J.P. (John Patrick) has been playing the guitar for 14 years and began taking private music lessons while in grade school. Raised in Los Angeles, J.P. spent his junior high and high school years studying with professional studio guitarists, learning rock, blues, jazz, and also songwriting and recording techniques. He also performed with jazz, pop, and rock acts in the L.A. music scene. After high school, he moved to Santa Cruz to attend college. J.P. recently completed a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance, with a minor in Jazz Studies on Electric Guitar from UC Santa Cruz. He is a student of Turkish Guitar Virtuoso Mesut Ozgen, and has played in the UCSC Classical Guitar Ensemble, Classical Guitar Quartets, Java & Balinese Gamelan Ensembles, Jazz Combos, Jazz Big Band, & numerous tribute concerts including the music of Wayne Shorter, Clifford Brown, & Charles Mingus as well as undergrad and graduate projects including 21st century "classical" & "jazz" compositions, gypsy jazz music, & the early works of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. He has performed in classical guitar master classes for Jad Azkoul, Carlos Perez, & Almer Imamovic. J.P. performs regularly as a soloist, and as a member of various groups & ensembles, with the ability to adapt to a variety of musical genres. In addition to performing, he also teachers privately in Santa Cruz and the surrounding Bay area.
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