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Do you know these guitarists?<\/h2>\n

Here at CGC you all know Simon Powis. He is the founder and director of Classical Guitar Corner and he is the reason we are all here! He provides the vision for our community and shares his expertise as a world-class educator and musician with all of us here. And you all hear from me enough in these blogs and from time to time on our YouTube channel. But do you know the guitarists listed below?<\/p>\n

Nicoletta Todesco, James Erickson, Sanja Plohl are all wonderful guitarists, and each has unique gifts as artists and teachers. And they are also all members of the CGC Team. These marvelous guitarists teach in our Coaching Calls, grade exams, host workshops and live events, and so much more at CGC Academy. I’d like to take just a couple minutes to introduce each one to you.<\/p>\n

Nicoletta “Niki” Todesco<\/h3>\n

Niki is not only a Faculty member at CGC Academy but also our Publishing and Events Manager. If you have ever ordered one of our books or emailed with interest about our Summer School, then you’ve likely already received an email from Niki. She holds two master’s degrees in music performance, including from Yale University where she studied with Ben Verdery, and has decades of teaching experience. She is also the director of the New York City Classical Guitar Orchestra.<\/p>\n

At CGC Academy she teaches lessons, including co-teaching our course on Renaissance Music, she is one of the coaches for the Coaching Calls, she leads open mics and other live workshops, and she does so much more<\/em> behind the scenes as well. Niki is an integral part of our team and if you don’t know her you should! Check out Niki teaching in action<\/a> in the video below:<\/p>\n

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James Erickson<\/h3>\n

James Erickson is both a classical and rock guitarist and educator and teaches throughout New York and Long Island. He is an instructor at Nassau Community College, LIU Post, and Suffolk County Community College, in addition to being a Faculty member at CGC Academy. James primarily helps out by teaching in our Coaching Calls and grading Grade Exams, but he has also hosted workshops on various topics for our annual Guitoberfest, and has been a guest artist at our Summer School.<\/p>\n

James has a real gift for taking thorny topics, like complicated music theory, and distilling them into clear, easy-to-understand concepts. His workshops on fretboard navigation, intervals, and modes have been a huge hit with our community! So we’ve shared a full video below of James’s Fretboard Navigation workshop from our 2020 Guitoberfest. Here he deftly walks you through how to master the fretboard.<\/p>\n\n

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