Mauricio Silva teaches guitar, violin at the South Florida Conservatory of Music in Hollywood, FL.
Mauricio Silva is a guitarist, violinist, and pianist with more than twenty years of training and performance experience, teaching since 2012.
He began his classical violin training at the Liceo Musical Santa Cecilia in Ibague, Colombia, and continued at the Conservatorio de Ibague, widely regarded as the country's musical capital. A scholarship for young Colombian artists brought him to the University of North Texas, the first university jazz program in the country, where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Jazz Guitar Performance. At UNT he was awarded the College of Music One O'clock Lab Band Scholarship and selected as Graduate Teaching Assistant co-directing the Popular Music Ensemble. As a performer he has played for distinguished audiences including former President George W. Bush and toured Spain, the UK, France, Belgium, and Luxembourg with Liv Warfield, a protegee of Prince. He has also led master classes in jazz and improvisation back at the Conservatorio de Ibague.
Mauricio teaches guitar, violin, and piano with a focus on discipline, consistency, and steady improvement, virtues he believes music carries into the rest of a student's life. He works equally well with beginners building their first chords and intermediate players ready to explore jazz vocabulary. Book a trial lesson with Mauricio to study with a teacher whose own path runs from classical roots in Colombia to international stages.
Trial lessons are paid, one-on-one sessions — Special trial price from $40.