About
Ken Pasciak is a guitarist, composer, arranger and music educator.
Ken has collaborated with ensembles across a wide range of musical styles, including classical, jazz, rock and tango, while contributing as a guitarist, composer and arranger. He is currently a member of Deep Think, a Vermont-based trio that performs an eclectic mix of jazz standards and popular songs adapted to a jazz style. As a solo performer, Ken specializes in classical guitar, drawing from a diverse repertoire of traditional classical guitar pieces along with original compositions and arrangements.
As a guitar teacher, Ken believes that students, given the proper musical tools, will not only excel to achieve their performance goals, but will flourish as musicians. Lessons focus on the acquisition and development of playing techniques, music theory as applied to the guitar, and the application of these topics to students’ interests.
Founded in 2019, Kenneth Pasciak Music Publishing, specializes in arrangements for guitar, guitar with vocals, and guitar with various instruments and small ensembles. Original compositions and arrangements are available in a variety of genres and styles.
Ken is a graduate of the University of Buffalo and holds degrees in engineering and music. He earned a Master’s degree in music theory from the University of Massachusetts. His thesis, “A Transformational Approach to Japanese Traditional Music of the Edo Period,” develops a novel voice-leading space that yields insights into musical intervallic structure, trichordal transposition and hexachordal voice leading.
Ken is currently an affiliate artist at Middlebury College. He also teaches privately and is available for online and in-person lessons on guitar and in music theory.