Marc Foman is the owner and founder of Marc's Guitar Center. He and his partner Linda Volz have been operating the business since 1978. He holds a bachelor's degree in honors English from the University of Massachusetts. You can often find him on the sales floor of his store talking about his two favorite subjects: Beatles music & music theory as it applies to the guitar fretboard.

Linda Volz

Linda Volz is the co-owner of Marc's Guitar Center. She runs the back office and keeps the rest of us out of trouble. Linda has a BA degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts and plays classical piano in her “spare time.”

Darrin Hargis

Darrin Hargis has been at Marc's for over twelve years teaching guitar, bass, mandolin, and banjo. In college he studied guitar at the University of New Mexico under Michael Chapdelaine and graduated on the Dean's list with a BA in music performance. In addition to his university studies, he has studied in master classes with great classical guitarists such as Ricardo Cobo, David Starobin (Peabody Institute), William Kannengiser (UCLA), and Bruce Holzeman (Florida State). During his university studies, he taught three summers at Hummingbird Music Camp. Darrin has performed extensively throughout the southwest with various groups including Micky Cruz and Sismo, Albuquerque Civic Light Opera (Musical Theater Southwest), and the New Mexico Reperatory Theater in such shows as Chicago, Blood Wedding, Three Penny Opera, and A Chorus Line

RJ Perez

RJ Perez has been teaching at Marc's Guitar for over 4 years now. He obtained his Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance at UNM under the instruction of Micheal Chapoclaine. In addition to teaching RJ also performs at weddings and parties. He also records and performs with various musicians in and around the Southwestern area. RJ is a very laidback guy, likes to joke around and provides a very fun and easygoing learning environment.

Jonny Heffern

Jonny Heffern is a valuable addition to the Marc's Guitar sales floor and repair bench. Jonny is a self taught musician who excels on drums and guitar. He is also quite proficient on bass, keyboards and vocals. He is usually busy jamming with his band Holdout Heroes.