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 94,000 subscribers and 13 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.

For Sale: Refinished Dominelli Classical Guitar

Refinished Marcus Dominelli Classical Guitar for SaleSOLD  Refinished French Polish & Action Adjustment by Marcus (Jan. 2017) Condition: Like New. A couple of small nail marks but the refinish cleans them up. 650mm, all-wood lattice bracing Cedar Top, Claro Walnut Back and…

Matt Palmer plays Night by Rudnev

Guitarist Matt Palmer plays Night by guitarist and composer Sergei Rudnev. Palmer is a great player and the Director of Guitar Studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and Coordinator of the Eastern Shore Guitar Festival and Workshop. You can…

Marco Ramelli plays Preludio I & II by Selvafiorita

Marco Ramelli plays Preludio I (Omaggio a Nathan Van Cleave) & Preludio II (a Marco Ramelli) by Fabio Selvafiorita. This comes via Selvafiorita’s Youtube Channel. Born in Milan (Italy), Marco Ramelli graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Fabio Selvafiorita…

Irina Kulikova plays Vassiliev Mogiana

Russian guitarist Irina Kulikova playing Konstantin Vassiliev‘s Mogiana on a 2007 Gernot Wagner classical guitar. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. This comes via their great YouTube channel. Great playing from Kulikova, clean, articulate, nice…

Alexandra Whittingham plays Brouwer

British guitarist Alexandra Whittingham (19) plays Un Dia de Noviembre by Leo Brouwer (b.1939). “After studying classical guitar, piano, jazz guitar and composition at the world-renowned Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, nineteen year old Alexandra Whittingham now studies…

Derelict Hands Play Schoenberg

Derelict Hands with Calum Borthwick (Scotland) and Russ Callison (US) play Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke by Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), arranged by Calum Borthwick. Schoenberg was one of the most influential musical minds of the 20th century regardless of what labels people slap…

John Schnieder – Interview and Performance on Microtonal Guitar

The amazing John Schneider discusses microtonal music and the experimental 1976 Daniel Friederich meantone guitar with David Collett, president of Guitar Salon International. Part 1 of 3, with performances by Mak Grgic. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in…

Derek Gripper Plays Kora Music

South African guitarist Derek Gripper plays Kora music and original pieces. This comes via NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert on YouTube. Here he plays a set of works: Tuth Jara (Trad. Arr. Gripper), Joni (Derek Gripper), Jarabi (Trad. Arr. Gripper), Duga…

Kevin Loh Plays Sonatina meridional by Ponce

Singapore guitarist Kevin Loh (18) plays Sonatina meridional (1939) by Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948). This comes via his YouTube Channel. Ponce wrote a great deal of guitar music for Segovia and they are some of the best pieces in…

Adagio for cello and guitar by Drozd

Valentino Worlitzsch (cello) & Sanel Redžić (guitar) perform Adagio op. 44I for cello and guitar by Polish composer Gerard Drozd. This comes via Gerard Drozd’s YouTube Channel. Live recording at the Gliwice Guitar Festival. Always love to promote chamber music…

Book: Giggin’ for a Livin’ by Jennifer McCoy Blaske

Giggin’ for a Livin’How to Make Money as a Musician Playing for Weddings and Special Eventsby Jennifer McCoy BlaskeKindle eBook: 64 pagesPublication Date: November 24, 2016 Buy or look inside the book via Amazon: Giggin’ for a Livin’ Atlanta Pianist…