Music Services:
Guitarist Margaret Slovak is available for: solo, duo, trio and quartet performances featuring her original music, as well as jazz standards and bossa novas; concerts featuring her music and the display of her corresponding paintings; therapeutic music in hospital, hospice, private home and healthcare settings; music for private parties, weddings, and receptions.
Guitar Lessons:
Patient and informative guitar lessons taught by professional jazz guitarist, composer and recording artist Margaret Slovak. Margaret has 35 years of teaching experience, 35 years of experience as a professional musician, and was an adjunct music professor at several colleges and universities in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.F.A. in Music from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington (Magna Cum Laude). Margaret teaches children, teenagers, and adults; she also has experience teaching students with injuries and/or disabilities. She specializes in jazz and classically influenced jazz. Lessons include instruction on guitar technique, reading music, music theory, improvisation, repertoire development and composition. Margaret is a patient, caring and organized teacher; her goal is to help you find your own "voice" on the guitar.
Private lesson rates:
30-minute lessons: $30.00
45-minute lessons: $40.00
60-minute lessons: $50.00
Lessons are taught in your home in Austin, Texas.
A recent quote from a former student, Dr. S. Murphy: "I studied jazz guitar with Margaret Slovak in 2007 and 2008 in Portland, Oregon. She is a very knowledgeable and skilled teacher and musician who presented the lessons in an organized and progressive manner. I found her to be clear, patient, supportive, and encouraging. She has tremendous skill as a guitarist. Her depth of music knowledge and understanding of theory was extremely beneficial to me during the time I was her student. It was a great loss for me to lose her as a teacher when she moved back to New York. I would highly recommend her as a guitar teacher no matter what your level of skill."
A recent quote from Tito Mijares, former student in Brooklyn, NY: "Margaret was incredibly sensitivity to my needs. Signing up for jazz guitar lessons, I didn't think she'd put together a comprehensive program that involved lessons "away from the instrument"-- rhythm practice, sight reading, listening and composing that I came away not just a better guitar player but also a better musician. In short, Margaret doesn't just teach you to play the guitar, she lets you get "inside" the music!"