Best Guitar Lessons in Minneapolis

Blue Tree Music Education is a Minneapolis music school that has been in business since 2012. The school is owned and operated by founder Rebecca Smith who began teaching piano lessons from her home in 2010. Blue Tree Music Education has a large staff of teachers who offer private music lessons, group classes, parents night out events, and more. The school provides lessons for a wide range of instruments such as piano, guitar, bass, violin, cello, woodwinds, and brass instruments, as well as voice lessons.

Brighter Minds Music is a Minneapolis music school that provides lessons for piano, singing, voice, and guitar. The school offers individual lessons for children, teens, and adults, as well as group classes for children. In addition to providing instructional music lessons, Brighter Minds Music also provides musical entertainment for hire for various occasions such as birthday parties, childcare centers, workshops for teachers and parents, weddings, and other special events.

Capitol Guitars is a St. Paul guitar school and shop that has been in business since 2004. The shop’s instructors provide guitar and bass lessons and have Bachelor’s degrees from McNally Smith College of Music and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Capitol Guitars also provides repair services such as basic setup and adjustment, string, nut, and bridge replacement, electronics troubleshooting, upgrades, complex repairs, and amplifier repairs.

Inspiration Performing Arts Center is a Mahtomedi arts center that provides a wide range of dance classes, music classes, acting classes, and art classes. The center is owned and operated by Katie Owings and has been in business for over 10 years. Inspiration Performing Arts Center also provides yoga and wellness classes and workshops, as well as hosting for birthday parties and other events.

Jon Wood is a Minneapolis guitarist who holds a Bachelor’s degree in music from the University of St. Thomas and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in classical guitar performance at Illinois State University. He is also a current graduate assistant who teaches courses on guitar performance. Jon provides private music lessons for guitar, electric bass, mandolin, ukulele, and banjo in styles such as jazz, Latin, classical, blues, pop, rock, R&B, bluegrass, folk, and flamenco.

Kramer’s School of Music is an Eden Prairie music school that has been in business since 1999. Founder Elena Kramer is a Master’s trained piano performer and educator. The school provides private music instruction for piano, guitar, violin, voice, and more. Kramer’s School of Music also offers group theory classes for all Minnesota Music Teacher Association levels, as well as music summer camps and group instruction.

LaVonne Music is a Savage music shop and school that has been in business since 1969. The shop sells a large collection of new and vintage electric guitars, acoustics, bass guitars, and amplifiers, as well as drums, speakers, subwoofers, mixers, and power amps. LaVonne Music also provides lessons for guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, and ukelele for students of all ages and levels.

Lesson Pros is a Maple Plain music school that has been in business since 2002 and was founded by Chuck and Sandi Millar. The school provides music lessons for a large range of instruments such as banjo, bass guitar, classical guitar, dobro, drums, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion instruments, piano, violin, and bass. Lesson Pros also provides music theory lessons, singing lessons, performance lessons, and speaking voice lessons.

Minnesota School of Music is a family-owned and operated Blaine music school that has been in business since 2013. The school provides guitar lessons, piano lessons, and voice lessons for students ages 5 and up as well as students of all levels. Minnesota Guitar Academy offers free annual recitals for students as well as trophies, wristbands, and certificates for student achievements.

Pavel Jany is a St. Paul guitarist and composer who completed his classical guitar studies in former Czechoslovakia and frequently performs as a soloist and in various ensembles. His company P Jany Music Productions has been in business since 1998 and provides music services for weddings and other special occasions. Pavel has three decades of teaching experience and provides private guitar lessons in his home studio.

Performance Music Lessons is a Coon Rapids music school that is owned and operated by instructor Rebekka Fisher. Rebekka has teaching piano, guitar, and voice for over 15 years at the McNally Smith Music College and at various St. Paul, Osseo, and Spring Lake Park public schools. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in music composition and theory and is a licensed music teacher in Minnesota.

Rockwell Guitar School is a Shoreview guitar school that was founded by instructor Alex Born. Alex studied at the Lübeck Academy of Music and the McNally Smith College of Music. Rockwell Guitar School provides lessons for numerous instruments such as electric, acoustic, and classical guitar, bass guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, and resonator guitar. The school teaches a wide range of styles as well such as classic rock, modern, rock, blues, jazz, worship and contemporary Christian, country, metal, acoustic, classical, and fingerstyle.

The Guitar Shop is a family-owned and operated Rosemount music school that provides guitar lessons and piano lessons as well as full music theory with reading music. The school offers a wide range of new and used guitars for both beginners and advanced players. The Guitar Shop also provides instrumental rental services for instruments such as flutes, clarinets, trumpets, trombones, percussion instruments, violins, violas, and cellos.

Universal Strumming is a Minneapolis guitar school that is owned and operated by instructor Jay Gordon. Jay has over 40 years of experience playing and teaching guitar. He is also a composer and concert producer. Jay provides guitar lessons and ukulele lessons for beginning players as well as advanced players.