Private Instruction

Ryan Meagher has been teaching private guitar lessons since he was in high school and has developed into one of the more prominent music educators in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. His students have gone on to successful performance careers in a wide range of musical styles including jazz, metal, rock, and more. Many of his students have received scholarships to prestigious music schools across the country. Lessons are available online and in-person. Contact Ryan for pricing on individual instruction.

Ensembles

Ryan currently directs a wide range of musical ensembles including both large and small jazz ensembles, and a guitar ensemble that performs jazz, Western classical, and spontaneous collective composition. He has also been a frequent guest clinician and adjudicator at festivals. Ryan’s aim when working with ensembles is to get students to understand the traditions from which they emerge, but to also find new ways to express themselves. No matter the style of the ensemble Ryan directs, he makes it a point to have improvisation be part of the process for which students make music. Watch Ryan work with ensembles in the videos below.

Classroom

Ryan has taught in a wide variety of classroom settings including large lecture halls in universities, smaller courses for music majors, elective music courses, and substitute teaching K-12 public schools.

A list of courses Ryan has taught in a classroom setting include:

Beginning Guitar (taught face-to-face and online sections), Intermediate Guitar, Keyboard Harmony, Music Theory, Music Appreciation, Group Piano, Techniques of Jazz Improvisation, DIY Audio Production, Jazz History, Music Appreciation, Music Fundamentals, and History of American Popular Song