Adam Rafowitz

Adam Rafowitz is an experienced guitarist in the progressive and fusion community. Born in 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he picked up the guitar at the age of six, and hasn’t looked back. He attended the Berklee College of Music and graduated in 2015 as a Guitar Performance major. His influences include artists such as Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Return to Forever, The Yellowjackets, George Benson, and many more.

In 2014, Adam gained notoriety in the music community after winning the first Strandberg Guitarworks competition, having submitted his original composition, “Perpetual Motion”. He has since been endorsed as a Strandberg Artist, and has played their guitars almost exclusively since. In 2016, Adam co-founded Arch Echo, an instrumental prog-fusion band that has seen three album releases, an EP release, and great touring success. With Arch Echo, Adam has had the opportunity to perform across the globe, including Japan, India, the EU, and North America.

When Adam isn’t performing, he has a passion for sharing the magic of music through education. He believes that a guitar instructor’s mission is not simply to teach someone how to play an instrument; it’s about mentoring a student, and fostering a love for music. He has a great passion for helping other musicians explore the art form, and, drawing on his depth of experience and education, as well as touring, recording, composing, gigging, and teaching, he hopes to ignite a lifelong passion for music in all of his students.