David Keezing

Teaches: Guitar, ukulele, bass guitar

Pronouns: He/Him

Teaching Philosophy: I value the fact that every student is different, and view my job as helping them discover their unique sense of artistry

Music Influences: Too many! J.S. Bach, Jimi Hendrix, Nels Cline, Toru Takemitsu

When I’m not making music: I like to read, cook, play Magic: The Gathering, hang out with my wife, son, and cats

Favorite Place in Maine: Scratch Baking Co. in South Portland. Possibly my favorite place, in general!

David has experience performing in a variety of contexts, from solo classical guitar concerts throughout the eastern United States; guitar ensemble performances, including a performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint in Kilbourn Hall for the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival; chamber music; rock groups; jazz and jazz fusion; reggae; and renaissance lute in the continuo section of Eastman’s Collegium Musicum. David gigs in and around Portland, where he lives and collaborates with his wife, April, who is a singer-songwriter. 

David has 10 years of teaching experience working with students in a variety of styles and many different backgrounds and levels. As a teacher, he has taught for the Meridee Winters School of Music in Ardmore, PA, the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, the Rochester Academy of Music and Arts in Rochester, NY, the University of Rochester as a teaching assistant, and maintains a private studio. During the summers, David has taught guitar classes and coached rock bands and ensembles at Appel Farm Arts Camp in Elmer, NJ, where he was the director of the music department for several years, and was the director of the rock and jazz department at camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, ME.

David received his B.M. and M.M. in guitar performance at the Eastman School of Music, studying under guitarist and pedagogue Nicholas Goluses. David has also studied jazz guitar under Bob Sneider at Eastman and Rich Goldstein at The Hartt School, performance practice and lute under Paul O’Dette, and has studied contemporary guitar techniques under Dominic Frasca at The Monkey in NYC.