About Dave Wirth

Creativity and Pedagogy

• President of The School of Feedback Guitar LLC, Austin, TX.
• Author of the book: How to Learn Guitar and Have Insane Amounts of Fun.
• Built a custom system, using open-source technology and an iPad, that provides students at The School of Feedback Guitar their own personal RSS Feed to view their progress in guitar lessons.
• Albums are located at www.davewirthmusic.com

Education

• Master's Degree in Classical Guitar Performance and Literature from Eastman School of Music
• Began learning classical guitar three years before the Eastman audition. Eastman was ranked as #1 in 2010 amongst music schools. It usually takes a decade of practice to have a successful audition.
• Studied with Nicholas Goluses, Professor and Chair of Classical Guitar Studies.
• Master-classes with world-famous guitarists Scott Tennant of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, David Tannenbaum, Benjamin Verdery, Jason Vieux, and Lutenist Paul Odette.
• Bachelor's Degree in Jazz and Classical Guitar Performance from Bowling Green State University
• Had no clue how to read music at time of audition, but was successful anyway.
• Studied with Chris Buzzelli, Professor and Chair of Jazz Guitar Studies. Studied with Daniel Lippel, NYC Based Classical Guitarist.
• Did four performance juries per semester, at least three actual performances per semester, and eventually learned how to read music notation.