Current teachers at Accent Guitar Studio - Terry Armitage and Graham Gomez.
Terry Armitage
Terry Armitage has been teaching close to 30 years. Terry has a Provincial Instructors Diploma from Vancouver Community College and a Music Certificate from the Ontario Conservatory of Music (equivalent to RCM grade 8 ). He owns and operates Accent Guitar Studio in Surrey B.C. The studio was founded in 1981.
Terry stood for 6 years as the Canadian representative for the London College of Music (UK), Guitar division which is under the name of (RGT) Registry of Guitar Tutors. As the RGT Rep he has worked with other teachers through the registry to set standards in guitar education across Canada.
He has also written several guitar books (11) some have reached the best seller list in the UK.
Terry currently teaches a wide variety of styles to students of all ages and interests. His teaching has included a pilot program designed for troubled teens at the Whalley Youth Center, he also taught beginner and intermediate level courses at the Vancouver School Board Continuing Education Center, and implemented personally developed teaching course and expanded student exposure while teaching at the Music Man Studio.
You can check out some of Terry’s previous students by clicking on the right hand side of our front page. Some of these students have appeared on the Tonight Show and have gone on world tours and played at the famous Cavern Club, the home of the Beatles in Liverpool.
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Graham Gomez
Graham Gomez has started his first year of teaching at Accent Guitar in September 2009. Graham is a guitarist, a bass player, a singer, a pianist, a drummer and a songwriter. He has been taking guitar lessons for 4 and a half years. Graham is currently enrolled at the grade five level of RGT. Graham has played in several bands and has played over forty shows. Graham has performed at the Surrey arts centre, in the PNE Starsearch and at the Cloverdale Rodeo. His bands have been finalists in Surrey City Jam and in the NOW BC Talent Search. Graham has written lots of original songs many of which he plays in his band “Fall With Them”. He writes, records, and edits his music from his computer from prog rock to punk, reggae, metal, and even techno. Graham hopes to encourage his students to write original music and to perform their music.