About me

I was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England in August 1974. The son of Gordon, a professional guitarist and teacher, I began my study of the guitar at the age of 12 and quickly proved to have a natural talent with the instrument.

After 2 years of training under the watchful eye of my father, I was taken to Peter Wiltschinsky, of the Hill/Wiltschinsky guitar duo, to continue my studies. With the help of Peter I gained my grade 8 with merit, a mere two and a half years after first starting to play!
I was then awarded a place at the City of Leeds College of Music, where I was fortunate enough to come under the influence of Graham Wade, a concert guitarist and writer of great renown, who specialized in the life and work of the Maestro, his friend Andrés Segovia. Graham’s opinion of me was summed up by his comment the first time he heard me play: “Ah! The hands of Segovia!”. I continued to absorb all that Graham could teach me and after three years, achieved my degree with honours before embarking on a highly successful teaching career. I also continued my endeavours on the Electric and Bass guitars with a view to expanding my musical and guitaristic knowledge. In no time I found myself teaching both of these too, simply because someone asked for lessons!

Throughout my musical career I’ve given many recitals, to a wide range of audiences. In addition to serious Classical concerts, I have performed a number of times for charitable functions such as BBC Children in Need, at York Minster. I made my début in 1991 as part of a summer music festival, playing the Concert on G Major for Two Mandolins by Vivaldi (transcribed for guitar) with my father, this concert was very well received in the local press.

After several years focusing on teaching, I am now keen to perform once again as I thoroughly enjoy communicating with audiences in this way and showing them my ‘take’ on the standard classical repertoire. To this end, I recently gave a concert at the Ealing Guitar Society in London which proved to be an enjoyable evening for all involved. I am still very happy to take on private students, whether interested in classical, electric or bass.

I live in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, less than five minutes from the A1. If you are interested in booking me for a recital, or would like to enquire about guitar lessons, then do please email me for more details.