Undergraduate students

Julio Alejandro Arenas, Undergraduate

Alejandro Arenas is a young classical and rock guitarist from Nogales, Sonora who has performed throughout Tucson, Nogales and Hermosillo. Alejandro started...

Isaac Brodkin, Undergraduate

Isaac is a from Phoenix, Arizona where he studied with Josh Pierce and Laura Meador. He has participated in a variety of ensembles such as the All-National Honor Ensemble with NAfME ...

Ryan Chen, Undergraduate

Ryan Chen, from Tucson, Arizona, began studying classical guitar at the age of 6. He was a prize winner at the Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition (2016)...

Job Jimenez, Undergraduate

Within the areas of southern California, Arizona, and Baja California in Mexico, Job Jimenez has performed guitar music from composers such as J.S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, ...

Ashley Novela, Undergraduate

From the small border town, Nogales, Arizona, Ashley Novela is an aspiring classical guitarist. Her main background on guitar derives from Mexican Music, specifically in Mariachi...

David Oregon, Undergraduate

David Oregon is an undergraduate classical guitar performance major. He has performed in multiple recitals and guitar competitions throughout his studies, and is a member of the Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra....

George Ramirez, Undergraduate

George Ramirez is an active performer and classical guitar instructor in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Making his concert debut at the age of 16 ...

Grace Sheppard, Undergraduate

Grace Sheppard is an nineteen-year old classical guitarist from Tucson, Arizona. She is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in guitar performance from the Bolton Guitar Program at the University of Arizona,...

Yihui Wang, Undergraduate

Yihui began studying guitar in October 2004 with Ren Haipeng; she then studied with Li Le in 2007. In July 2011, she won first place in the “Manshi cup” Classical Guitar Invitational, and third place in the “Martinez cup” National Classical Guitar...