Philip Graulty
PHILIP GRAULTY is a native Los Angeleno. As a soloist, he has performed works ranging from the Pavans of Luys Milan to Steve Reich's “Electric Counterpoint.” As a chamber musician, he has participated in numerous festivals including MicroFest and the Minimalist Jukebox Series. Philip received his M.M in Guitar Performance from UCLA and his B.A. in Music from California Polytechnic State University Pomona.

Chelsea Green
CHELSEA GREEN earned her Doctorate in Musical Arts at UCLA where she received both the Mimi Alpert Feldman Scholarship and the Randy Rhoads Memorial Scholarship. California Guitar Archives publishes her transcriptions of art songs for guitar and voice entitled Erik Satie: Four Songs from 1886. Chelsea currently performs, teaches, transcribes and cooks.


Ben Harbert
BEN HARBERT directs the Electric 8 and is the primary arranger for the group. He studied classical guitar with three Andrés Segovia protégés: Benjamin Bolt, Philip Rosheger and José Luis Rodrigo. In Chicago, he led the guitar department at the Old Town School of Folk Music where he taught classical guitar and played the electric guitar and bass in rock bands Mezodigm and OX.


Marc Nimoy
MARC NIMOY recently graduated from CalArts with an MFA in Music Composition/Experimental Sound Practices and received his B.A. in Classical Guitar Performance from UCLA. He is a working musician, teacher, and programmer, performing regularly with laptop as well as guitar. He has received the Randy Rhoads Memorial Scholarship and the STEIM artist residency in Amsterdam.

Felix Salazar
FELIX SALAZAR is a Los Angeles-based composer-guitarist whose music ranges from works for solo guitar to large ensemble. He received an MFA in Composition from the California Institute of the Arts where he studied under Stephen Lucky Mosko, Morton Subotnick, Vinny Golia, James Tenney, and Christian Wolff. Bachelors degree in Commercial Music from Cal Poly Pomona studying under Peter Yates. In every manifestation, Felix fuses contemporary classical music, improvisation, and popular music into his own unique, empathic and emotionally driven compositions.


Alexander Sack
ALEXANDER SACK Fine Arts Guitarist , composer, Has performed extensively in many styles, and has composed and arranged for solo guitar, guitar ensemble, Modern Dance, as well as Rock, Blues and progressive bands. Master of Fine Arts from Cal Arts, in guitar performance and composition. Bachelor of Music from CSUN in classical guitar performance. Two time winner of the Randy Rhoads Award, and twice recipient of the Andres Segovia Award. Alex also teaches guitar classes for L.A. Mission College, as well as, being Teacher and Music dept. Co-chair at North Hills Prep.



Tom Farrell
TOM FARRELL is a Los Angeles based guitarist, composer and performer. A Chicago native, Tom recieved his M.M. from Northwestern University in Classical Guitar Performance where he studied with the Waller and Maxwell Duo. In January of 2000, he was awarded first place in the Society of American Musicians Classical Guitar Competition. Tom lives in Culver City,CA and teaches at The Cornerstone Music Conservatory in West LA and at the New Village Charter High School in downtown Los Angeles.


 


JohnPaul Trotter

JOHNPAUL TROTTER is a guitarist that has roots in several genres. Holding a Bachelors degree in music performance from Cal Poly Pomona, he performs with singer/songwriters, reggae, hip-hop, blues,rock, and jazz groups across Southern California. When not performing he enjoys teaching music and sharing his enthusiasm and love for this instrument with others.

 





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