about chodosh guitar 

Chodosh Guitar maintains professional standards and an ethical dedication toward the students' education.  Students are offered a variety of choices including straight ahead performance or the more sophisticated theory and composition curriculum.  As well, varying degrees of difficulty are employed so that we can best suite those needs ranging from the hobbyist strummer to the screaming soloist, the aspiring-writer and the creative arranger student.

We have experience teaching ages ranging from 6 to over eighty and our students'  levels of achievement have spanned from absolute beginners to professional players with years of performance under their belts.  Even music directors and professional guitar teachers have come to Chodosh Guitar to hone their skills and to improve their knowledge of music theory.  

Whether your goal is for personal enjoyment or to pursue a career as a professional musician, we have the knowledge and experience to help you achieve that dream.

Michael Chodosh studied arranging and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has performed concerts and shows at clubs throughout the United States with such groups as Rock Around the Clock, The Vision, Latin Fire, Forward Motion, The Freddie Bell Show, Legends in Concert, The Checkmates, My Brother and Me,  The Sherman Gunn Big Band, The Steve Michaels Band, The Casa de Carr show, Shanakee and many more.

Before locating in Las Vegas, Nevada and performing at most of the casinos there, Michael ran the Chodosh Guitar and Music Theory School in Elko, Nevada. There he performed and composed pieces for the Northern Nevada Concert Orchestra,  The American Cancer Foundation and The American Heart Foundation. He also held classes at the Northern Nevada Community College and was the principal founder of the Elko Jazz Festival which is still on-going today.