About Pino Annarella

Education: Master Degree in Performance University of Minnesota Duluth. Certificate in Film Scoring, UCLA Extension. Low 5 years Completion Classical Guitar, Conservatorio L. Cherubini, Florence Italy. Composing and arranging for Jazz Big Band certificate, Bruno Tommaso, Italy.

Performance Experience: Thousands gigs in disco, jazz and rock clubs in Europe, touring with some of the most famous Italian artists in Europe and South America. Studio activity as a guitar player, arranger, composer, recording and mixing engineer in Italy.

Teaching Experience: Guitar and Theory private Lessons. Teaching assistant of Dr. J. Skinner in History of Rock and Roll class, University of Minnesota Duluth. Guitar class, Modern Academy, Florence. Guitar and Music Ensemble classes Accademia Musicale di Firenze. Guitar, Theory and Solfege, and Music Ensemble classes C.A.M. Andrea Del Sarto, Firenze.

Teaching Philosophy: In general, in my class I try to give the student the tools, rather than sterile notions, for achieving the knowledge of the instrument in a musical way. I try to stimulate the musical intuition of the student supporting him with suggestions, techniques, and musical ideas for the chosen musical genre or song. Also, I custom-make every lesson on the individual needs and musical wishes of the students.