This collection presents original works by 21 modern-day composer/guitarists, including both well-known artists and gifted upstarts. Recommended for the intermediate to advanced player, with the exception of a few pieces in alternate tunings, the selections are written in standard notation only. Bio sketches, photos, performance notes and online audio recorded for the most part by the composers themselves complete this musical portrait of the classic guitar in the 21st century. Includes access to online audio.

Muriel Anderson       Parisian Suite

             Arioso

 Prelude to a New Morning

 Parisian Waltz

Sérgio Assad

             Angela

Liona Boyd

             Serenade for a Summer’s Evening

James Caudil   Three Images from “Pictures from America”

 September 11  

             Drivetime

             Umberto e Emma

Michael  Chapdelaine

             Beau Fleuve  

Mark Anthony Cruz  Triptych

             Real de Catorce

             Vínculacion

             San Miguel de Allende

Dimitri Diachenkop

             Tango en Paraiso

Frederic Hand

             Missing Her

Roger Hudson

            Dance of the Spirits

Nato Lima

Andante 66  

Janet Marlow   Three American Landscapes

             Illumination  

            The Sky

            Of the Sea

Jorge Morel

Performed by Muriel Anderson

             A Dance for Muriel  

Andrew E Moses   Six Nocturnes

            Nocturne I After Villa-Lobos

            Nocturne II

            Nocturne III Homage to David Gilmore

            Nocturne IV

            Nocturne V Elegy for Jim Corbett

 Nocturne VI Rondeau (

Stanislaw Mronski   Rondeux-Hommage à Chopin Suite

Performed by Richard Tyborowski

 I Preludium

 II Mazurek I

             III Nokturn

             IV Mazurek II

V Polonez

Bill Piburn   performed by Stanley Yates

 Barbie Brazil

Brad Richter

 Starry Night on the Beach

Vladimir Rosco

 Chôro

             Anjiru

            Nocturne in D

Jeffry Hamilton Steele

             Vessels

Samba de Dos Niños

David Walbert

            I - Study for Margot

II - Prelude

            III – Dance

Jeff Wyman

Diatribes with an Amazon Queen  

 Etude - Long Childhood

Andrew York   Three Dimensions

I – Wish

II – Into Dark

III – Higher Ground