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.

Laura Snowden Plays Anpao

English guitarist Laura Snowden performs her composition, Anpao, in the crypt at St John’s Smith Square. I like the vocal part too, very effective, especially with the choice of filming in that beautiful crypt. The piece reminds me of Aphex Twin meets…

Celil Refik Kaya Plays Las Abejas by Barrios

Turkish born but New York based guitarist Celil Refik Kaya playing Agustín Barrios Mangoré’s Las Abejas on a great new 2015 Rafael Moreno Rodriguez classical guitar at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. You can also check…

Lesson: Hinge Barres by Gohar Vardanyan

This classical guitar lesson hinge barres is brought to you by Strings By Mail (thanks!) and the excellent Gohar Vardanyan. Hinge bars are very important once you reach the mid-intermediate level as they can get you out of tricky chord changes and make sure…

Tatyana Ryzhkova Plays Tristorosa by Villa-Lobos

Belarusian guitarist Tatyana Ryzhkova plays Tristorosa was originally written by Heitor Villa-Lobos for piano. It was one of his first pieces. Guitar made by Michel Brück. Tatyana Ryzhkova was born in 1986 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus and has…

Stefan Koim Plays Royal Winter Music by Henze

Love Henze’s music. The wonderful young German guitarist Stefan Koim plays “I. Sir Andrew Aguecheeck” from Royal Winter Music (Sonata No.2) by Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012). This work is based on Shakespearean Characters: I. Sir Andrew Aguecheeck; II. Bottom’s dream;…

Sold. New 2015 Marcus Dominelli Double Top Guitar

SOLD. 2015 Double Top Guitar by Marcus Dominelli Top: Spruce/Nomex/cedar Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood 630mm scale (short scale) Elevated fingerboard Soundport w/magnetic cover Gotoh 510 tuners w/frictionless rollers 21 fret, 51mm nut width. This guitar was built to Marcus’s own…

Nigel North (Lute) Plays Dowland Set

The wonderful Nigel North (lute) plays a set of works by English composer and lutenist John Dowland (1563–1626). The pieces are: Pavan “Solus cum sola,” Melancholy Galliard, Orlando Sleepeth, Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe. This comes via the Boston Guitarfest back in 2013 and their great YouTube Channel. You can buy…

Marieta, Mazurka by Tárrega

Marieta, Mazurka by Francisco Tárrega (Sheet Music and Tab PDF)

Marieta, Mazurka by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) – PDF Sheet Music or tab editions for Classical Guitar with free lesson and performance video. Late Intermediate Level (Grade 7-8). My Sheet Music or TAB Edition (PDF) Marieta, Mazurka by Tarrega from Werner…

Drew Henderson Plays Bach on 4 Different Guitars

Drew Henderson performs the Allemande from Suite for lute in E minor BWV 996 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) live at the Grand Guitar Salon over in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Here he’s using 4 different guitars from luthiers: Douglass Scott (Canada), Mathew Rubindall…

Oltre Duo Play Piazzolla on Guitar and Vibraphone

Oltre Duo: Mauro Tonolli (guitar) and Alessandro Bianchini (vibraphone) play Cafè 1930 on Guitar and Vibraphone by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Audio: Marco Sirio Pivetti. Video: Jacopo Salvi. Histoire du Tango for which Cafè 1930 is one movement is one of…

Review: Ponce Guitar Music, Vol. 4 by Judicaël Perroy

Ponce: Guitar Music, Vol. 4Artist: Judicaël PerroyLabel: Naxos 2016 Buy or listen to samples via Amazon: Ponce Vol 4 by Judicaël Perroy The Naxos Promotional Paragraph: Considered by many to be the founding father of 20th-century Mexican music, Manuel Ponce dedicated himself…

Jean-François Desrosby Plays Koyunbaba

Canadian guitarist Jean-François Desrosby plays the famous Koyunbaba, mvt. IV, composed by Carlo Domeniconi (b.1947). Guitar by Antonius Müller, 2013. String are Savarez Cantiga / New Cristal strings. Jean-François is teaching classical guitar at University of Sherbrooke School of Music, Canada. Nice work,…