Nigel Jones began learning classical guitar in 1973 at the age of 4. His teacher, David Bowler was a former pupil of Len Williams – (father of John Williams), founder of ‘The Spanish Guitar Centre’ in London. Nigel attended many concerts during the 1970’s and met many of the great guitarists such as Andres Segovia, John Williams, Julian Bream and Paco Pena.

In 1980 Nigel immigrated to Australia with his family and enrolled at the Wollongong Conservatorium. In 1989 he graduated from Wollongong University with a Diploma in Applied Science (Nursing). He then enrolled in a 3-year full-time Diploma of Music Performance course at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. Some of His teachers include; Dr Peter Calvo, Dr Stephen Snook, Greg Pickler, Australian guitarist and composer Guy Strazzulo, Robbie Varga and more recently San Francisco based flamenco guitarist, Jason (el Rubio) McGuire.

He accompanies Flamenco dance classes here in Wollongong and has been playing and teaching professionally for over 20 years. In 2004 he gave solo recitals in the South of France, the UK and the USA. Nigel is available for tuition in both Classical and Flamenco guitar styles.

He joined the staff here at the Conservatorium in 2008.