Welcome to William’s Guitar Studio.  I provide quality guitar instruction in the East Valley, and via Zoom.  Thank you for stopping by.

About William

Thank you for taking the time to visit my site.  I’m a professional, classically-trained guitar instructor in the East Valley. I first arrived in the Greater Phoenix Metro Area in 1996 after earning my Bachelor of Music in Music Education, with Magna Cum Laude Honors, from Shenandoah University Conservatory, where I studied classical guitar, jazz guitar,…

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For 15 years, I’d failed to stick with guitar through various teachers and self-teaching attempts. When I moved to Phoenix I started taking lessons with William. I’ve now been taking lessons with him for over 2 years.

William has guided me through all of my shifting interests. Starting with rock/blues guitar, then a foray into classical guitar and now into jazz.  He has masterfully kept an emphasis on the fundamental techniques and theory needed to support teaching me the things I’m interested in.

William never fails to judge my mood and attention span on any given day and adjust his approach accordingly.  If I’m mentally exhausted, we might learn a simple but fun song. Other days he will push me to learn things I previously thought beyond my skill level.

This April, I moved cross-country and William transitioned seamlessly into giving me online lessons.

On top of that, William is a great person and I now consider him a friend as well as a teacher.

Grant Austin

I’m an older self taught player that finally decided to take online lessons with William.  I have been working with William for a little over a month now.  He began with cleaning up my playing position.  This was really big for me as I have had issues that prevented me from playing as long as I would like due to back and hand pain. 

William spent the time to figure out where I was and wanted to go.   I’m very pleased with the progress I’m making and am confident that taking lessons with William was a great choice. He has also been very giving of his time to help pick out instruments and gear to move my instruction along.  

I see a lot of instructors here that are players trying to augment their gigging money by giving lessons. William’s education and background really show in his lesson presentation and effectiveness.

Kevin Campbell