Experienced tutor in Guitar in Congers, Burr offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Burr and I have been working together for a while now and he's terrific a teacher. He is incredibly knowledgeable in what he can teach in any lesson and is very flexible in how he plans out our studies. He started immediately by working on my posture and picking and now we're working through basic theory. While some lessons are loaded with musical details , other times he works on having fun with a standard or jamming out. I really appreciate the range of possibilities we have and Burr is expert at negotiating what I need as we go. He doesn't have a set method, mode or book he's forcing me to fit. As a high school teacher myself, I can readily appreciate the tailor made lessons and personalization combined with his sense of play and musicianship.

Burr offers very constructive criticism and insightful and fun ways to work on challenging areas.

He is patient, disciplined, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, positive, has a great sense of humor and incorporates all these traits when teaching.

Burr is an accomplished musician and very knowledgeable. But more than that, he understands how people learn music and meets each student where he is. He focuses not only on technique and musicality but on the joy of music. He has done a great job of inspiring our children while helping them to progress surprisingly quickly.

Burr provides music lessons for my 15 year old grandson with autism. He has been my grandson's teacher for four years. During that time Burr has developed an excellent relationship with him to the point that my grandson looks at him as his friend. During this time Burr has shown himself to be knowledgeable, flexible and accommodating. My grandson wants to have lessons with a number of different instruments including the guitar, banjo, violin, tambourine and French horn. Even though some of these were not in Burr's area of expertise, he took the time to go over with my grandson what to do and worked with him to have him feel a sense of accomplishment in playing each of the instruments. During times when my grandson's behavior was difficult, Burr dealt with it with understanding and compassion. We are very fortunate to have Burr as a music teacher. It has been an excellent experience.

Burr is exceptional. First off, he is a great person. He takes special interest in each of his students. Second, he is a very fine teacher. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced player, he listens, he has great ears, and he offers valuable insights. Thirdly, he has great skills. Not only is he a MASTER guitar player, but he knows how music integrates - in a band, in electronic music, and in the studio. Did I mention that I highly recommend him?

Burr is an expert. He is the best guitar teacher I have ever experienced. He is very thorough and very motivating.

Burr is an awesome teacher. He teaches both my 14 year old son and myself. For my son, the lessons are a mix of theory, technique, exploration, and electronic recording. Each week is an incredibly engaging session. My son is developing into a very well-rounded musician that can not only play jazz extremely well, but he can also discuss the finer points of theory and composition with musicians who are far more experienced. It has given my son the musical confidence needed to keep at it, and to enjoy it. For me, I have been a musician for 30 years, but I am just starting on guitar. Burr is great at leveraging my musical knowledge to keep my engaged in learning technique. He has astounding patience with both of us. He never makes us feel bad for the times when we haven't been able to practice as much as we should have. All in all, Burr is a rare breed of teacher that we look forward to seeing every week. He teaches "music" in its most general sense, and guitar more specifically. As a result, we continue to develop into much better all-around musicians.