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.

Bradford Werner Plays Sarabande for Guitar by Francis Poulenc

Bradford Werner plays Sarabande for Guitar, To Ida Presti, (FP179) by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). Composed in 1960. I love this piece for it’s motivic repetition and overall calm feel. Sheet Music: I’m using this Recordi edition via SMP but changed…

Katalin Koltai Plays Bartok

Katalin Koltai plays The Night’s Music (Az éjszaka zenéje) from Out of Doors (Szabadban) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945). This comes via Koltai’s YouTube channel. Out of Doors is a set of five piano solo pieces by Bartók written around 1926.…

Classical Guitar Strings Review

Classical guitar string reviews. On this page I’ll be doing mini-reviews of strings so you can find the best classical guitar string for your guitar. I can only review strings I’ve actually tried out so some are missing. Strings are…

Lesson: Early-Advanced Technique Routine

This routine is from my new book Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios. The 122 page book includes: Practice Routines, Tips, 100 Open String Exercises, 120 Giuliani Arpeggios, Scales, Slur Exercises, Shifts, Finger Independence, Barre, Tremolo, Common Harmonics, and much…

Lesson: Late-Intermediate Technique Routine

This routine is from my new book Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios. The 122 page book includes: Practice Routines, Tips, 100 Open String Exercises, 120 Giuliani Arpeggios, Scales, Slur Exercises, Shifts, Finger Independence, Barre, Tremolo, Common Harmonics, and much…

Duo Vitare Play Mauro Godoy Villalobos Double Concerto

Duo Vitare Play Mauro Godoy Villalobos Double Concerto

Duo Vitare, Agnieszka Kotulska-Rahunen (Cello) and Kimmo Rahunen (Guitar), play the 1st Movement from Mauro Godoy Villalobos‘ Double Concerto for Cello & Guitar. This comes via Duo Vitare’s YouTube channel. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1967, Mauro Godoy Villalobos grew…

Leshnoff Guitar Concerto

Jason Vieaux Album: Leshnoff’s Guitar Concerto

Jonathan Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4, Guitar Concerto, StarburstNashville Symphony (Giancarlo Guerrero), Violins of Hope, Jason Vieaux (guitar)Naxos Records, 2019 Buy, Listen, & Learn More:  Naxos |  Amazon |  iTunes |  Spotify An exciting new release via Naxos Records of the…

Fechner-Pyeon Play Piazzolla

Tomasz Fechner (guitar) and Deanna Pyeon (flute) play the third movement, Nightclub 1960, from L’Histoire du Tango by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their great YouTube channel. Nice rhythmic ensemble playing and excellent flute work on…

Classical Guitar - Contemporary Concepts by Sean Thrower

Classical Guitar: Contemporary Concepts by Sean Thrower

Classical Guitar: Contemporary Concepts 1Way to Play Guitar Series by FJH Music Companyby Sean Thrower and Edited by Philip Groeber Buy the book via FJH Music or Amazon I was happy to receive this copy of Sean Thrower’s new book…

Weimar Quartet Play Basque Songs by Guridi

Weimar Guitar Quartet (Stephanie Jones, Hanna Link, Karmen Stendler, Jakob Schmidt) play Basque Songs by Jesús Guridi (1886 – 1961). You can read about the piece below via Stendler’s YouTube but also see my recent post about their fantastic debut album. Have fun…

Lesson: Intermediate Technique Routine for Classical Guitar

This routine is from my new book Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios. The 122 page book includes: Practice Routines, Tips, 100 Open String Exercises, 120 Giuliani Arpeggios, Scales, Slur Exercises, Shifts, Finger Independence, Barre, Tremolo, Common Harmonics, and much…

Rupert Boyd – The Guitar

Rupert Boyd – The GuitarArtist WebsiteSono Luminus Records 2019 Buy, Listen, Learn More: Sono Luminus | Amazon |Apple Music | Spotify Rupert Boyd has been featured on the site numerous times and has clearly established himself as a top notch…