Author List
JAVIER CALDERON
(Madison, WI)
When Javier Calderon played his solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall, the New York Times called him ".a virtuoso with p ...
KEITH CALMES
(Lindenwold, NJ)
Guitarist Keith Calmes was raised with the sounds of his father's clawhammer banjo, his mother's concertina, and his o ...
JOSEP ORIOL SANA CAMPOY
(Barbara Del Valles)
Oriol Sana is one of the most versatile and prolific violinists of his generation. He combines his career as an active ...
BOB CARLIN
(Lexington, NC)
Bob Carlin is probably the best known clawhammer style banjoist performing today. Faithful to timeless Southern Tradit ...
LENNY CARLSON
(San Francisco, CA)
Lenny Carlson has authored numerous books of guitar transcriptions and analysis for Mel Bay and other publishing compa ...
JIM CARLTON
(Mount Dora, FL)
Jim Carlton grew up in and around the world of jazz guitar. His dad, Ben, was a top studio musician in Chicago in the ...
BONNIE CAROL
(Boulder, CO)
Bonnie Carol began teaching dulcimer almost as soon as she learned to play it, and through those first years of teachi ...
JOE CARR
(Levelland, TX)
Beginning in 1985, Joe Carr was a music instructor specializing in Bluegrass, Western Swing and Irish music in the Com ...
PEGGY CARTER
(Spring, TX)
Peggy Carter is a teacher and performer living in Houston Texas. She hails originally from Florida where she earned a ...
JENNIFER CASE
(Tea, SD)
Jennifer Case has taught music in both public and private schools (K-12) and on the collegiate level. For the past eig ...
JOANNE CASTELLANI
(Pacific, MO)
Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio have enjoyed a celebrated career as one of the foremost guitar duos in the wo ...
JOSEPH CASTLE
(Pacific, MO)
Joseph Castle is one of the country's finest arrangers for the classical guitar. The arrangements contained in this tex ...
CHARLES H. CHAPMAN
(Edgecomb, ME)
Charles Chapman is a Professor in the Guitar Department at Berklee College, has taught since 1972. He is a versatile ...
ROSS CHEREDNIK
(Concrete, WA)
Ross Cherednik was born in Portland Oregon in 1942. He spent his childhood in Washington state and graduated from the ...
COREY CHRISTIANSEN
(Smithfield, UT)
Corey Christiansen grew up in a musical family. His father, Mike Christiansen, started teaching him guitar at the age o ...
MIKE CHRISTIANSEN
(Smithfield, UT)
Mike Christiansen is Professor Emeritus in the Music Department at Utah State University. Mike founded the guitar prog ...
RONNIE CIAGO
(Long Beach, CA)
Ronnie Ciago began playing drums at age 5. Growing up in New York he had the opportunity to study under Narada Michael ...
GENE CLARKE
(Grove Hill, AL)
Gene Clarke has taught elementary, middle school, and high school instrumental music for over forty years. Now semi- re ...
MICHAEL JON CLARKE
(Akureyri)
Sigurlina Jonsdottir and Michael Jon Clarke live and work in the beautiful town of Akureyri in northern Iceland. Michae ...
WILL MCCAIN CLAUSON
(San Ysidro, CA)
Will McCain Clauson's career has spanned the Globe. He has performed on every Continent, except for Antarctica...from ...
STEPHANIE CLAUSSEN
(Roseville, MN)
Minnesota-based harpist Stephanie Claussen is a performer, teacher, and arranger. With interests that span the Celtic ...
PAT CLOUD
(Long Beach, CA)
Pat Cloud was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and discovered the five-string banjo by chance at age fourteen when his moth ...
KERRI COLLINGS
(Bradenton, FL)
Currrently performing, recording, and teaching, Kerri Collings is a working musician of over fifteen years. She has to ...
EDDIE COLLINS
(Austin, TX)
Eddie Collins has been teaching 5-string banjo for over 20 years. He earned a master's degree in Curriculum and Instru ...
TODD COLLINS
(Basking Ridge, NJ)
Todd Collins is an associate professor at County College of Morris (CCM) located in Randolph, New Jersey where he esta ...
MARIE CONSTAS
(Pacific, MO)
Marie and Robert Constas co-founded the Windsongs Recorder Ensemble in Arizona and performed with this group as semi-p ...
ROBERT CONSTAS
(Phoenix, AZ)
Marie and Robert Constas co-founded the Windsongs Recorder Ensemble in Arizona and performed with this group as semi-p ...
ASHLAND COOPER
(Fenton, MO)
Ashland Cooper is a violinist and devoted music educator who specializes in arranging classical and folk melodies. ...
COLIN COOPER
(East Sussex)
Colin Cooper was born in Birkenhead, England, in 1926. His training as an aeronautical engineer was interrupted by act ...
PETER COOPER
(London)
Born in the country near Stafford, England in 1951, Peter started violin at the age of nine and went on to study Engli ...
MICHAEL COPPOLA
(New Haven, CT)
Michael Coppola began playing the guitar at age 11 with instruction from Richie Lengel, and later studied with Sal Sal ...
VINCE COROZINE
(Edgewater, MD)
Vince Corozine grew up in New York and was Associate Professor of Music for 25 years at two universities in New York a ...
WILLIAM COULTER
(Felton, CA)
William Coulter has been recording and performing traditional music in the San Francisco Bay area since 1981. His reco ...
DAVID COURTNEY
(Houston, TX)
David Courtney, Ph.D. was born in Houston, TX in 1953. He became interested in Indian music while he was still in high ...
MELINDA CRAWFORD PERTTU
(New Castle, PA)
Melinda Crawford Perttu is an associate professor of music at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA, where she dir ...
LISLE CROWLEY
(St George, UT)
Lisle Crowley lives in Southern Utah and is the Head of the Guitar Department at Dixie State College of Utah. He also ...
MICHAEL CROWLEY
(New York, NY)
Guitarist/composer Michael Crowley has been living in New York City since 2007. He holds a B.A. in Music from the City ...
MARK CRUZ
(San Marcos, TX)
As a composer and arranger, Mr. Cruz is published by Mel Bay, Clearnote, Shawnee Press and Soundboard. He was the firs ...
SARAH CUMMINGS
(West Paris, ME)
Sarah Cummings was raised in the Finnish American community of South Paris, Maine. Her grandparents (paternal - Komula ...
TIM CUMMISKEY
(Worthington, OH)
Tim Cummiskey performs as both a leader and a sideman throughout the Midwest. His intuitive balance of precision and p ...
WELLS CUNNINGHAM
(Miami, FL)
Wells Cunningham received a master's degree in cello performance from the Eastman School of Music and a bachelor's deg ...
KATHERINE CURATOLO
(Plainsboro, NJ)
Katherine Curatolo began playing the viola at the age of eight in Niantic, Connecticut. After completing high school at ...