TUTORS

Owner - Guitar / Bass

Matthew is an experienced music educator with a Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Music and a Graduate Diploma in Education. He has taught guitar for more than 30 years to students at Tokyo International School, Primary schools, NSW TAFE, and as a private tutor. Matthew has toured Australia, Japan, Europe, and New Zealand as a guitarist and electronic musician in many bands and has played with some of Australia's finest musicians. He has released several acclaimed albums in various genres and performs at festivals, weddings, breweries, and wineries.

​Vocal / Piano

Lisa is from a long line of classroom teachers, so it came as little surprise for her to be called upon during high school to commence a job teaching English. Through high school, she continued tutoring students in both English and Mathematics and then discovered her true calling - teaching music. Her ensuing Psychology degree gave her some insight into the varied ways in which different people learn, and she enjoys the challenge of figuring out what works best for different students. Lisa has been teaching piano to young children part-time for almost 20 years, and in recent years has started vocal coaching for beginners as well. She is particularly passionate about teaching beginner students and seeing them progress from the discovery of making new sounds into flourishing musicians.

Guitar / Bass / Ukulele

Richard has been playing music professionally for the past 30 years. He teaches bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele, and mandolin. Richard has extensive experience recording in music studios and performing on live radio and TV. He has played with touring and recording artists and at many national music festivals such as WOMAD. Richard has taught guitar and bass continuously for the past 10 years, with many occasional students prior to that. His philosophy in regard to music is above all to have fun and enjoy the art and the creative experience.

Guitar

Peter has been playing guitar for 5 years. He has played in live duets and band settings, particularly during his time at high school. The genres he plays the most are alternative rock, funk and blues. He's also currently completing a Diploma in Music Performance at TAFE.

Guitar / Bass

Perry is a pro guitarist, bassist and songwriter hailing from the US. He has been playing since 1989 and teaching blues, rock and metal guitar privately for 30 years. Perry's professional music career sparked in 1997 with the metal band Destiny's End, signed to the big indie label Metal Blade Records. Perry has toured extensively in the US, Australia and Europe, including an appearance in front of thousands with Destiny's End at the illustrious Wacken Open Air Festival. With DE, Perry cut two cult favorite albums - Breathe Deep the Dark and Transition. He also handled second guitar duties in the multinational metal act Isen Torr on the critically acclaimed EP Mighty and Superior. Branching out further, Perry founded the heavy rock power trio Falcon in 2002, assuming the dual role of guitarist/vocalist. As bassist, Perry toured Europe with heavy doom rockers Pale Divine. 

Guitar / Bass / Keyboard

Tyler has been playing guitar and bass for over a decade. He grew up a keyboard player before moving to string instruments. He has experience playing in acts as varied as acoustic duos, 4 piece bands, and large CCM groups. His favourite genres are pop, rock, funk and soul. He strives to be a true student of music, constantly learning and diversifying as a musician. He teaches acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass.