Nick Cutroneo is currently on faculty at the University of Connecticut’s Community School of the Arts in Storrs, CT.  There he serves as guitar instructor as well as the director of the school’s Guitar Ensemble.  He also holds a teaching studio at MusicMakers Academy in Manchester, CT and a private teaching studio.  Mr. Cutroneo is enrolled at the Hartt School for long term Suzuki teacher training as part of his Masters program studying with David Madsen.  He is now currently accepting classical guitar students, electric/acoustic steel-string students, and families who are interested in Suzuki Guitar lessons.

Private lessons are offered as half hour, 45-minute or hour long weekly lessons.  Hour long bi-weekly lessons are also available.  They are either at Mr. Cutroneo’s private studio in Manchester or available in your own home.  Styles and genres taught include but aren’t limited to classical guitar, rock, blues, jazz, or just beginning guitar instruction.  Lessons are given in a fun yet encouraging atmosphere geared towards the personal development of each and every student and are offered to students of any age and playing level (from young child to adult, beginner to advanced.)  Spots are limited, and filling up quickly.

“Having the students become actively apart of their own development is something that I strive for.  I’ve found the students who actively practice and, to the best of their ability, try to solve issues on their own are the ones who truly enjoy playing music, and playing the guitar.  This ‘idea’ is the corner stone of how I teach.  It effects all aspects of playing (both musical and technical) and crosses over any style or genre (from classical, to jazz, to rock, to heavy metal, to folk) a student wishes to pursue.  While I’ll introduce new concepts, techniques, musical ideas, it is the job of the student to reinforce these things in their practice.  By adding in time management, the development of personal goals on the instrument, and the development of personal awareness in playing, I try and bring each student to their fullest potential both technically and musically.

I find it essential to develop both a good technique in playing the guitar, and reading music.  These abilities will only help the student progress, not hinder them in any way.  Having a good and well developed technique will only allow the student to pay to their fullest musicality.  With the introduction of theory, understanding how something works in a piece of music is important.  But more importantly is the ability to relate it to the instrument, thus the theory introduced in the lessons are always related to the guitar for practical use.  All these areas are equally important to not only develop as a guitarist, but as a musician”