JAY WEIK
Jay Weik is the author of Daily Dexterity Studies for the Guitarist: A 24-Week Program also published internationally by Mel Bay Publications. Credits include the film score to Now I Know You and the CD One Way Ticket, both available from Dharma Communications (zen-mtn.org) and a recent tour of New Zealand. Jay performs jazz and classical music in the greater New England area, has taught for the Chopin Conservatory, and maintains his private teaching practice in Boston. Mr. Weik began his study of the guitar in 1977 and holds a B.M. from Berklee College of Music and an M.M. in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory. A jukai student of John Daido Loon Roshi, abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, Jay holds a Nidan (2nd degree Blackbelt) and is an assistant instructor under Bill Gleason Sensei at Shobu Aikido of Boston. Current projects under construction include a recording featuring acoustic nylon string guitar, shakuhachi flute, and percussion, and the guitarwisdon.com website. As a composer, performer, and educator, Jay is dedicated to helping musicians use their practice of music in the process of self-discovery and evolution, and to helping others.