Intro to Guitar
National accessArts Centre
Days: Thursdays, 1 – 3pm
Dates: August 21 – September 11, 2025
Location: National accessArts Centre (8038 Fairmount Dr. SE)
Cost: Free
During this 4-week class, you’ll learn the basics of guitar.
If you’re interested in learning how to play guitar in a safe learning environment with peers, exploring ways to play and learn that work for you (including through drawing), listening to existing guitar music, and jamming with friends, this class is for you!
A guitar will be provided to artists by the NaAC.
For more information and to register, please visit the National accessArts Centre’s website at accessarts.ca/whats-on/intro-to-guitar.
About the instructor
Ado Nkemka is a pop-rock musician and multidisciplinary writer (theatre, poetry, journalism) with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Her artistic practice and education inform her perspective, channeling her visceral responses to personal experiences through art while interrogating power, her own identity development, as well as her relationship to self and the outside world.
From 2022-2024 she was a part of Mount Royal University’s Artist as Changemaker residency program, collaborating with the Alcove Centre for the Arts on a project titled “Letters to my Younger Self; Exploring Inclusivity in the Arts.” She has also worked on Western University’s FAARM project since early 2024, sharing her songwriting knowledge with NaAC artists.
Ado has performed at Sled Island, SoundOFF Summit, and FoundFest, among other events. She was a part of the 2023-2024 TD Incubator program offered by Arts Commons and also participated in MacEwan University’s TD Artist in Residence program. Ado’s music has been broadcasted across Canadian radio stations including CBC, CKUA, X.92.9, UMFM.
