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Name:

Harvey Valdes

Specialties:

Guitar, Bass, Oud

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education

Bachelor Fine Arts (Jazz Performance)
New School University

biography

NYC based Guitar Player and Oud player.

Performances in New York City in many top jazz, world and rock clubs including Sweet Rhythm, Satalla, Knitting Factory, Tonic, Rainbow Room and the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, the Edinburgh 
Festival and the Holland Opera Festival. 
Associate Artist with The Wooster Group since 2006. 
Has shared the stage with members of Soulive, Anistar, Daniel Carter, Simon Shaheen, Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu), Dr. Israel, The 
Wooster Group and many more.

my teaching approach


I like to identify my students' strengths and weaknesses on the guitar. We work towards a full understanding of technique, theory, and a practice routine. For beginners - we work at getting them playing simple tunes as soon as possible.  Learning an instrument should be a fun activity - with a bit of music theory to understand what is going on :-)