JASON VIEAUX is expanding the definition of “Classical Guitarist” and changing the face of guitar programming, building a solid audience and fan base along the way. His ever-growing reputation for putting his expressive gifts and virtuosity at the service of the music earns him an active schedule of solo, chamber and concerto appearances around the US and abroad. Mr. Vieaux is a regularly featured guest with orchestras across the United States. He has performed as concerto soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Pops, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Auckland Philharmonia, Santa Fe Symphony and San Diego Symphony, working with such conductors as Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Luis Biava, Jahja Ling, Rossen Milanov, Stefan Sanderling, Gareth Morrell, Steven Smith and Carl Topilow.

Aside from his duties as a performer, Mr. Vieaux is highly dedicated to the art of teaching. He currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is Head of the Cleveland Institute of Music Guitar Department, making him the youngest Department Head to serve at the prestigious conservatory. He is also affiliated with Philadelphia-based Astral Artistic Services. [top]

PAVEL STEIDL was born in Rakovnik (Czech Republic). Since he won first prize at the Radio France International Competition in Paris, he has become one of the most widely celebrated soloists of his generation. His highly expressive performances of rare 19thcentury guitar literature on authentic instruments add a wonderful dimension to his already exceptional performances.

Mr. Steidl also composes, and his compositions are often performed on his concerts. Pavel Steidl has performed in more then thirty countries including Canada, Cuba, Spain, Poland, Austria, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Australia, Japan, England, Scotland and many others. On demand of Italian Guitar Magazine Guitart, his name appeared among eight of the most important guitarists of 2003.[top]

 Brian Head enjoys a vibrant, frequently frenetic career as a guitarist, teacher, and composer, performing as a soloist and collaboratively with many groups including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and their New Music Group, the New World Symphony, Le Rossignol, inauthentica, Jacaranda and Xtet. Brian’s own compositions have been performed for many years throughout the U.S. in venues including Merkin Hall in New York, the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and abroad in such cities as Tokyo, Berlin, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, Sao Paulo, and Dubai. His music is published by Alfred Music and Guitar Solo Publications, and has been recorded on Delos, Denon, Digital Revolution, GSP Recordings, Massax Productions and TelArc. One of his recent pieces, an homage to John McLaughlin called We Know You Know, was part of the 2005 Grammy Award-winning Guitar Heroes album by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Since 2001, Brian has held a dual appointment on the Classical Guitar and Composition faculties as a senior lecturer at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California where he maintains an active guitar studio, lectures on a wide range of subjects, and directs the undergraduate music theory program. Since 2004 Brian has led the Guitar Foundation of America, as its president.[top]

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