



Hi! My name is Joe Tollefsen. I've been playing guitar since I was about nine, and started taking lessons at the age of twelve. In middle school and high school, I became very invested in playing, performing, and recording music, and even building (primitive) instruments out of cigar boxes. I realized that I need to pursue this passion for music at the collegiate and professional levels; I graduated with degrees in writing and music from Johns Hopkins in 2022 and am now pursuing a Masters in guitar performance at the Yale School of Music. I've been teaching online lessons since the summer of 2021 and am also teaching a selection of Yale students taking secondary lessons. I love music, and love sharing what I know about the guitar!
I played electric guitar weekly for a gospel choir.
I played weekly for patrons of the Mercer House Estate Winery.
I teach guitar online online through a platform called Echokids.
I work as a student assistant at the Arthur Friedheim Music Library at Peabody. I assist patrons at the front desk and work on side projects including score sewing and processing.
I received a Bachelor of Arts in Writing Seminars (which is basically a creative writing/general liberal arts degree) at Johns Hopkins in 2022.
I received a Bachelor of Music in guitar performance from the Peabody Conservatory in 2022.