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- Born Preston, England, 1958; later moved to Liverpool
- Graduated with highest honors from Sandown College of
Performing Arts, the University of Liverpool, and the University of
North Texas
- International Prizes: Guitar Foundation of America
International Guitar Competition; Myra Hess Award, London
- Performed extensively as recital and concerto soloist
throughout the United States and Europe
- Recordings for Heartdance Music, Reference Recordings, Aeloian Records
and Zillion records
- Extensive list of best-selling publications in the Stanley
Yates Series with Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
- Interviews and feature reviews in numerous
international guitar and music journals
- Dedicatee of compositions from numerous American and
European composers
- First modern performer of rediscovered works, including
Heitor Villa-Lobos' Valse Concerto no. 2, and concertos by Shand,
Viotti, Doisy and Vidal.
- Elected advisory board member of the Guitar Foundation
of America and the European Guitar Teachers' Association
- Presented masterclasses / lectures throughout the US
and Europe, including The Royal Academy of Music, London; the Royal
Northern College of Music, Manchester; the Glen Gould Professional
School \ Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto; Cleveland Institute of
Music; Cincinnati College-Conservatory; North Carolina School of the
Arts.
- Featured in "The Classical Guitar: It's Players
and Personalities since 1800" (Ashley Mark Publishing, 2002)
- Published numerous articles in scholarly journals (J.
S. Bach, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, Spanish composer Isaac
Albeniz, 19th-century guitar composer Fernando Sor, the 19th-century
guitar sonata).
- Professor of Music at Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville, TN. University award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement
2002.
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