Home More About Mark Fitchett Awards Etc.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
FITCHETT GUITAR SCHOOL Redondo Beach, CA, Private Guitar & Music Instructor
1989 to Present
LONG BEACH SCHOOL OF MUSIC , Long Beach, CA,
Private Guitar & Music Instructor
Teach all styles, as well as theory, music composition and arranging.
PENINSULA SCHOOL OF MUSIC , Rancho Palos Verdes, CA,
Private Guitar & Music Instructor
Peninsula Montessori School
Preschool music
Pedriatic Therapy Network "Camp Escapades"
Music Instructor for special needs
South High School, Torrance, CA
Guitar Instructor
Hollygrove in Los Angeles
Volunteer Instructor
Everyone Gets Music
Volunteeer Instructor
SOUTH BAY & TORRANCE ADULT SCHOOLS, Redondo-Torrance, CA
Guitar Instructor,
1989 to 2006
Teach beginning and intermediate classes in rock and blues electric guitar.
NATIONAL GUITAR SUMMER WORKSHOP, Redlands, CA Guitar Instructor,
1995 to 1998
Teach courses in blues, rock, jazz, music theory and technique.
UCLA EXTENSION, Westwood, CA Guitar Instructor,
1994 to 1997
Teach intermediate to advanced courses in blues/rock improvisation and contemporary
guitar styles, with emphasis on practical music theory application.
GUITAR CENTER, Lawndale, CA Guitar Clinician,
1994 to 1999
Lecture on various aspects of guitar technique and performance.
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
CHERRY LANE MUSIC COMPANY, INC., Port Chester, New York
Transcriber, 1987 to 1997
Author of many internationally published guitar transcription folios. Many of these transcriptions have
appeared in the popular magazine "Guitar For The Practicing Musician."
CHERRY LANE MUSIC COMPANY, INC., Port Chester, New York
Author, 1995 to 1997
Author of book/CD or cassette instructional package "Chopsbuilders,"
designed to give guitarists a fresh perspective on some different ways
of playing exercises, scales and licks.
GUITAR SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS
Author, 2004-Present
Author of "Reading Music" Level 1, an introduction to reading music
on the guitar.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Guitarist for Cal State Long Beach Studio One Jazz Band
2000-2003
Modern Dance Composer, REGINA KLENJOSKI DANCE COMPANY RKDC, Torrance,CA
2001 to Present
Modern Dance Composer, ROBERT GILLIAM (Los Angeles choreographer)
1998 to 2000
Modern Dance Composer, LULA WASHINGTON (Los Angeles choreographer)
1998
Guitarist/Composer for "CULT of the WRONG NOTE," Southern California
1991 to 1996
Guitarist for "THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS," Los Angeles
1990 to 2000
Session Guitarist, See jeffjonesmusic.com for some current examples.
1985 to Present
Owner & Audio Engineer, OPEN DOOR SOUND, Hermosa Beach, CA
1981 to 1994
Musician/Performer, Southern California, Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, South Bay, Palos Verdes
Long Beach, San Diego, Orange County, Vancouver, Richmond BC, Canada
1979 to Present
EDUCATION - Institutions
CAL STATE LONG BEACH, Long Beach, CA
2000 to 2003
Degree in Composition
SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Santa Monica, CA
1999 to 2000
Modern Dance & Philosophy Studies
EL CAMINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Torrance, CA
1997 to 1999, Graduated with honors
Theater, Music & Modern Dance
GROVE SCHOOL of MUSIC, Studio City, CA
1987 to 1990, Graduated with honors
Advanced Guitar Theory & Technique, Composition & Arranging
with Dick Grove, Film Composition with David Angel
EDUCATION - Private Instruction
TERRY PLUMERI, Composer/Conductor/Recording Artist, Manhattan Beach, CA
1995 to 2001
Film Composition and Jazz Studies
RON ESCHETTE, Jazz Guitarist/Recording Artist/Author, Long Beach, CA
1996 to Present
Advanced Jazz Guitar Studies with emphasis on improvisation and phrasing.
Chordal studies
DAVID ANGEL, Composer/Musician, Los Angeles, Silverlake CA
1989 to 1994
20th Century Composition Techniques for Film Scoring and Symphonic Works
JAMIE GLASER, Fusion Guitarist/Recording Artist/Session Musician, Studio City, CA
1989 to 1994
Studio Guitar and Contemporary Performance Techniques
rhythm & soloing technique
TED GREENE, Jazz Guitarist/Author/Recording Artist, Encino, CA
1986 to 2005 Ted Greene Tribute Page
Chordal Jazz and Harmony Studies
I've had lessons on and off with Ted since the early eighties until fairly recently.
Each lesson was an amazing mind-expanding experience and I could never
thank him enough for his patience, encouragement and inspiration. He always
showed genuine interest in my musical endeavors and always complimented
me on the things I was playing and working on (regardless of how basic and
so below his level they were). It was always about others, never about himself.
He was a great musician and teacher, one of a kind. Thanks for everything
Ted, music won't be the same with out you.
ANNETTE WARREN SMITH, Recording Artist, Voice Over, Palos Verdes, CA
2007 to Present
Voice