Kevin Armstrong

I pride myself on being approachable, patient and most importantly structured with my guitar lessons, whether you’re a complete beginner or if you’ve been the guitar for years. Recent students have gained distinctions at Trinity classical exams, RGT and Rockschool exams.

Aside from teaching, I am also a freelance guitarist, session musician and composer. I co-lead the group Jazz Menagerie and compose and arrange music for jazz/soul band Jazzelation. Other bands include the Alison Bentley/Ewen Baird Band, French café music trio Les Musettes and the Martin Pickett Organ Trio. I also have DipRSL Music Teaching Diploma in 2015.

After playing in rock bands as a teenager, I co-formed my first jazz band, The All-Night Cat-Food Store while at the university. My interest in education led me to study teaching theory and techniques – gaining an RSA diploma in 1994 – while my passion for jazz led him from Oxford to London to study guitar method and music theory with leading UK guitarists, Dave Cliff and John Parricelli.