Guitar Lessons & …

I’ll performing at the Lily Pad, in Inman Square, as part of Molly Zenobia’s continuing series that joins Muisc & Art through interactive shows.  This show’s theme will be Silhouettes. I’ll be preforming my interpreatation of a silhouette in musical form, and I might even be performing as a silhouette. These are very enganging shows [...]

I’ve mentioned Rob Hampton, from HeartwoodGuitar.com, on this blog before, but I want to take this opportunity to do it again. He’s just recently updated his site to include a new Print/Save function to all of his leadsheets (there are now over 450). He’s doing a very good thing. Thanks Rob, keep it up!

Over the past weeks, I’ve been recording some tracks for Brant Greishaber‘s project: the Ra Quintet. This is a 2 guitar, bass, drum & vibraphone ensemble that is primarily centered around Brant’s compositions. It’s been a challenging several weeks preparing and recording for Brant’s Neoclassical Progressive Fusion brainchild, but it’s been well worth it. This [...]

I’ll be performing with the pit orchestra in Mary Dolan’s Vaudeville show this Saturday, February 7th, at the YMCA in Central Square, Cambridge (7p &9p shows).  I’ve been arranging a couple tunes for the reunited Elephant Tango ensemble to support an exciting night of vaudevillian adventures.  There will be many great performers: Goli, Evan O’Television, [...]

**cough, cough** It’s a bit dusty ’round here. My apologies for the not-so-frequently-updated website this year.  I’ve been busy, and it’s been a lot of awesome-busy.  I’m truly grateful for all of the wonderful people and passions I have in my life, but I’ve got to get back to maintaining this site. In order to [...]

Guitober is just about to break into full swing. Find out on the latest updates here: Guitober.com

To celebrate our favorite six-stringed instrument, the Brookline Music School has decided to honor the guitar with it’s own month of fun & free activities. They will be showcasing Student Concerts, Faculty Clinics (with Guest Artists), a Garageband for the Guitarist Class, a Tour of the MFA’s Guitar Collection, & a Faculty Concert. The entire [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year of guitar lessons. Members of the 2007-2008 Brendan Burns GUITARMY:

TuneFoolery received a nice article in the Cambridge Tab last week: Cambridge – Tunefoolery Concert Ensembles from Cambridge, a group of 50 musicians living with mental illness, has a simple yet powerful message: Emphasize people’s strengths and focus on abilities, not disabilities. In May, Tunefoolery members will share their music with the release of a [...]

TuneFoolery is group of concert ensembles made up of over 50 inspiring musicians with psychiatric disabilities.  They’ve been around since 1994 and I’ve been teaching guitar there for a few years now.  They are having a celebration for the release of their 2nd CD this weekend.  I’ve listened to the CD, it’s an amazing collection [...]