitars, Danelectro, Fishman Transducers, Elixir Strings and Fender Musical Instruments

Highly experienced in commercial studio work for TV and film

Was touring with Tom Rapp, in the band Pearls Before Swine by the age of 17

Moved to LA in 1979 and landed a job in the house band of the World Famous Palomino Club where he got to work with music legends like James Burton, Jimmy Bryant, Thumbs Carlisle, "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow and Jay Dee Maness

Available Thursday evenings only

Tom McEvilley
(310) 968-5647

Attended the High School for Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.
Earned a BM in Violin and Viola Performance from the University of Houston School of Music on a full scholarship, and also studied at Rice University.
Guitar and composition studies with Ralph Towner at Naropa Institute led to playing at master classes for Joe Pass.
Credits include Houston Symphony, New Orleans Symphony, Hollywood Film Orchestra, Los Angeles Baroque, Warner Bros. Orchestra, Disney,
ABC, NBC, NHK, CCTV, Good Morning America, and many others.
Twenty- one years of international touring with Mantovani including extensive tours throughout Japan, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, and the US.
Has also toured to Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi with the Mesto Orchestra of Los Angeles.
Has taught throughout his performing career, and believes in the positive reinforcement method.
A step-by-step technique builds a solid foundation; keeping learning fun is also important.
Students are encouraged to look behind the notes on the page, to find deeper more personal meanings in musical expression.
Also teaches viola.

Sue Fink
(310) 397-3193
suefink9@gmail.com

Vocal coach for over 25 years, with California teaching credential

Award-winning songwriter and composer with 3 cd releases

Artistic Director/Conductor for Angel City Chorale

Has worked either as a vocal coach or conductor with:
-Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
-Mary Chapin Carpenter, Natasha Bedingfield, Stevie Wonder
-Luther Vandross, Diane Reeves, Judith Light, etc.

All levels beginning to professional
Adults and kids 10 and up
Live Piano accompaniment provided, and a CD recording of your session

Specializing in:
-all aspects of vocal technique
-performance and style enhancement in all styles from pop, -rock, folk, country, blues, classical, jazz to musical -- theatre
-audition prep and college audition prep
-vocal and song development for songwriters

Group lessons in technique and stage performance taught at McCabe's.

Private lessons taught in nearby studio with necessary microphones and recording equipment

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