CLASSICAL GUITAR LESSONS AUCKLAND with John Wakelin MMus, GradDipTchg

Jan 17th, 2020

Oct 23rd, 2018

I learnt guitar from John for over six years from the age of 11 until I was accepted into the New Zealand School of Music in 2015. John taught me almost everything I knew about classical guitar, right from how to read music to how to prepare for a university audition. His consistency in teaching style and contagious passion for the guitar kept me hooked, and now it is what I am building my career around. John was a great first teacher.
Feb 19th, 2018

I am have been playing guitar for years when I wanted to progress further in classical guitar and found John to help me with this. He is a wonderful guitar teacher, extremely knowledgable and very patient (especially with one who has picked up habits from other ways/styles of guitar playing). He requests high standards from students, and this is done with gentle persistence and a lot of humour. John is always very accommodating with his time, diligently in contact by phone, email and text when arranging lessons to suit, and very kindly offering make-up lessons when the situation appropriated the requirement.
Apr 9th, 2017

After trying to teach myself guitar and not progressing I decided to get lessons. John Wakelin was recommended to me, and after half a year of lessons I have found that my playing has improved rapidly. John caters for all ability levels with particular emphasis on establishing and maintaining good habits and techniques. John provides a professional but relaxed and fun learning environment. I work various shift patterns and have found John very accommodating in scheduling my lessons to suit. He is also very flexible when it comes to rescheduling missed lessons due to illness or work commitments. I would not hesitate in recommending John to any guitar student.
Dec 30th, 2016