Sten Hostfalt

Primary Instrument

Guitar

Location

New York City

Willing to teach

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Credentials/Background

Sten Hostfalt (b. Lulea, Sweden 1962) is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, guitar virtuoso, bassist, producer, independent record label proprietor, and music educator with three decades of documented innovative contribution to the international music scene, alongside leading names in jazz and contemporary improvised music. 

A former instructor at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and since 2009, and an invited lecturer at New World School of The Arts, at the University of Florida, Miami FL, Mr. Hostfalt has served as an instructor in Classical and Jazz Guitar, Bass, Piano, and Electronic Music at Columbia University's Teachers College, and via the Office of Continuing Education at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York CUNY*. Disclaimer: Sten Hostfalt's NYC Guitar Studio is not affiliated with Queensborough Community College or The City University of New York.

He holds a Master's Degree in Music Education from Columbia University's Teacher's College, with a NY State K-12 teaching certificate via CUNY at Brooklyn College, a Master of Music Degree in jazz Composition, and a Graduate Diploma in Jazz Performance from New England Conservatory, as an honors emissary, as well as a Bachelor of Music Degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music with honors and as an Outstanding Musicianship Recipient.

With numerous students active as professional musicians and educators in their own right. Since 2006, Sten Hostfalt has conducted his own New York City creative music of all ages, multi-genre music instruction studio, also known as one of few facilities anywhere offering systematic studies of the application and interpretation of microtonal music.

As a natural development of an innovative contribution to the New York City music scene during the past three decades (since 1994) alongside leading jazz musicians of our time. Academically formalized via education studies at Columbia University, and CUNY and through an internship at Fordham University at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Mr. Hostfalt currently implements instrumental music programs for the NYC Department of Education at P.S.189K and P.S./I.S. 295Q, where he teaches general music, including theory/composition, ensemble, piano, guitar, percussion, and wind instruments.

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Primary Instrument

Guitar

Location

New York City

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Credentials/Background

Sten Hostfalt (b. Lulea, Sweden 1962) is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, guitar virtuoso, bassist, producer, independent record label proprietor, and music educator with three decades of documented innovative contribution to the international music scene, alongside leading names in jazz and contemporary improvised music. 

A former instructor at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and since 2009, and an invited lecturer at New World School of The Arts, at the University of Florida, Miami FL, Mr. Hostfalt has served as an instructor in Classical and Jazz Guitar, Bass, Piano, and Electronic Music at Columbia University's Teachers College, and via the Office of Continuing Education at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York CUNY*. Disclaimer: Sten Hostfalt's NYC Guitar Studio is not affiliated with Queensborough Community College or The City University of New York.

He holds a Master's Degree in Music Education from Columbia University's Teacher's College, with a NY State K-12 teaching certificate via CUNY at Brooklyn College, a Master of Music Degree in jazz Composition, and a Graduate Diploma in Jazz Performance from New England Conservatory, as an honors emissary, as well as a Bachelor of Music Degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music with honors and as an Outstanding Musicianship Recipient.

With numerous students active as professional musicians and educators in their own right. Since 2006, Sten Hostfalt has conducted his own New York City creative music of all ages, multi-genre music instruction studio, also known as one of few facilities anywhere offering systematic studies of the application and interpretation of microtonal music.

As a natural development of an innovative contribution to the New York City music scene during the past three decades (since 1994) alongside leading jazz musicians of our time. Academically formalized via education studies at Columbia University, and CUNY and through an internship at Fordham University at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Mr. Hostfalt currently implements instrumental music programs for the NYC Department of Education at P.S.189K and P.S./I.S. 295Q, where he teaches general music, including theory/composition, ensemble, piano, guitar, percussion, and wind instruments.

Clinic/Workshop Information

Clinics held include at Alma Maters New England Conservatory ( 1992 ) as an Honors Jazz Ensemble Member / Award Recipient. Teaching and demonstrating the traditional Jazz performance repertoire/processes to minors and youngsters. And at Berklee College Of Music ( March 2006 ) as an invited, featured guest in mentor, and master educator Jon Damian's Creative Workshop (Over a decade after his own membership and participation) This specifically formulated as a Microtonal Workshop dealing with original self-invented instrumental techniques to interpret Joe Maneri's 72 Equal Tempered Virtual Pitch Continuum on a regular, standard 6 string/12 fret guitar. As well as a discussion of other means of pitch exploration such as tunings, prepared techniques, and electronic processing. Additional clinics participated in include those with Guillermo Klein's celebrated large mid 90's NYC ensemble "Big Van" ( that featured Aaron Goldberg, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Diego Urcola, Johanne Wiedenmueller, Jeff Ballard, Richard Nant, Sandro Tomasi, Matt Pavolka, Marc Miralta and Juan Cruz De Urquiza ) on tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina July-August 1995. As well as numerous school clinics and workshop projects as a member of the Sandviken Big Band and participant in related projects, in school concerts in Sandviken, Sweden, and at The Jazz Festival of Trencin, Slovakia btw. 1997-99. Presently clinics are offered with a focus on original microtonal performance practices and interpretations on the standard 6-string/12-fret guitar as well as related techniques such as microtonal tunings and expressing microtonality and laborating with the parameter of pitch through electronic processing 

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