I'm happy to announce I'll be continuing my music education at University of Denver's Lamont School of Music. I was awarded a scholarship to attend, and will begin my classical guitar studies there in September.
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Read moreHello! I'm Craig Winston, a guitarist, touring musician, and instructor in Denver, Co. I am a Master of Music candidate at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, where I also teach studio guitar lessons for non-music majors. I hold a BFA in music performance, with an emphasis in Classical Guitar, from New Mexico Highlands University, as well as a BA in English Literature from Lewis & Clark College.
I started playing guitar at the age of 9 after hearing the music of Faith No More and Metallica, so my formative years were spent learning all the best thrash metal and grunge riffs until I attended Berklee College of Music and later Lewis & Clark College where I developed a sense for melody, composition, and technique through the study of Jazz. I began studying classical guitar in 2019 after the incredible, and enlightening, experience of attending the Denver International Guitar Festival at Lamont School of Music. During the 2020-2021 Coronavirus pandemic I returned home to New Mexico and completed my BFA studies at NMHU while applying to graduate programs for Classical Guitar Performance.
I am always busy with recording projects, a full teaching schedule, and rehearsals as all my projects gear up for album releases and performances.
I am interested and available for the right opportunity to play guitar! To inquire about live performances, online lessons or in-person lessons please fill out the contact form below
I returned to studying the classical guitar in the fall of 2019 after about a twenty year hiatus from the idiom. The beauty of guitar in general is the variety of approaches and techniques, with classical and finger style guitar being at the pinnacle for their technical complexity and expressiveness.
Current Repertoire:
Quatro Valses Venezolanos - Antonio Lauro
BWV 997 Prelude in C Minor - J.S. Bach
"Platero," "El Loco," "La Azotea," "Paseo" - Eduardo Sainz de la Maza
"Zapateado" - Regino Sainz de la Maza
"Mallorca" - Isaac Albeniz (arr. A. Segovia)
Sonata K1 L366 in D Minor - Domenico Scarlatti
5 Catalan Folk Songs - arr. Miguel Llobet
"Adelita" - Francisco Tarrega
Selected Etudes by Fernando Sor, Carcassi, and Leo Brouwer
"Three African Sketches" - Dusan Bogdanovic
"Straniero" - Craig M Winston
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The Historic El Fidel Hotel, 500 Douglas Ave, Las Vegas, NM 87701
Join us at the Historic El Fidel Hotel every Sunday at 10:30am on the patio for solo guitar performance by Craig Winston in historic downtown Las Vegas, NM. The music is free, but donations for performers are welcome and encouraged.
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The Historic El Fidel Hotel, 500 Douglas Ave, Las Vegas, NM 87701
Join us at the Historic El Fidel Hotel every Sunday at 10:30am on the patio for solo guitar performance by Craig Winston in historic downtown Las Vegas, NM. The music is free, but donations for performers are welcome and encouraged.