Luke Aaron Mayer - Classical/Contemporary Guitar Player

Luke Aaron Mayer Resume

Name: Luke A. Mayer Date of Birth: 23/05/1979 Candidate Notes: Self – motivated , passionate guitar teacher and concert guitarist, with ability to identify areas of strength and weakness of students. I possess 12 years of experience as a private guitar teacher in addition to one year of instructor for classical, blues, jazz and flamenco guitar in 2 music schools in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA . I have extensive knowledge of classical music (theory and practical) as well as several other musical genres, such as : Jazz, Rock and Pop music. Nationality: Austria and USA Country of residence: USA Languages: German, English Marital status: Single Education: Master of Arts, University of Music, Arts and Drama “Mozarteum”, Salzburg, Austria, 2008 8 semesters of guitar pedagogy at the University Mozarteum Professors: Prof. Matthias Seidel, Prof. Marco Diaz Tamayo, Prof. Isabell Sievers-Pazur Masterclasses : with Eliot Fisk, Alvaro Pierri, Pepe Romero, Manuel Baruecco, Leo Brouwer, Maximo Diego Pujol, “Hagen Quartett” Carreer History: Guitar instructor: January 2010 - to date Employer: Zambaleta World Music School, San Francisco, California Guitar classes and private lessons. Blues-, jazz-,classical-, brazilian- and flamenco guitar Guitar instructor: September 2009 - to date Employer: Berkeley Academy Of Music in Berkeley, California Teaching private Lessons to children an adults. All levels. Private guitar teacher: 1998 – to date Up to 15 students a week, children and adults, beginners and advanced Concert appearances: 2000 – to date In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and USA 2006 & 2008 Appearances as classical guitar solo artist at the prestigious “Salzburg Summer Festival” Translations: 2005 - 2009 Numerous translations for the administration of the University Mozarteum and the Salzburg Summer Festival. English - german, german - english Cruises: June – September 2005 Solo performances on the cruise ship MS Mozart between Vienna and Budapest. Competitions: August 2005 Semi – finalist at the international guitar competition “Forum Gitarre Wien” in Vienna, Austria Substitute guitar teacher: Oct. 1999 – July 2000 Employer: Music School “ Kreuzkirche” in Freilassing, Germany

Updated: June 6, 2010