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20 13 Bill Griffith Guitar Students Concert
28th September 2013
We celebrated another year of guitar lessons by hosting a concert at the Sanctuary Gardens Healing Centre, Penrith.
Another fantastic turn out of family and friends were present to listen to the students playing their guitars. The youngest student of the day was seven years old.
St. Marys Music Store, on Queen Street awarded enouragement prizes to students.
Bill Griffith also presented a twenty week scholarship award to both Jack West and Manoj Majji
2012  Bill Griffith Guitar Students Concert
20th October 2012
We celebrated another year of guitar lessons by hosting a concert at the Sanctuary Gardens Healing Centre, Penrith.
Another fantastic turn out of family and friends were present to listen to the students playing their guitars. The youngest student of the day was eight years old.
St. Marys Music Store, on Queen Street awarded enouragement prizes to Cain Scanlan, Vinvent Maulio, and Nadeesha Borg at the end of the concert. Player of the week award went to Shannon Richards while player of the year award went to Jake Manickam.
Bill Griffith also presented a twenty week scholarship award to both Jack West and Manoj Majji
2011 Bill Griffith Guitar Students Concert
11 November 2011
 We celebrated the 2011 year of guitar lessons by hosting a concert at the Sanctuary Gardens Healing Centre, Penrith.
A great turn out of family and friends were present to listen to the students playing their guitars. The youngest student was seven years old.
Mr. Allan Hopkins from St. Marys Music Store, on Queen Street awarded enouragement prizes to Kasey Hall and Jack West at the end of the concert. Ross Huschison, former choreographer of Brian Henderson's Bandstand was on hand to congratulate all of the participating students. Each of the students received a small fee for playing on the day.
Mt Druitt/St Marys Standard Newspaper
Teachers passion the sound of success
11 March 2010
 OVER the years people have wondered what Bill Griffith’s real job is.
This year the St Marys guitar teacher is celebrating 40 years in business, having turned his passion into a fulltime job.
Since 1970 he has clocked up 25,000 hours or 50,000 lessons.
“I’ve made a success out of something most people said wouldn’t last, right from the start” he said.
“People always asked ‘what’s your proper job, what do you really do’ or ‘that’s all you do?”’
Aged 60, he still teaches at his house at St Marys; his students range in age from nine to 70.
“That’s the great thing about music, you can keep playing it,” he said.
“There is just so much to learn on the instrument.”
Mr Griffith has been a success—he set up audio and visual learning systems and wrote three books.
He’s also taught guitar to some of the most disadvantaged students in the state.
He started the flying guitar teachers program at Bourke and taught at Parklea, Silverwater and Parramatta jails.
“Everyone should have an opportunity (to play an instrument),” he said.
“When I was growing up, my parents battled to pay for my lessons but everyone should have the chance.
“If you don’t like it that’s fine, but at least you had a go.”
Mr Griffith opened a studio at Queen St, St Marys, in 1970, after his move from Bankstown.
After nine months he was bought-out by a restaurant so he taught at home.
“The first year in that house we had 110 students a week, classes of 10 in the lounge room,” he said.
It was also in his first year of business that he met his wife, Jacqueline.
Contact Bill today on 02 9623 8406 or 0413 855 060.
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