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BRIAN
ROBERTS has been teaching and performing since 1972, after having
studied at the NATIONAL AKADAMIE OF MUSIC in Vienna, Austria. His
performances have taken him as far as England, Austria, Nova Scotia and
throughout the Midwest, drawing such comments as "Spontaneous and
Alive" from the famed author and critic, Hans Keller and "Elegant and
Musical" from the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL. Brian's major long term
teachers were John Holmquist, in Milwaukee and Cleveland, Gilbert
Biberian in Milwaukee and London, England, Karl Scheit in Vienna,
Austria and Leo Witoszynksyj in Graz, Austria. His major short
term
teachers were Sharon Isbin in Burlington, Vermont; Manuel
Barrueco in Milwaukee, Gerald Garcia in London and Carol van Fegglen in
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon receiving his Master of
Music
degree from THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC/CASE WESTERN
RESERVE UNIVERSITY in classical guitar performance, he joined
the
faculty there to develop the guitar program. An avid and
interested teacher of long standing, known for his mentoring and
personally involved style of teaching, Brian's
students have won many awards and presently hold
college teaching
positions, as well as performing
throughout the Great Lakes
Region.
Currently,
Brian is a professor of guitar at WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY in Midtown,
Detroit and UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN,
where he teaches private
lessons, and performance and pedagogy classes to graduate and
undergraduate classical guitar performance majors and minors, as well
as teaching elective classes for beginning and intermediate guitarists.
In
addition to teaching and mentoring beginning through advanced
community students at his private
studio in Ann
Arbor, which drawns students from throughout Southeast Michigan, and
Northwest Ohio,
Brian is also a faculty member for the annual INTERLOCHEN COLLEGE OF
CREATIVE ARTS' Guitar Festival and Workshop, and the ANN ARBOR
SUZUKI GUITAR INSTITUTE.
Brian
performs, as soloist and with various ensembles and is president
of the long standing CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN. As
founder and president of the ANN ARBOR CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY for
many years, Brian brought into the Ann Arbor area major inspirational
classical guitarists to perform concerts and to teach
masterclasses to involved students.
BRIAN'S
CLASSICAL
GUITAR
RESOURCE
PAGE
(information on
where to buy
guitars,
music,
accessories, etc.)
I
would like to thank all the fine
musicians who played concerts for the
ANN ARBOR
CLASSICAL
GUITAR SOCIETY
(1991-2011)
The
classical guitar and musical
world is a better place because
of
the ongoing concerts of these artists.
Click
here to see pictures of
our
past performers. |
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This
is a screenshot
of Brian,
playing
his first classical
guitar,
a Goya, live on
Kalamazoo
Public TV in
1968.
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Brian in 1982, playing at
the
Miller
Mansion in Milwaukee
on his
1967 David Rubio guitar.
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