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.

Marko Topchii Classical Guitar Concert

Ukrainian classical guitarist Marko Topchii performs a live concert at St. Marks Lutheran Church in San Francisco, CA with repertoire by Bach, Silvestrov, Brouwer, Tansman, Gilardino, Dumond, Rodrigo, and Barrios. This comes via the Omni Foundation online series and their Youtube channel. Also check out Topchii’s YouTube channel.…

Ariel Abramovich and Perrine Devillers

Abramovich and Devillers Perform Ceballos (arr. Daza)

Ariel Abramovich (vihuela de mano) and Perrine Devillers (soprano) perform Duro mal, terrible llanto by Spanish composer Rodrigo de Ceballos (c.1525-c.1581) arranged by Estevan Daza (c.1537-1596) in his El Parnasso (Valladolid, 1576). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Estevan Daza, or…

Drew Henderson Plays Nocturne Op.9, No.2 by Chopin

Drew Henderson Plays Nocturne Op.9, No.2 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) on a Romantic 7-string guitar by Mark Usherovich. This comes via Henderson’s YouTube channel. Another beautiful performance and video by Henderson from his studio. Lovely phrasing and sound throughout. Check out his…

Lachrimae (Poulton No.15) by John Dowland for Guitar

Lachrimae (Poulton No.15) by John Dowland (1563-1626). PDF sheet music and video for classical guitar. Originally for Renaissance lute. Includes both a notation-only edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The level is early-advanced (grade 9). This is a PDF Download. My PDF Sheet…

God’s Time: Music of J.S. Bach by Aaron Larget-Caplan

Aaron Larget-Caplan has a new album, God’s Time: Music of J.S. Bach on Guitar. You can listen to the album on various streaming services check out his site or bandcamp for limited CDs. Also check out the samples and media…

Thu Le Plays Nocturnal, Op.70 by Benjamin Britten

Thu Le plays Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 by English composer Benjamin Britten (1913–1976). This comes via Thu Le’s YouTube channel. Nocturnal is one of my favourite works in the modern guitar repertoire so I’m always excited to share it on…

Lesson on Giuliani Arpeggios No.21-24

A lesson on Giuliani Arpeggios No.21, 22, 23, and 24 for classical guitar from 120 Arpeggio Exercises for the Right Hand, Op.1 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). My lesson covers some technique tips, fingering concepts, and the double rest stroke in the…

Pardy Minassian Plays Comme un Hommage à Ravel by Dumond

Pardy Minassian performs Comme un Hommage à Ravel (Étude Mélodique No. 3) by Arnaud Dumond (b.1950). This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. “Pardy Minassian (Bardy Minassian) is an Armenian-Syrian classical composer and guitarist, residing in Los Angeles.” (read more…

Alec Holcomb Classical Guitar Concert

Alec Holcomb performs a live concert at St. Marks Lutheran Church in San Francisco, CA. This comes via the Omni Foundation online series and their Youtube channel. Also check out Holcomb’s YouTube channel. Great performance and really nice arrangement of the cello suite by Spanish…

Charles Mokotoff Plays Morning’s Rag by Assad

American guitarist Charles Mokotoff introduces and performs Morning’s Rag the third movement from Children’s Cradle (1992) by Sergio Assad (b.1952). This comes via Mokotoff’s Youtube channel. Cute little work in the style of a Joplin rag with great rhythmic feel…

Konstantin Vassiliev Guitar Works

Konstantin Vassiliev Guitar Works by Yuri Liberzon

Konstantin Vassiliev Guitar Works 1Yuri Liberzon (Soloist) & Patrick O’Connell (Duets)Naxos Records More Info, Listen, or Buy: Yuri Liberzon (CDs), Naxos, Spotify, Apple, and more. Wonderful to hear Yuri Liberzon present the solo works of Konstantin Vassiliev as well as duets…

Easy Tutú Marambá, Brazilian Folk Song (Free PDF)

Tutú Marambá (Lullaby), Brazilian Folksong. Free PDF sheet music and lesson for classical guitar. Mid to Late-Beginner level, for use during or after my Method Book Volume 1. Free PDF Sheet Music Edition Tutu Maramba for Guitar (Free PDF) ↓ This…