Instructors by Instrument
Acoustic Guitar
Heinz Musitronics
2171 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: 434.977.2797
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Hours:Mon-Fri 10-7; Sat 10-5
Humberto Oliveira Sales
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Classical GuitarHumberto Oliveira Sales received a bachelor's degree in classical guitar from the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil. He went on to teach music theory, technique and harmony for classical and popular guitar at that same university for 8 years before touring in Turkey and moving to the United States in 2004. He has been teaching and performing for 17 years and brings a plethora of experience and diversity in style. He currently resides in Charlottesville, Va where he leads a band called Beleza Brasil with his wife, Madeline Holly-Sales. He also teaches guitar and theory at Mary Baldwin College and Saint Anne's Belfield. Berto works with all ages and skill levels and provides instruction for the following styles: rock, pop, fingerstyle, Brazilian, Latin, Flamenco, and Classical. For more information please visit www.belezabrasil.net.
Thomas Gunn
Guitar (electric and acoustic), bass and piano -- piano beginner to intermediateA graduate of the Berklee School of Music in Boston with a degree in film scoring, Thomas has been teaching music locally since 1997, at the same time performing in multiple bands spanning the east coast. Thomas is a highly accomplished fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, with 20 years of experience in the recording, performing and producing of music. Recent projects include the release his debut solo album “Sleeping Giants”, an executive producer credit on Portuguese singer/songwriter Jose Maria’s newly released “Any Day Now”, and special guest opener for blues legend John Hammond during his last live concert in Charlottesville.
Seth Green
Bass, Beginning guitar, piano, drum set and songwritingSeth Green has been playing the bass since he was 12 years old and realized that he had dozens of friends who played guitar, but he’d never met a bass player. Since then Seth has held down the low end for a variety of bands, covering a wide array of styles. As a touring musician, he has performed in 10 of the 13 original colonies as well as more recently settled cities like Chicago, IL and Nashville, TN. He has also toured overseas in Mali, Japan, South Korea and Guam. In addition to bass Seth teaches beginning guitar, piano, drum set and songwriting.
Direct yourself to www.myspace.com/sethgreenmusic for a small sample of his recently recorded repertoire.