Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from British Columbia, Canada. He owns and edits the online publication This is Classical Guitar and sheet music store Werner Guitar Editions. He has taught a wide range of students from dedicated youth, hobbyists adults, and emerging young professionals in collage programs. Bradford taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced and performed in Greater Victoria for 20 years. He adjudicates festivals, and has given exams and masterclasses for The Alberta Provincial Festival, Mount Royal University, Calgary Guitar Society, and many more. Also see his work with the Quelus Guitar Duo, and the Victoria Guitar Trio with Michael Dias and Adrian Verdejo. The trio has commissioned numerous premieres and recorded an album on RedShift Records showcasing contemporary Canadian composers. See more at his personal website.

Easy Classical Guitar Volume 1

Easy Classical Guitar Volume 1 – 15 Authentic Pieces from the Renaissance to Romantic era. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar with video lessons. All works from guitar and lute sources. Comes with both a notation edition with…

Marcin Dylla Plays Tansman

Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla plays Valse Romantique from Polish composer Aleksander Tansman’s Hommage à Chopin, for guitar (1966). As Chopin was also from from Poland, this is triple-Polish! This comes via the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. You can also check out the…

Tariq Harb Plays Serenata Española by Malats

Up close and orange. Jordanian-Canadian guitarist Tariq Harb plays Serenata Española by Spanish composer/pianist Joaquín Malats (1872–1912). Harb mentions on his YouTube: “It is originally written for piano and this is an arrangement I did of it for guitar. It…

Rob MacDonald Plays Forged by Räisänen

Canadian guitarist Rob MacDonald plays Forged (2005) by Tomi Räisänen (b. 1976 Finland). This comes via his Youtube channel. Video and sound is produced by the amazing Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson. Rob is one of my favourite guitar players, his new music…

Andrew Zohn plays Xodó da Baiana by Reis

American guitarist Andrew Zohn plays Xodó da Baiana by Brazilian composer & guitarist Dilermando Reis (1916-1977). Filmed at the Schwob School of Music. Audio by Matthew McCabe. Video by Canadian guitarist and producer Drew Henderson. Fun little work, light but looks like…

Drew Henderson Plays Bach BWV 1003

The fantastic Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays the Adagio and Fuga from J.S. Bach’s second Sonata for Solo Violin BWV 1003. In his own words: “This arrangement draws upon material from Bach’s own arrangement of this piece for keyboard BWV…

McAllister Lesson: Vibrato on Guitar

Matthew McAllister gives a lesson on vibrato for guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. Great lesson with much information regarding the bigger-picture in terms of using vibrato in the context of music in general. If you’re looking for a technique…

Kupinski Duo Play Piazzolla

Kupinski Duo (Ewa Jablczynska & Dariusz Kupinski) playing their arrangement of Zita by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Dariusz plays a 2016 Felipe Conde Jr. and Ewa plays a 1990 Brian Cohen. This comes via the Guitar Salon Internationalshowroom in Santa…

Guitare Alla Grande 2016 by Heather Morand Clark

Guitare Alla GrandeOttawa, CanadaFebruary 11-14, 2016By Heather Morand ClarkPresident of the Guitar Society of Toronto The weekend of February 11-14 saw students from nine Ontario and Quebec schools gathered in Ottawa for a weekend of concerts featuring the incomparable Czech…

Douglas Hensley and Cathy Fern Lewis play Sharman

Cathy Fern Lewis (voice) & Douglas Hensley (lute) play “She walks in Beauty” by Vancouver-based composer Rodney Sharman. Recorded at Wood Recital Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, BC, May 2016. I recently recorded a new work for some colleagues of…

Xuanxuan Sun Plays Gigue BWV 1004

Xuanxuan Sun Plays Gigue BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) (孙绚绚演奏巴赫1004吉格). Such nice clean playing, I love watching her fingers. Cool and calm wins the race. Xuanxuan Sun is a Guitarist from Qingdao, China. Sun holds a Bacheler and Master…

Adam Cicchillitti Plays Roux

Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti plays Par Vents et Marées written in 2013 by Canadian guitarist and composer Patrick Roux for his wife Chantal Gagnon. Par Vents et Marées is one of Patrick Roux’s ‘Panoramic Scenes’ for solo guitar. Audio and…