Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from British Columbia, Canada. He owns and edits the online publication This is Classical Guitar and sheet music store Werner Guitar Editions. He has taught a wide range of students from dedicated youth, hobbyists adults, and emerging young professionals in collage programs. Bradford taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced and performed in Greater Victoria for 20 years. He adjudicates festivals, and has given exams and masterclasses for The Alberta Provincial Festival, Mount Royal University, Calgary Guitar Society, and many more. Also see his work with the Quelus Guitar Duo, and the Victoria Guitar Trio with Michael Dias and Adrian Verdejo. The trio has commissioned numerous premieres and recorded an album on RedShift Records showcasing contemporary Canadian composers. See more at his personal website.

Lesson: Staccato Articulation for Beginner Classical Guitar

Method Book Lessons: Beginner Guitar DuetsStaccato Articulation for Beginner Classical GuitarWaltz by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) Free PDF Method Book & Lesson List: Classical Guitar Method Vol. 1Youtube Video Lesson Link (4k)Youtube Video Performance Link (4k) This is a lesson on staccato articulation…

Rachel Schiff Plays Scarlatti K322

Rachel Schiff plays her arrangement of Sonate K322 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a 2017 Ana Espinosa guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. Nice ornaments and rhythmic feel for this keyboard work by…

Guitar Studio Recital – Victoria, January, 2018

I’m very proud of my students for preparing this upcoming concert. I’m looking forward to it. Here is the proposed programme below. Picture update Jan.22nd, thanks to all for playing! Guitar Students from theStudio of Bradford WernerWood Recital HallVictoria Conservatory…

Timothy Steis Plays Bach (BWV1003)

Timothy Steis Plays the Allegro from 2nd Violin Sonata BWV 1003 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube channel. Video by Drew Henderson. Point of interest, Timothy is also a luthier and he’s playing his own guitar.…

Karmen Štendler Plays Six Balkan Miniatures by Bogdanović

Slovenian guitarist Karmen Štendler plays Six Balkan Miniatures by Serbian-born, American composer Dušan Bogdanović (b.1955). This comes via her fantastic YouTube channel with a special thanks/shoutout to David Antigüedad Mangas and Uroš Barič at Baros Studio. Great playing by Štendler, filled with sharp articulations…

Dublin Guitar Quartet Plays Aheym by Bryce Dessner

Dublin Guitar Quartet performing their transcription of Aheym (Homeward) by Bryce Dessner. Originally commissioned by the Kronos Quartet in 2009. This comes via their great YouTube Channel. Transcription by Brian Bolger and the Dublin Guitar Quartet and was approved by…

American Collection by Matthew McAllister

Matthew McAllister’s new album American Collection for solo guitar features works by composers Chick Corea, Ralph Towner, Philip Rosheger, Lou Harrison and Frank Zappa alongside a Guitar Quartet recording of the Mishima Quartet by Philip Glass. Short documentary film above via…

Jeffrey McFadden Plays Jobim

Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden continues to release a set of fantastic videos with the help of Henderson. Here he plays Eu sei que vou te amar by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), arr. McFadden. Recorded by Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson at Church of St. Mary Magdalene in…

How to manage your time more effectively

Cool vid How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) by Brian Christian via TED-Ed on YouTube. “…all the time you spend prioritizing your work is time you aren’t spending doing  it…sometimes, giving up on doing things in…

Interview with David Tanenbaum

A great interview with David Tanenbaum. This comes via Strings by Mail and their YouTube channel in collaboration with tonebase. If you are not familiar with Tanenbaum, you should be! He is a champion of new music and the guitar,…

Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan Play Rodrigo

Canadian guitarists Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan play an excerpt of the 1st movement from Tonadilla by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999). Video by the amazing  Drew Henderson. This comes via Cicchillitti’s YouTube Channel. Here’s his blurb: This is an excerpt of the 1st movement from Tonadilla by Joaquin Rodrigo.…

Kaiser Schmidt Duo Play Granados

Kaiser-Schmidt Guitar Duo (Jessica Kaiser and Jakob Schmidt) play Valses Poéticos (Intro & Melodioso) by Enrique Granados (1867–1916). This comes via their YouTube Channel. You can also check their debut CD including this work via their website. Valses Poéticos is a set of…