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All Experience
Levels Welcome 

We believe in providing exceptional lessons that keep you motivated and engaged despite your level of experience. Our dedicated instructors create custom learning plans in the style of your choice so you can learn to play your favourite song from a patient and passionate professional. With 9 instructors teaching Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, and Piano, we are able to serve all of Ottawa including: Kanata, Stittsville, Nepean, Barrhaven, Westboro, Gloucester and Orleans. Contact us today to set up a trial lesson.

Francis O'Keefe
An Experienced Guitarist with a Passion for Teaching

Francis O’Keefe is a self-taught guitarist known for his diverse skill set, undeniable talent, and passion for helping budding guitarists hone in on their craft.

With more than 15 years of professional teaching experience, Francis knows that hard work and passion are both key attributes of a great guitar player. This is reflected through the lessons that he delivers both effectively and efficiently. Francis and his team of qualified and vetted guitarists hold a wealth of knowledge in writing, performing, and studio work.

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Motivation
Through Music 

Our dedicated instructors create custom learning plans in the style of your choice so you can learn to play your favourite song from a patient, and passionate professional. 

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Meet the teachers

Learning to play an instrument should be fun and that’s why we work together to identify what inspires you.

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Francis O’keefe
Francis O’keefe has been playing guitar for 25 years with 20 years of live experience. He's been a part of over 10 studio albums and has been in many Hard Rock, Rock, Acoustic, Alternative and Blues bands. Self-taught with a full understanding of music theory, he knows that hard work and passion are what make anyone great. With over 10 years of teaching experience, he is able to bring his knowledge to his students in an effective and efficient way.
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Francis O’keefe
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Myles Bell
Myles has been playing guitar for 26 years, including live shows for the past 15 years. He has recorded multiple studio albums with Ottawa band Wise, Young & King as well as his own original music. He has had a love affair with rock and roll since the age of 3. Self-taught with a few lessons along the way, he possesses a combination of both technical understanding as well as a raw emotive playing ability. When he's not working on his own music he can be found in his home studio engineering tracks for other local artists.
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Nathan Kelly
Nathan has been playing guitar ever since he could hold one as a child. Raised in an Irish family, Nathan was surrounded by musicians and quickly developed a love for playing and creating music. Though taught by his father, he quickly developed his own tastes in music which are reflected in the genres he likes to play and teach, that being mainly Rock, Blues, Heavy Metal and Country. He is proficient in both acoustic and electric guitar, as well as ukulele, with both pick and fingerpicking styles. Nathan is passionate about playing guitar and loves to teach, bringing an enthusiastic and supportive environment to his students.
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Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb is a lifelong guitarist with seven years of professional training and hundreds of live performances to his name. He is proficient with electric, acoustic, and classical guitars, and his playing styles include classic and modern rock, folk, metal, punk, progressive, and everything in between. He currently hosts an open mic music night every week.
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Patrick Webb
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Paul “Laffy” Lafrenière
Paul “Laffy” Lafrenière, is an alternative rock and blues guitarist. He has been playing for 19 years and teaching for 12. Paul contributes to the vibrant music scene with guitar as well as vocals, bass and sitar at various venues and groups. Paul quickly became interested in music and began playing the guitar at age fifteen. The music scene there influenced him strongly and he began playing in local bands at age seventeen. Playing across Eastern Canada, Paul continues to perform at many venues across Ontario and Quebec.
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Paul “Laffy” Lafrenière
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Sundar Subramanian
Sundar has been teaching guitar lessons over the past 20 years and enjoys working with students of all ages and at all levels. He is equally comfortable teaching classical, pop/rock, and folk/blues. In addition to his university teaching, Sundar has also taught private theory lessons to students at all levels and has successfully prepared students for Royal Conservatory theory exams as well as post-secondary auditions and courses.
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