Pete Smyser – Guitar Lessons & Live Music Performance

Specialties

Guitar Lessons — private instruction to students age 12 through adult, beginner through very advanced. Styles taught include classical, fingerstyle, pop, rock, blues, jazz, folk, etc. (acoustic or electric). Both casual hobbyists and serious, career-​minded students are welcome.

Award Winning Live Music Performance — for a concert, wedding ceremony, cocktail hour, corporate event, rehearsal dinner, baby shower, anniversary party, birthday party, etc. A variety of styles are offered, including contemporary pop, classical, standards/​jazz, classic rock, Christmas music, etc. Visit Pete’s website and YouTube Channel for many audio/​video samples. Options include solo guitar and duos that pair the guitar with sax, violin, flute, upright bass or piano. Various trio and larger group options are also available.

History

Established in 1986.

Pete Smyser began performing professionally & teaching while attending Temple University with a full scholarship to study music. In 2003, after nearly 2 decades of teaching guitar students at various schools, art centers and music stores, Pete renovated an early 19^th century barn in Woxall, PA, turning it into a studio for teaching, rehearsing and recording. He maintains an active teaching schedule from this home studio & is also an artist-​lecturer on the faculty of Moravian College where he teaches the jazz guitar students.

Pete performs approximately 160 shows/​events per year throughout the tristate area (concerts, clubs, weddings, corporate events, country clubs, retirement communities, restaurants, etc.).

Meet the Business Owner

Pete S.

Business Owner

Pete Smyser is a master of the 6 & 7 string guitars. While most guitarists chose a single genre in which to specialize, Smyser’s diversity simply defies categorical limitations. Styles performed include classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, folk, fingerstyle, etc.

Pete’s recording of the Boulevard of Broken Dreams was voted #1 on WRTI’s Top 100 Jazz Countdown of 2014. His album titled The Jerome Kern Concert… LIVE! peaked at #37 of the jazz radio charts nationally and stayed on the top 50 for several weeks in 2012.

Critics have likened Smyser’s jazz recordings to such legendary guitarists Wes Montgomery & Joe Pass. Smyser is an endorser for American Archtop Guitars, is listed among greats in the book — The Jazz Guitar, Its Evolution, Its Players and Personalities Since 1900 (Ashley Mark Publishing Co.) and was on the Artist Roster of the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) from 1997 – 2004. He is in the Hall of Fame at Philadelphia’s premier jazz club — Chris’ Jazz Café.