Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

Making a Rosette for Classical Guitar

Making a Rosette for Classical Guitar – Great to see this video of luthier Evan Kingma making a rosette for classical guitars via his YouTube channel. Such intricate and beautiful work! He’s what he had to say via his description:…

Émilie Fend Classical Guitar Concert

Émilie Fend performs a concert including repertoire by Giulio Regondi, Manuel Ponce, Dilermando Reis, and Silvestre Fonseca. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel where you can also see which guitars are being played in the description. I’m so impressed with Fend’s…

Marko Topchii Plays Zahir by Francesco Sgambati

Ukrainian classical guitarist Marko Topchii performs Zahir by Francesco Sgambati (b.1990) which was the winning entry of the DGF’s 4th composition contest. Performed Live at the 2024 Groningen Guitar Festival. The score for ‘Zahir’ will be published soon at Donemus. This comes…

The Life and Times of Catharina Pratten by Emma Rush

The Life and Times of Catharina PrattenEmma RushWrite-up and Liner Notes Emma Rush has an interesting new album out with a repertoire theme centred around Catharina Pratten. As she mentions, “The Life and Times of Catharina Pratten includes seven previously…

Liying Zhu Plays Allegro from Five Bagatelles by Walton

The amazing Liying Zhu performs the first movement Allegro from Five Bagatelles for Guitar by English composer Sir William Walton (1902-1983). This video comes from the amazing GuitarCoop and their fantastic YouTube Channel. I am always impressed by Zhu’s playing with beautiful phrasing and the…

What chair do I use for classical guitar?

What Chair Do I Use for Classical Guitar? In this video I look at the best two chairs for classical guitar that I’ve found so far. One is a drum throne and the other an antique piano stool. The Drum…

Ben Diamond Plays Collectici Intim by Asencio

Canadian guitarist Ben Diamond performs Collectici Intim by Spanish composer Vicente Asencio (1908–1979). This comes via Diamond’s YouTube channel (go subscribe now). Movements: I. La Serenor; II. La Joia; III. La Calma; IV. La Gaubança; V. La Frisança. Great performance by Diamond with nice elegant…

Ariel Abramovich and Inés Alonso Perform Bella de vos son amorós

Ariel Abramovich (vihuela de mano) and Inés Alonso (soprano) perform Bella de vos son amorós – Anónimo (Cancionero de Uppsala, S. XVI). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Such a charming performance with so much rhythmic interest. “From: “Villancicos de diversos autores, a dos, y…

Six Misconceptions About Grade Levels in Music Studies

Six Misconceptions About Grade Levels in Music Studies and Classical Guitar. In this video I cover 6 major misconceptions about grade levels in music. I don’t really believe in grades in music. Higher grade music isn’t better music and doesn’t mean…

Hao Yang Plays Canzonetta, Op.12 by Mendelssohn

Hao Yang performs Canzonetta from String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 12 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). This comes via Guitars International via their YouTube channel with video and recording by Drew Henderson. Amazing performance once again from Hao Yang with such controlled articulations and beautiful directional…

SoloDuo Play Notturno by Respighi

SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) perform Notturno (1904), from Six Piano Pieces by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936). Arranged for two guitars by Lorenzo Micheli. This comes via Micheli and SoloDuo’s YouTube channel with filming in Toronto, Ontario by Drew Henderson. Always beautiful playing by SoloDuo…