About Max Kitching
Maximilian Kitching is an American Guitarist who has been classically educated and trained within the United Kingdom.
After joining his high school’s jazz band, Max developed an ambition to excel as a serious full-time musician. Having chosen Jazz Guitar as his medium for musicianship, it would take a great deal of dedication to reach the heights of his potential.
Max’s path towards growth in Jazz Guitar included a year in one of North America’s finest youth jazz orchestras; North Carolina’s Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble.
The award winning Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble (TYJE) is based in Raleigh under the direction of Dr. Gregg Gelb. TYJE is for advanced musicians in grades 8 – 12 who want to develop the skills to perform a wide range of jazz compositions. The ensemble provides the opportunity for members to study and perform the best of big band jazz in a professional setting. The 2015-2019 Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble have been selected to go to New York City for the Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Festival.
International Education
In 2018, Max made his move to England to pursue a University education in music performance at the Guildford’s Academy of Contemporary Music.
The ACM Musicianship & Guitar Degree entails all of the essential knowledge and skills required to excel within the contemporary music industry, and much more. Several key areas that thread throughout the ACM Guitar Program include, but are not limited to:
- Technology Proficiency
- Technical Performance
- Fretboard Systems
- Dynamic and Expressive Performance
- Advanced Music Theory
- Modern Melodic, Harmonic & Rhythmic Vocabulary
- Modern Improvisation
- Modern Session Skills
- Musical Directorship
- Ensemble Skills
Teaching Guitar & Modern Performance
Max has performed in both the Jazz and Contemporary music genres live in venues from Guildford in London, England to Greensboro, North Carolina. His passion for music theory and his in-depth knowledge of guitar give him a deep insight into musical performance and make him a very flexible musician.
Some of Max’s Musical Influences include:
- Pat Metheny
- Kazumi Watanabe
- Bill Frisell
After completing his Degree in Guitar Performance at the Academy of Contemporary Music in London, Max returned to the United States to begin the current chapter of his musical career.
As a proven performer, Max began the path of learning to teach Guitar Performance to other burgeoning musicians of all ages. As a leading professional teacher at Guitar Center in West Palm Beach, FL since 2021, Max has honed his teaching skills with beginner, intermediate, and advanced guitar enthusiasts from all walks of life.
Guitar Pro Max Kitching now provides more in-depth private lessons, meeting a demand from his students for more of his time and talent. If you have read this far, I look forward to our first guitar lesson!
