Marc Galea Guitar Workshops

e given. Every lesson is one hour long in a class of 8 students and each term consists of 12 lessons. Although students will be in a class Marc gives individual attention and twice a year students are given the opportunity to perform in a realistic venue. Past concerts have been held at Rolling Stone, Strings, Signals, BJs and MFCC. Although sitting for exams is optional, once a year an examiner from RGT comes to Malta to assess those students who wish to get qualified. Marc Galea is a qualified guitar tutor from the RGT, with 13 years teaching experience.During 2001 Marc held a teaching post in a state school in Malta and in that same year he produced and presented the innovative successful TV series B'Sitt Kordi (with six strings ) on Local Television where he taught basic guitar and interviewed established guitarists in Malta. In 2002 Marc went to the UK to study with leading guitar tutor John Mizarolli. John inspired him to further his studies and in 2005 he graduated with an LLCM TD Diploma from RGT as a professional guitar tutor and FLCM diploma in performance. In 2008 and 2009 Marc was awarded the internationally-acclaimed RGT Guitar Tutor of the Year Award Finalist award and in 2005 attended a Berklee University summer jazz course in Perugia, where he studied with Jim Kelly and Mark White. Marc has played in many events and musicals and The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and recently was part of Rockestra. He also works as a session guitarist in the studio for various local artists. Together with his band he was part of the Malta Jazz festival 2011 and in August same year played in Jazz festival in Sicily. Marc has Released 2 Albums one in 2007 titled My Journey and 2011 Easy dialogue. In 2012 Marc published a guitar method book titled A Step by Step Approach for the Modern Guitar Player. Spread over 30 lessons and divided into 6 chapters, the book is unique in that it covers 4 years’ tuition, from beginners to advanced level.