For Jack, the guitar has always been a way to express himself and find some solace in the struggles of daily life. Playing gives him time to slow down, work through what he is feeling, and enjoy making something of his own.
That experience is at the center of how he teaches. The point is not to make every student play the same way. It is to help each person build enough skill and confidence to find their own musical voice.
Lessons can be practical, patient, curious, and fun all at once. There is room for fundamentals, favorite songs, difficult chords, small wins, wrong notes, and whatever made you want to pick up a guitar in the first place.
Music is also part of the life Jack shares with his wife, Dr. Diana Jaber, a classically trained flutist. Their shared love of music is one of the things that brings them together, and they both care about helping others experience that connection through lessons.
Different instruments. Plenty in common. Meet Diana →
“Music can be somewhere you go—not one more thing you have to get right.”- Jack Troller