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Although I am a trained classical guitarist, I have been applying all my knowledge and experience from the classical guitar world to various styles such as jazz, folk and hard rock genres for the past 25 years.
Many of my students have enjoyed performance opportunities in both my annual student recital and our local music festival. I have enjoyed the privilege of watching my students continuousy improve and go on to share their musical gifts with family and friends. Some have received top prizes and medals in our local music festival.
Testimonials
"Mr. Joseph Roy has been our son's guitar teacher since 2007. Over the years he has taught our son, we have seen the development in skill level, confidence in musical ability and love of music which has become part of his daily routine. He has taken this interest and developed it, under Mr. Roy's guidance to working with a band and composing music with the group. The weekly lessons are eagerly anticipated with discussion and practice around the music being played.
Mr. Roy has the sought after ability to see and nurture creativity and foster a love of the art in his students. He infuses his lessons with enthusiasm and humour. As students develop in skill, they perform at the annual recital and in competition at the Lakehead Festival of Music and the Arts. All of this is done in a safe learning environment which encourages exploration and creativity.
We, with our son, are very grateful for Mr. Roy for his continued teaching and musical contributions to our community and for making guitar music a part of our daily lives!"
Dr. Birubi Biman
Dr. Harshad Telang
"Taking guitar lessons from Joey is awesome! My son and I studied with Joey for seven years, each learning very different styles of guitar playing, Celtic fingerstyle for me, and classic rock for my son. Joey lets his students explore whatever style of music they're interested in, while teaching the musical grounding and technique they need. He's patient and encouraging with both kids and adults, and lets you learn at your own speed. His expertise in classical guitar, his experience playing electric guitar, and his fine attention to detail all give him the ability to guide his students to the best technique and finger placement for playing the songs they want to learn. Joey is genuinely interested in his students, and makes lessons fun and inspiring. I'm very glad we found Joey when I was looking for a music teacher for my eight-year-old son, and very happy that I re-discovered playing music with his help!"
Shannon Robertson & son, Eric Bowen
