About

Contact:admin@proartguitar.com

Pro Art Guitar is dedicated to art music for the electric, acoustic, and classical guitar.

Although I have a number of other sites, none of them are as broad as Pro Art Guitar. Here I hope to spark my own interest in music for electric and acoustic guitar as well as my main passion for classical guitar. Join me as I explore the world of western art music on the guitar.

Bradford Werner – Classical Guitar

AVCM (Performance/Teaching); Diploma (Camosun); Artistic Director – VCM Summer Guitar Academy 2008-2010; Examiner and instructional faculty member at the Victoria Conservatory of Music; VCM Collegium Chamber Coach; theory and musicianship instructor for Sound Advice plus Guitar; member of the Victoria Guitar Trio and Quelus Guitar Duo.

Other projects include: Brad blogs and maintains Classical Guitar Canada (www.classicalguitarcanada.ca). He has also authored two guitar method books and working on a third: the GuitarVictoria Studio Series Vol. I – III (www.bradfordwerner.ca/music/publications/).

Originally from Nelson, British Columbia, Bradford now resides in beautiful Victoria where he teaches and works as a freelance musician. Primary guitar studies with Dr. Alexander Dunn at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and previous studies in various disciplines with Stephen Boswell, Wes Wraggett, Stephen Brown and Murray Visscher. Many of his students have won prizes in the Greater Victoria Music Festival and the BC Provincial Competition. In 2009 he was a finalist in the Northwest Guitar Festival Competition. He has had the opportunity to perform on stage in duo and ensemble with Alexander Dunn. Masterclass and festival performances for artists include Paul Galbraith, Roland Dyens, David Tanenbaum, Pepe Romero, Adam Holzman, John Schneideman, Michael Partington, Ron MacFarlane, Ana Vidovic, Jeremy Jouve, and Thibault Cauvin. Brad is currently working with Adrian Verdejo and Michael Dias as a member of the Victoria Guitar Trio and Quelus Guitar Duo premiering new works with a focus on Canadian content.

Webpage: www.bradfordwerner.ca