biographies of personalities in the guitar teaching world
Adrian Ingram
Alice Artzt
Angel Gilardino
Anthony Dodds
Anthony has taught guitar for over twenty years and is based in West Dorset and East Devon. He gained his teacher’s diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in 1988. He is also the editor of the Capriol series of books which specialize in English music
Brian Jeffery
Chris Kilvington
Colin Tommis
Colin Tommis is founder of the Anglesey Guitar Ensemble. He is a songwriter and composer and works closely with the National Youth Guitar Ensemble of Great Britain.
His own ensemble has twice won the national guitar orchestra competition and, apart from working on Anglesey he teaches at the Bath International Guitar Festival.
He is an adjudicator of competitions and music festivals, and has sat on guitar panels adjudicating across the world.
www.colintommis.com
Dominique Royle
DUSAN BOGDANOVIC
Fiona Harrison
Fiona Harrison gained her undergraduate degree at the Royal College of Music and Master of Music degree from Yale University, USA. She has worked for the ABRSM professional development team since 1999, co-directed numerous residential flute and guitar courses and been a guest tutor at international guitar festivals, including the summer festival at West Dean, UK. Additionally, Fiona has broadcast live on BBC radio, appeared on television and performed the Rodrigo “Concierto de Aranjuez” in the UK and Spain. Her flute and guitar ensemble work includes performances in the Barbican Centre and London Purcell Room.
Gilbert Biberian
Ginette Eady
Gordon Crosskey
Graham Wade
John Compton
John took up the classical guitar at 17, being taught by John Cadman. John is now the Guitar Specialist Team Leader at High Wycombe Music Centre. He has been both an EGTA Executive Committee member and a core member of the FMS Classical Guitar Faculty . He publishes music for Guitar Solo (Scenes & Themes) and Ensemble and his Ensembles have been NFMY finalists on several occasions, most recently 2006. Whilst continuing his continual professional development, John maintains his performing skills playing with the Aragon Quartet. To relax, John enjoys building and flying large radio controlled model aircraft. (when he wins the Lottery, it’ll be the real thing…)
John Mills
John Sloboda
Jonathan Leathwood
JONATHAN LEATHWOOD was born in 1970 and teaches in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. His first visit to the Lamont School of Music (at DU) was in 1996, when he spent the Spring Quarter as visiting Head of Guitar at the invitation of Ricardo Iznaola, then on sabbatical. Recently Denver University awarded him its Artist’s Diploma, the first time they have made this award in individual performance, and made him the first recipient of the Ricardo Iznaola Guitar Scholarship. Jonathan is also guitar instructor at the University of Northern Colorado.
Lorenzo Micheli
Luke Dunlea
Marco Schmidt
Neil Smith
Nicola Culf
Paul Carroll
Penny Sewell
Peter Constant
Ray Love
Rebecca Crosby
Ricardo Iznaola
Richard Provost
Richard Wright
Richard teaches guitar at the Yehudi Menuhin School. He chaired the EGTA(UK) Grade Exams Working Party and led the classical guitar team for A Common Approach 2002. He was a consultant for the ABRSM’s Music Medals scheme and is currently helping to develop their 2009 grade exam syllabus. From 2002–2004 Richard was the Musical Director of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.
Robert Spencer
Stephen Goss
Stephen Kenyon
Stuart Button
Trevor Semple
Wendy Jackson
Wendy Jackson began learning the guitar at the age of 9 and studied with David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior Department, and later with Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where she became the first guitarist to be awarded a competitive scholarship.
Wendy has given many solo recitals in London and the North West, and has appeared several times on Independent Television and BBC radio. Outside Britain she has performed in Belgium and Hungary, and undertaken a British Council tour of Africa. In addition to her solo career, Wendy also performs regularly with members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the “Ensemble of St Luke’s”, and has appeared with their contemporary music group “Ensemble 10:10”.
As a guitar teacher, Wendy has taught students of all ages and abilities, and teaches the guitar at Chetham’s School of Music, Junior RNCM and the University of Manchester.
Chris Susans
Colin Tommis
Colin Tommis is founder of the Anglesey Guitar Ensemble. He is a songwriter and composer and works closely with the National Youth Guitar Ensemble of Great Britain.
His own ensemble has twice won the national guitar orchestra competition and is the only guitar ensemble ever to appear on the BBC television programme "Blue Peter."
Fiona Harrison
Fiona Harrison gained her undergraduate degree at the Royal College of Music and Master of Music degree from Yale University, USA. She has worked for the ABRSM professional development team since 1999, co-directed numerous residential flute and guitar courses and been a guest tutor at international guitar festivals, including the summer festival at West Dean, UK. Additionally, Fiona has broadcast live on BBC radio, appeared on television and performed the Rodrigo “Concierto de Aranjuez” in the UK and Spain. Her flute and guitar ensemble work includes performances in the Barbican Centre and London Purcell Room.
Ginette Eady
Jonathan Leathwood
JONATHAN LEATHWOOD was born in 1970 and teaches in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. His first visit to the Lamont School of Music (at DU) was in 1996, when he spent the Spring Quarter as visiting Head of Guitar at the invitation of Ricardo Iznaola, then on sabbatical. Recently Denver University awarded him its Artist’s Diploma, the first time they have made this award in individual performance, and made him the first recipient of the Ricardo Iznaola Guitar Scholarship. Jonathan is also guitar instructor at the University of Northern Colorado.
Liz Larner
After Studying with Mark Ashford and Simon Dinnigan she graduated with Honours from the Birmingham Conservatoire in 2003 having been awarded the Conservatoire Guitar Prize and the Rollason Music Award. She continued her postgraduate studies with Mark Ashford and in 2006 was awarded a Postgraduate in Music with Commendation.
Liz has participated in major guitar festivals in Europe and she is becoming a popular recitalist at music societies and festivals.
As well as a soloist, Liz is a passionate and versatile chamber musician. She performs across Europe in recitals with guitarist Gordon Dunn and in The Zollisi Flute & Guitar Duo with Royal Academy Graduate Flautist Anna Logan www.liz-larner.co.uk/zollisi.html. Liz is based in Birmingham. She teaches privately and tutors for Edgbaston High School for Girls, King Edwards High School for Girls (Birmingham) and is resident guitar tutor at The University of Warwick. She is currently a tutor for the renowned Bath International Festival.
Ray Love
Richard Wright
Richard teaches guitar at the Yehudi Menuhin School. He chaired the EGTA(UK) Grade Exams Working Party and led the classical guitar team for A Common Approach 2002. He was a consultant for the ABRSM’s Music Medals scheme and is currently helping to develop their 2009 grade exam syllabus. From 2002–2004 Richard was the Musical Director of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.
Tony Dodds
Wendy Jackson
Wendy Jackson began learning the guitar at the age of 9 and studied with David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior Department, and later with Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where she became the first guitarist to be awarded a competitive scholarship.
Wendy has given many solo recitals in London and the North West, and has appeared several times on Independent Television and BBC radio. Outside Britain she has performed in Belgium and Hungary, and undertaken a British Council tour of Africa. In addition to her solo career, Wendy also performs regularly with members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the “Ensemble of St Luke’s”, and has appeared with their contemporary music group “Ensemble 10:10”.
As a guitar teacher, Wendy has taught students of all ages and abilities, and teaches the guitar at Chetham’s School of Music, Junior RNCM and the University of Manchester.