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Category: Student Reference Video
Danse des îles by Florian Lambert
Danse des îles comes to us from another hard-to-find composer, Florian Lambert. With each video, I like to give some biographical information. Therefore, if someone finds their way to this site and has some information other than his birth year (1942), then I and those reading would be greatly appreciative. Publications of Danse des îles…
Exercise 13 by Elías Barreiro
Exercise 13 comes to us from a performer, teacher, and composer who is little known to most guitarists. That is unless you went to Tulane University in New Orleans. There is a nice interview with him on the Tulane University website (click here) that took place at the 2016 New Orleans International Guitar Festival. Barreiro…
Valse d’automne by Lyse Gingras
Valse d’automne comes to us from a composer that I cannot find a single ounce of biographical information through internet searches. I can only assume that he is either French or French Canadian. I assume the latter is due to his appearance in the Royal Conservatory editions for guitar. However, the most current editions do…
La fin de l’été by Frédéric Costantino
La fin de l’été comes to us from another little-known French-born composer, Frédéric Constantino. He has an intriguing life with the guitar in many facets. He plays both classical, electric, and bass professionally. His travels have influenced his works. You can read more about his journey through his biography on the Doberman Editions website. Publications…
Petit Poney By Yvon Demillac
Petit Poney comes to us from the little-known French-born composer Yvon Demillac. After initially studying cello, Demillac switched to guitar and studied with Carel Harms and Alexandre Lagoya. He ran in the circles of Sylvain Lemay, the founder of the music publisher Les Productions d’OZ, because Lemay encouraged Demillac to pursue and publish his compositions.…
Dutch Dance by Hans Neusidler
The Dutch Dance by Hans Neusidler comes to us from the Renaissance period of music. Though many know him as German, his roots begin in Slovakia. After marrying, he immigrated to Germany. Also, the lute gave Neusidler his method of musical expression (a few years later he would have undoubtedly chosen the guitar!). Publications and…
Carrousel By Claude Gagnon
Does anyone know anything about the composer of Carrousel, Claude Gagnon? It took me several searches to find much information on the man. I assume that is because he resides and works in Canada. Searching for him for me landed me on French websites. I translated these into English but failed to find any useful…
First Exercise on the E String by Mertz
This is one of those pieces that the entirety of the original work would be great to play through for any player. First Exercise on the E String comes to us from Johann Mertz’s guitar method. I have not been able to find a modern edition of the work but think it should find its…
New Reference Video: Dialogue by Marc Bélanger
It is sometimes difficult to keep life in focus. With the recording and release of the Speeding Up Your Scales course this fall, preparing for and teaching students, and preparing for performances, I lost focus on developing reference videos for students. Dialogue is the first one since spring and the only the second one on…
Petite Blues By Marc Bélanger
The variety of styles and genres gives me great pleasure in teaching guitar at this time in history. Petite Blues by Marc Bélanger allows a beginning classical guitarist the ideal introduction to the blues genre. The piece employs enough chromaticism to keep the player’s interest alive. Furthermore, a listening audience enjoys the deviation from the classical…