Guitar Teachers
Tim Jones |
 Schools Attended:Elmhurst College College of DuPage Degree: Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Education (K-12) Associates of Art and Associates of Science Monthly Rate at MECA - $98.00 Tim is an accomplished bassist from a musical family who has played for and recorded with several groups in and around the Chicagoland area. Since his early 20’s Tim’s original bands have toured throughout the Midwest. Tim has been playing music since age 5 starting with piano, later spending several years playing trombone, and finally finding his way to guitar and bass. Tim currently works as a guitar and bass teacher in South Elgin and Villa Park, Illinois where he has taught over 300 students. Tim has a friendly, energetic teaching style calling himself an “edu-tainer” and believes his success as a teacher correlates to the success of his students. Tim plays weekly at The Lakeview Community Church on Sunday mornings and local bands at night. Tim has volunteered several times as a pit musician for musicals and plays, run open mics for several suburban venues, and worked for a sound production company, Nighthawk. Tim started his bass training at the College of DuPage under Dr. Rich Armandi and theory under Dr. Ken Paoli. Since then, Tim has earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree from Elmhurst College where he studied bass under Dr. Ken Haebich and became an Illinois State Certified Teacher in the Arts nearing endorsements in music, science, and social studies and has also been inducted into Lambda Sigma Psi (Music Honor Society). |
Peter Kruse
Guitar, Bass & Ukelele
Pete has played guitar for 15 years and taught guitar for three years.
Monthly Rate At MECA - $88.00
Melissa De Gott
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Melissa has played the guitar for 11 years and has been teaching for 3 years. She teaches both the "regular" guitar and bass.
Her love of music can be seen in the enthusiastic way she approaches her lessons and students. Monthly Rate at MECA - $88.00 |
Eric Abernethy
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Guitar & Ukelele
Eric has been playing and performing guitar for 22 years and teaching for 10 years.
After some time spent at the university, Eric made his mark in Chicago music scene performing with serveral bands, the most popular of which was "Jim, The Band". His styles include jazz, rock, blues and country. Some influences are Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Pat Metheny, Rush, Phil Keaggy, SRV, Hendrix, Kurt Rosenwinkel and more. He is passionate about music and transfers that passion to his students. His students are taught how to make music, not just play the guitar. Monthly Rate at MECA - $88.00 |
Shaun Weise
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Guitar, Piano & Brass
Shaun is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a BA in music education. He has studied music for 17 years and has taught for over 3 years. While at NIU, he played in the all university jazz band, the Wind symphony, the all university band and gamalon orchestra. Shaun has performed at the Elmhurst jazz fest, played in 2 rock bands and received 1st place awards in piano competition. Monthly Rate at MECA - $88.00 |
Bobby Reck
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Bobby has played for 11 years and has taught for 5 years.
He is studing music with Fareed Haque at Northern Illinois University. Some of his favorite bands include Rush, Metallica, Drean Theater, Yes and Spock's Beard. Monthly Rate at MECA - $88.00 |
Kevin Dobbeck
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Guitar & Trumpet & Woodwinds Kevin has played his primary instruments for 10 years and has been teaching for 6 years. Monthly Rate at MECA - $98.00 |
