Success Stories

On Thursday, February 12th, GIT welcomes the return visit of fiery, cutting-edge New York guitarist Oz Noy for an afternoon concert/clinic also featuring Neil Stubenhaus (bass) and Chad Wackerman (drums). Oz will also conduct a day of intimate Open Counseling on Tuesday, Feb. 10^th in a rare dual session with MI’s very own Scott Henderson. Aside from his work with artists like Chris Botti, Richard Bona, Mike Clark, Toni Braxton, Phoebe Snow, and Gavin DeGraw, guitar phenomenon Noy is known for creating some of the most creative and unpredictable music in contemporary jazz.

On Thursday January 8th, GIT welcomes guitar virtuoso Andreas Oberg for an afternoon of intimate Open Counseling.

Considered one of hottest young masters of jazz guitar on the international scene today, the Swedish native will display his exceptional bebop chops, “Hot-Club” Gypsy melodies, genre-hopping technical facility and powerful chord-melody solos. Andreas has released four solo albums and performed with artists including Les Paul, Toots Thielemans, Bireli Lagrene, Larry Coryell, Barbara Hendricks, John Pisano, Martin Taylor, Stuart Hamm, Danny Gottlieb, Jimmy Rosenberg, Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Ulf Wakenius, Joey DeFrancesco, Mark Murphy, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Florin Nicolescu and more. He is currently touring worldwide in support of his new CD, My Favorite Guitars.

MI's Music Business Program is featured in a front-page Los Angeles Times Calendar section article about the changing role of record company A&R representatives. The January 5 piece by staff writer Randy Lewis, "A&R Still Short For: Connection", includes perspectives from Music Business instructors and industry A&R veterans Jeff Blue, Don Grierson, and program director Kenny Kerner (pictured L-R). "The harsh reality is that few record comp .......