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Corey Whitehead
Corey Whitehead has performed classical and flamenco guitar
in festivals and on television and radio in the United States, Brazil, Chile,
Italy, France, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Yemen
and has performed on numerous occasions at The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, in Washington D.C. His duo “Douze Cordes,” with
guitarist Michael Bard has performed in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy
and Chile on three tours as Cultural Ambassadors of the U.S. Department of
State performing for royalty and dignitaries, in festivals, and on television
and radio.
In May 2006 he was appointed Assistant Professor in the area of Guitar Performance,
(Classical, Flamenco, Jazz) at California State University, Fresno. He has
previously taught at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington,
D.C., The Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia Community
College, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Pima Community College in
Tucson, AZ. He holds his Doctor of Musical Arts, Masters, and Bachelors Degrees
in Guitar Performance from the University of Arizona where he studied with
Thomas Patterson. He has studied extensively with Juan Serrano and at the
Curso Flamenco XIV in Sanlúcar de Barremeda, Spain with Gerardo Núñez
and in La forma y naturaleza de la guitarra flamenca with Manolo Sanlúcar.
His guitar method book co-authored with Juan Serrano entitled "The
Flamenco/
Classical Guitar Tradition" will be released worldwide on Mel Bay Publications
in July 2007. Corey’s solo CDs are available on cdbaby.com.