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.
  • Joined: February 18, 2025
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Brouwer Etude No. 8 and Lesson

Lesson of the Week for Classical Guitar Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 8 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel. Sheet Music: Oeuvres pour guitare (guitar works) by Brouwer – Includes the classic Estudio Sencillos (all 4 books), Deux Airs populaires cubains, Deux Themes poulaires…

Peter Graneis plays La Gaubança by Asencio

Peter Graneis plays La Gaubança from Collectici Intim by Vicente Asencio (1908–1979) on a 2010 Andrés. D. Marvi guitar.This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Great playing by Graneis, lots of crisp articulations, excitement, but some nice sweet…

Sanja Plohl Plays Ponce Preludes

Slovenian-born (Madrid based) guitarist Sanja Plohl plays Preludes No. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 from 24 Preludes by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce (1882-1948). This comes via Sanja Plohl’s YouTube Channel. There are two sets of Preludes from Ponce, the set of…

SoloDuo Play Quattro Danze by Bellafronte

The amazing Italian guitar duo SoloDuo (Lorenzo Micheli & Matteo Mela) play Quattro Danze for 2 guitars by Italian composer Raffaele Bellafronte (b. 1961) – Bossa nova (0:00), Valzer (3:02), Fox-trot (5:46), Mambo (8:11). This comes via Teatro Rossetti‘s YouTube Channel. Fantastic…

O’Carolan’s Welcome for Classical Guitar

Carolan’s Welcome (First Untitled Piece) by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). PDF sheet music or tab arranged for Easy Fingerstyle or Classical Guitar. Comes with both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. Left hand fingering, PDF Download. The level is easy-intermediate…

Gian Marco Ciampa Plays Scriabin Variations by Tansman

Italian guitarist Gian Marco Ciampa plays the theme from Variations on a Theme of Scriabin by Polish composer Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel. You can see the whole set of variations performed below by…

Leo Brouwer Interview via NPR

‘To Be Useful Is Something Incredible’: Leo Brouwer Reflects On His LegacyHeard on All Things ConsideredGo to NPR for text write up instead. “To be useful is something incredible, because you’re at the service of the world,” Brouwer says in…

Brouwer Etude No. 7 and Lesson

Leo Brouwer’s Etude No. 7 from Estudios Sencillos via my YouTube Channel. Sheet Music: Oeuvres pour guitare (guitar works) by Brouwer – Includes the classic Estudio Sencillos (all 4 books), Deux Airs populaires cubains, Deux Themes poulaires cubains, Danza del Altiplano, Piece sans…

Paul Galbraith Plays Adagio by Mozart

Paul Galbraith plays the Adagio from Sonata K570 for piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This comes via GuitarCoop and their great YouTube Channel. Galbraith is one of the great players of our time with superb performances and recordings of Bach,…

Oh Shenandoah for Easy Guitar (PDF)

Oh Shenandoah – American Folksong – Arranged for Easy Fingerstyle or Classical Guitar. Notation + TAB & Notation Editions, Fingering, PDF Download. The level is around Grade 3 or Easy / Early-Intermediate, 1st position chords with melody. This easy arrangement…

Isaac Bustos plays Prelude No. 3 by Villa-Lobos

Isaac Bustos performs Prelude No. 3 in A Minor by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via his great YouTube Channel. Audio and Video by Mark Bueno. 2013 Martin Blackwell Spruce doubletop guitar. Great performance by Bustos, filled with rubato and…

Fabio Zanon Guitar Masterclass

The legendary Fabio Zanon (one of my favorite guitarists) gives a brilliant masterclasses at the Moscow International ‘Guitar Virtuosi’ festival, 2017. This comes via the Russian Guitar Magazine on their YouTube. At first the translation pauses bothered me but actually…