Meet The Team

Jon Taubman
Owner/Guitar Instructor

Jon grew up in the Northshore of Massachusetts where he started playing flute in 4th grade. The flute progressed to guitar in middle school and then became a healthy obsession in high school. At the University of Wisconsin, he received a bachelor’s degree in Music Composition and Jazz Arranging. As his musical journey progressed, he realized the power of music as a universal language that celebrates creativity, culture, and community. Today, he is building a new community sharing his experience, knowledge, and passion for teaching music at the Reading School of Guitar.

Emily Narahara
Marketing Manager

Hailing from the Boston area, Emily enjoys hiking, art, puzzles, and origami in her free time. She graduated from SNHU in 2022 with a degree in communications and joined the Reading School of Guitar team in 2023. Emily’s favorite music genres are indie, blues, folk rock, and rock.

Adrian Sugrim
Guitar Instructor

Originally from Queens, New York, Adrian graduated from York College with a bachelor's degree in Music Performance and a minor in Education. Adrian is an educator in Boston Public Schools and has been working in classrooms for over 10 years. He enjoys creating music cover videos and playing multiple styles of music, including R&B, Rock, J-Rock, Hip Hop, Bollywood, Improv, and Looping.

Seamus Hawks
Guitar Instructor

Growing up in Western Massachusetts, Seamus graduated Berklee in 2023 with a degree in Guitar Performance. While attending Berklee, he studied rock, blues, jazz, flamenco, fusion, classical, and slide-guitar. He also studied his musical heroes Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Marc Ribot. Seamus became ‘hooked for life’ when he began playing the guitar at age 13. He has been teaching guitar since high school, where he discovered that he loved the teaching process just as much as he loved playing.