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.

Tips on Commissioning Guitar Music by Michael Karmon

This is a guest post by composer Michael Karmon Commissioning a new guitar piece can be a wonderful thing. If you’re a player, you can have a piece tailored to your musical personality and strengths. If you’re a fan of…

Eduardo Egüez plays Jácaras by Santiago de Murcia

Eduardo Egüez plays Jácaras by Spanish Baroque composer/guitarist Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739). Via the Lute Society of America on their YouTube, “Taken from a performance by Eduardo Egüez at the Lute Society of America 2014 Lute Festival, in a section…

Review: Bradley Colten – Complete Works of Ernst Bacon

Ernst Bacon: The Complete Works for Solo Guitarby Bradley Colten, Classical GuitarAzica Records 2014Artist website: bradleycolten.com Buy or listen to samples on Amazon: Ernst Bacon: The Complete Works Prolific American composer, pianist, and conductor, Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) composed and conducted…

Heike Matthiesen plays Elegie by Sylvie Bodorová

Heike Matthiesen plays Elegie by Sylvie Bodorová on a 2014 Roy Fankhänel. This comes via the wonderful Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel which is keep this blog alive! Heike Matthiesen is a very active performing guitarist from Germany and…

Kevin Loh Plays La Vie en Rose

The young Singapore guitarist Kevin Loh plays La Vie en Rose (cover) arranged by Chet Atkins. Nice to see Loh branching out and keeping his YouTube channel alive and kicking! He’s in good form here with a cool and relaxed…

Canadian Guitar Quartet Play Comme un Tango by Roux

The fantastic Canadian Guitar Quartet play Comme un Tango by Patrick Roux. The quartet has had many members over the years but they are currently concertizing with Julien Bisaillon, Renaud Côté-Giguère, Bruno Roussel, and Louis Trépanier. You can check out some of their…

Altius Guitar Duo Play Tedesco

Altius Duo (Adam Batstone & Chad Yacobucci) play Prelude and Fugue no. XV in A major by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 – 1968). Audio and Video Produced by Drew Henderson. Guitars by Bruno Boutin and Greg Byers. Tedesco was an Italian…

Michael Partington and Stephen Stubbs Play Diabelli

Michael Partington and Stephen Stubbs performing Anton Diabelli’s Op. 57, on two period guitars. Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle. January 12, 2014. This is such a coincidence because I recently saw Stubbs perform in Victoria twice…

Michael Partington Plays Johanson

Michael Partington performing Open Up Your Ears by Bryan Johanson (b. 1951), UW Milwaukee, April 4, 2014 on a Martin Blackwell guitar. Partington is a fantastic player based in the Seattle area. I’ve seen him play on a number of…

Xingye Li plays Allegro BWV 1003 by Bach

Xingye Li plays Allegro BWV 1003 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) on a 2014 Roy Fankhänel guitar. This is from Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. This video is via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their YouTube…

Carulli Duetto No. 1, Op. 4 for Guitar & Violin

Carulli Duetto No. 1, Op. 4 for Guitar & ViolinMovements: Largetto & RondoFree Sheet Music (PDF)by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) Free Sheet Music Edition: Duetto No. 1, Op. 4 for Guitar & Violin [PDF – Click Here] Ferdinando Carulli was an…

Emma Rush plays Phantasia in A major by David Kellner

Canadian guitarist Emma Rush plays Phantasia in A major by David Kellner (1670–1748). Kellner was a German lutenist and composer of the baroque era as well as a significant music theorist. Rush plays with a great clarity and nice unfolding…