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 97,000 subscribers and 14 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.

Cassie Martin Concert and Discussion

Classical guitarist Cassie Martin performs an online concert with discussions for Altamira Guitars in Paris, France with repertoire by Tedesco and Seixas. This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel. Amazing performances by Martin, retaining beautiful phrasing and musicality during even the most difficult passages.…

Guitar Studio Recital at Curtis

The phenomenal students of Curtis Institute of Music with Muxin Li, Xingxing Yao, Radomir Romashkov-Danilov, and Ruqi Jiang perform a programme including solos, duets, and ensembles with the music of Tedesco, Lansky, Ponce, and Sessler. See the performer list and…

Fingals Hohle, Op.13 by Mertz

Fingals Höhle, Op.13 by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). From Bardenklänge, Op.13, Héft 5. PDF sheet music for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. The level is late-intermediate (grade 7-8).…

Lovro Peretić Plays Vals de Primavera by Barrios

Lovro Peretić performs Vals de Primavera by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) on a 1966 Ignacio Fleta guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. Amazing performance filled with equal amounts of grace and technical prowess. I’m so impressed with his zippy articulation…

Prelude No.2, Op.114 by Carulli

Prelude No.2, Op.114 by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) for classical guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music collection Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and is designed…

Etude No.22, Op.60 by Carcassi

Etude No.22, Op.60 (Allegretto) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition with…

Enfantillage, No.1, Op.89 by Bosch

Enfantillage, No.1, Op.89 by Bosch

Enfantillage, No.1, Op.89 by Jacques Bosch (1825-1895) for classical guitar with performance, lesson, and pdf sheet music. This comes from my sheet music collection Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement for Classical Guitar. Contains 10 works at the grade 1 level and is designed…

Tim Beattie Plays Walking Me to Work by Wallen

Canadian guitarist Tim Beattie performs Walking Me to Work by British composer Errollyn Wallen, CBE, (b.1958). This comes via Beattie’s YouTube channel. Great performance by Beattie with a beautiful sound and pacing. I had no idea that Errollyn Wallen had written so much music for guitar including…

Etude No.21, Op.60 by Carcassi

Etude No.21, Op.60 (Andantino) by Matteo Carcassi (1796-1853) with performance, lesson, and sheet music. This comes from my sheet music edition of 25 Etudes, Op.60 by Matteo Carcassi. PDF or hardcopy sheet music for classical guitar. Includes both a notation edition with…

Beiyan Liu – Concert and Discussion

Classical guitarist Beiyan Liu performs an online concert with discussion and lesson for Altamira Guitars in Beijing, China with repertoire by Tarrega, Dowland, and Coste. This comes via Altamira Guitars and their YouTube channel. Love these discussions and concerts sponsored by Altamira. Nice to…

Drew Henderson Plays Capriccio Diabolico by Tedesco

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson performs Capriccio Diabolico “Omaggio a Paganini”, Op.85 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968). This comes via Henderson’s YouTube channel. Great performance by Henderson with some beautiful phrasing and articulation. As always he has wonderful sound and recording but this one has some particularly nice bell-like…

Marcin Dylla Plays Sonata, Op.23 by Matiegka

Marcin Dylla performs Sonata, Op.23 (after Haydn Hob. XVI:32) by Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773-1830). This comes via Dylla’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Dylla with lots of energy and directional phrasing. It’s also great to hear this sonata as I have it previously bookmarked for…