Richard Boukas

Richard maintains a robust teaching studio dedicated to private and semi-private study in a wide scope of styles, eras and levels.

An internationally acclaimed educator with forty years of university teaching experience, Richard designs a custom-tailored course of study to serve each musician's unique interests and plot a solid path to higher levels of creative expression, technical fluency, mastery of music notation, transcribing and theoretical knowledge.

Richard teaches all adult musicians: professional, college, pre-college and enthusiasts:

GUITARISTS, VOCALISTS, BASS, WOODWINDS, BRASS, STRINGS

COMPOSERS, ARRANGERS

He is fluent in Portuguese and conversational in Spanish, French and Japanese.

MUSICIANS usually have multiple interests they wish to explore in the same lesson. 

For example:

• ESSENTIAL SKILLS: improvisation, ear training, theory, notational skills (sightreading, transcribing)

• STYLISTIC GENRES: Jazz, Brazilian or Classical music: repertoire expansion & memorization

• COMPOSITION, ARRANGING

All lessons are enhanced with musical handouts, scores, recordings, practice exercises with audio files, video links, etc. 

For optimum continuity and ability to delve deeply into the musical material, 
LESSONS and LESSON BLOCKS are scheduled every two weeks on the same day and time. 

Musicians who are visiting from abroad or outside the New York City area for a finite period of time can arrange special study intensives where lessons are scheduled with greater frequency (ex. weekly or multiple sessions in a week).

Prior to the first meeting, Richard requests background input from the student(s) by e-mail, identifying their short and longterm creative goals, stylistic interests and self-assessed skill levels in different musical disciplines. 

Materials are then carefully selected so that the first lesson is a substantive, focused session with a high degree of specificity and individualized attention.

Richard is very proactive in maintaining contact with students between lessons by e-mail. 

This additional contact between sessions promotes essential continuity and forms a dynamic mentoring relationship. Such contact includes answering lesson-related questions, reviewing assigned work, sending digital print, audio and video links as supplementary materials.
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IN-PERSON Lessons are TWO HOURS

ONLINE Lessons via ZOOM can be 
TWO HOURS or NINETY MINUTES.

BOOK a

ONE-HOUR TRIAL LESSON 
 

PREPAID LESSON BLOCKS:

EIGHT HOURS (FOUR TWO-HOUR LESSONS) 

DISCOUNTED at 11.5% 

MORE INFORMATION and TERMS for LESSON BLOCK STUDY
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LESSON DOCUMENTATION and MATERIALS

• IN-PERSON lessons, the student may record the lesson as a voice memo.

• ONLINE LESSONS are video recorded on ZOOM and available to the student.

To archive any digital materials (PDF handouts, audio files),

Richard sets up a private Google Drive folder for the student. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

All lesson recordings, private lesson digital files and Google Drive links are for the exclusive use by the individual student ONLY, and are NOT for public distribution or dissemination.

PAYMENT 

is processed mainly by Venmo (@Richard-Boukas) within the U.S.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

For international online payments, some transaction fees may apply. 
This cost is added to lessons fees.

For more information, current RATES and to schedule a REMOTE LESSON:

E MAIL RICHARD

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SEMI-PRIVATE and GROUP LESSONS
can be arranged for TWO and up to SEVERAL participants. Rates vary accordingly.

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MAKE-A-MASTERCLASS

Do you have a group of fellow musicians interested in the same musical topics?

You can coordinate your own MASTERCLASS with Richard via ZOOM. 
Participants can live anywhere in the world!

The more musicians who enroll, the per-student fee is reduced.

For more details:

E MAIL RICHARD
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