Guitar Faculty

Studio: The Armouries
Email: mike.mcnamara@uwindsor.ca

 

Mike McNamara holds a Master of Music in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of Toronto.

A very active teacher, Mike has been teaching guitar for 35 years. He is also a Music Teacher with the WECDSB. Many of his guitar students have gone on to careers as professional musicians in areas of classical guitar performance and rock/pop music; he has students who are now university professors, studio musicians, guitar teachers, composers, and guitarists who tour many parts of the world professionally.

Performing for as long as he has been teaching, Mike has performed throughout Southern Ontario and in Michigan, including at the University of Windsor and Western University in London. He has performed with 4^th Wall Music in Windsor as a soloist and in chamber combinations, has been a member of the Southwest Guitar Trio, and is a member of BME (Baghdad Music Ensemble).

 

 

 

A native of Toronto, Miles found an interest in music at the age of five through playing the piano and occasionally receiving lessons from his father. While attending Sir John A. Macdonald C.I., Miles performed in various ensembles and received numerous accolades for his work.

 

Following high school he completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts, Special Honours in Music at York University, where he was awarded the Douglas Menzie Philips Jazz Scholarship for excellence in jazz ensemble performance. He studied privately with Brian Katz, Lorne Lofsky, Mike Murley, and David Occhipinti, and performed ensembles directed by Mark Eisenman, Kelly Jefferson, Kevin Turcotte, and Jim Vivian.