Andrew Bergeron’s twenty-year career as a guitarist and composer continues to bring ingenuity and beauty to the classical guitar tradition. His composing “conveys the freshness of the setting” (Textura), and is “totally charming, poetic music” (Fanfare). Andrew Bergeron is renowned for his collaboration with Folias Duo, an ensemble he established with his wife, flutist Carmen Maret, in 2003. He has showcased his talents on stages across the United States, South America, and Europe. Bergeron has co-produced eight albums that highlight his original compositions and arrangements. Additionally, he is a founding member of the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet, and his ensemble arrangements and compositions have been featured in guitar ensemble concerts and recordings. Alongside his performing, recording, and writing pursuits, Bergeron is co-founder and guitar instructor at the Folias Music School and a guitar faculty member at Aquinas College.
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David Martin
Teaching himself electric and acoustic guitar at fourteen, David Martin went on to study classical guitar ultimately earning a Masters of Music from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
Throughout his scholastic and professional career, David has performed many styles of guitar music, from lead guitar in both acoustic and electric rock bands to various classical guitar concerts and recitals, holiday events, private parties and weddings throughout the United States.
David Martin teaches a wide variety of music, from hard rock, to jazz and classical, and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Guitar at Hope College in Holland, MI, where he instructs the Hope guitar ensemble class and teaches both classical and folk classes, along with private instruction. When he is not practicing or teaching guitar David enjoys being outdoors fishing, Kayaking and hiking. Visit Davidclassicalguitar.com for more information.
Brian Morris
Grand Rapids, Michigan based guitarist Brian Morris has been performing, teaching, and writing music for over five decades. His love of music is often infectious and many of his students have gone on to have successful careers as teachers, performers, composers, and recording artists. Brian is currently in his thirty-second year as a member of the Grand Rapids Community College Music Faculty and has also been a faculty member for the Interlochen Summer Guitar Workshops. He has released four CD’s, and holds music degrees from Grand Rapids Community College, Montana State University and Florida State University. His past teachers include the renowned guitarist Christopher Parkening and the celebrated teacher Bruce Holzman.
Brian’s performances throughout the US and Canada have included many classical guitar performances as well as children’s songs, jazz, rock, and pop music. They have often received rave reviews from preschoolers and the musical erudite alike. His compositions and arrangements are featured on Blue Lake Public Radio, and have been performed by the Kent Philharmonia, the West Shore Symphony, and other groups. In 2018 Brian was inducted into the Rockford High School Hall of Fame for his contributions to the arts. In addition to his solo concerts Brian performs with the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet and the Grand Rapids Guitar Duo.
From 1985-89 Brian was an Artist-in- Residence for the State of North Carolina. During that time as a member of the Les Deux Amis Guitar Duo with Joseph Hoey, the two won third prize in the 1985 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Guitar Duo Competition.
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