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13421 North Saguaro Boulevard, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268Monday to Thursday: 3 pm to 8:30 pm · Friday: 3 pm to 6 pm · Saturday: 9 am to 2 pm · Sunday: ClosedMonday to Thursday: 3 pm to 8:30 pm(480) 555-0121

Our teachers

Five teachers, four kinds of guitar

The days beside each name are the days that teacher is in.

  • Refugio Moncada, director and classical guitar teacher, seated with a nylon-string guitar

    Refugio Moncada

    Director · Classical and acoustic guitar · Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat

    Refugio started Capo so that people in Fountain Hills could learn guitar close to home. He teaches classical and acoustic guitar, and he is happy to talk through a first guitar with any family before they buy one. He is in on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and he speaks Spanish with students and families.

  • Ansley Bowles, acoustic guitar teacher, seated with a nylon-string guitar

    Ansley Bowles

    Acoustic guitar and songwriting · Tue, Thu, Sat

    Ansley teaches acoustic guitar, strumming, fingerpicking and songwriting, to teens and adults who want to sing along or write their own. She teaches on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

  • Jasper Leake, electric guitar teacher, seated with a guitar

    Jasper Leake

    Electric guitar · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri

    Jasper teaches electric guitar: riffs, power chords and the first solo. Students plug into an amp in the room, and earplugs are on the shelf. He teaches on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and leads the teen band lab on Thursday evening.

  • Sabra Coachman, bass teacher, seated with an upright bass

    Sabra Coachman

    Bass, electric and upright · Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

    Sabra teaches bass, electric and upright, with a steady pulse first and the bass lines of songs students know. She teaches on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and sits in with the band labs.

  • Landry Eckert, acoustic guitar and mandolin teacher, seated with a mandolin

    Landry Eckert

    Acoustic guitar and mandolin · Mon, Wed, Sat

    Landry teaches acoustic guitar and mandolin, and leads the adult beginner group on Monday and the adult band lab on Saturday. He teaches on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and he speaks Spanish with students and families.

Languages

Who speaks what

  • Spoken in lessons and at the front desk

    • Spanish

      Refugio and Landry speak Spanish with students and families.

    • English

      All five teachers teach in English.

Sample credentials.

Meet your teacher at a placement visit

A teacher listens, you talk, and we match you with a teacher and a weekly time.