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Danny Masters

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American guitarist Danny Masters has been bringing his talent & love for the guitar, and his unique musical insights, to acclaimed performances and recordings since 1984. Danny is a vibrant and passionate guitarist whose expressive style knows no limits.

Danny graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 1986 with a Bachelors Degree in Music / Classical Guitar Performance, and with a Master of Arts Degree in Guitar Performance from the University of Denver in1989, where he studied performance and composition with internationally renowned performer Ricardo Izanola. While at Denver University, Danny also won both the Allied Arts Scholarship and a University Scholarship. Danny has also studied via master classes with some of the great performers of this generation across all styles, including Sharon Isben, of the Juilliard School of Music, Juan Mercadel, Carlos Barbosa -Lima, Abel Carlevaro, jazz legend Johnny Smith and rock virtuoso Steve Vai.

In addition to his performance and recording career, Danny has been on faculty at Community College of Aurora for 21 years, and since 2000 he has also been on faculty at the Colorado Christian University where he teaches both jazz and classical guitar. Danny is featured regularly at faculty recitals for Colorado Christian University, the Community College of Aurora and many other private and public venues.
In addition to his faculty work, he has also given master classes for the Denver Classical Guitar Society and is also a judge for the society’s annual guitar competition.

Danny is a guitarist to remember, with a mastery of his instrument that crosses styles and boundaries – “A guitarist who can shred with the best of them or wrap us around his strings with a compelling and mesmerizing experience” says Carmen Allgood of The Colorado Wave.
After a 1999 performance of the Guiliani Guitar Concerto No. 3 with the Snake River Chamber Orchestra, conductor David Rutherford commented that “Masters is one of the most complete musicians I have ever met”.

In 2010 his latest CD, entitled Cancion, was released – a beautiful collection of works for guitar by Lauro, Tarrega, Sor, et al, as well as his own original composition “Suite Africa”. Danny continues to perform regularly as both soloist and in ensembles.