Suzanne Frank is a guitarist/composer living in London, Ontario and has taught guitar/bass for many years in her studio in the Wortley Village neighbourhood. She has been obsessed with music, and guitar in particular, since she was 12. She enjoys composing and arranging in many different styles and has been commissioned to write and arrange music for various commercial companies including Segue Communications Inc.

Her recording, “First Flight” includes 17 original compositions for both steel-string and nylon-string guitar, and is receiving airplay across Canada on the CBC.

She continues to work with musical partner and classical guitarist Paul Kramer to create, perform and record new works for two guitars.

Contact Information:
suzanne@suzannefrank.ca
www.suzannefrank.ca

Andrew Parr is a high school classical guitar teacher in London, Ontario. He first realized how wonderful music could be when he was a student in Rick Piche's high school guitar class. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario's music and education faculties, Andrew has been performing, teaching, and arranging classical guitar music for most of his life.

Many of Andrew's arrangements have been used for award-winning performances in festivals and competitions in the area.

He resides near London with his wife, Angie. In 2007, they will be traveling to China to adopt a baby girl, Mia. He is trying to complete as many arrangements as possible while he still has free time!

Contact Information:
a.parr@tvdsb.on.ca

For more than twenty years, Randal G. (RG) Rhoades has been an active music educator, performer, composer and arranger. Prior to his graduation from Indiana University of PA (BS Music Education) his mentors included Edward F. McGuire (author of the book Guitar Fingerboard Harmony formerly published by Mel Bay) and Irwin Kauffman (cellist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra).

In addition to his private music studio, Mr. Rhoades has teaching responsibilities at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, PA. It is here that he conducts a guitar ensemble, for which he arranges most of the repertoire.


Mr. Rhoades is active in distance education, too. He is currently an adjunct instructor for Harrisburg Area Community College, where he oversees two classes in the Music Business curriculum, both of which he teaches over the Internet.
His varied musical interests include music technology and, as a result, he has assembled a rather extensive MIDI studio where he has composed and recorded four volumes of instrumental production music tracks for use by magicians and other stage entertainers under the series of Magician’s Easy Edit Music Kit. Mr. Rhoades has extensive experience in the use of music notation software, having prepared simple lead sheets, choral octavos and complete orchestral scores.
Performance is yet another aspect of his musical career. Although trained as a classic guitarist, Mr. Rhoades is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on classic, acoustic, and electric guitar, electric bass, banjo and mandolin, most frequently in pit orchestras of local high school or community theater productions. However, his playing experience does include performances with two excellent local symphony orchestras in Harrisburg and York, PA.

Contact Information:
RGRhoades@RGRhoades.com
www.rgrhoades.com

Peter lives on Merseyside, England where he teaches piano, organ, guitar and bass guitar. He has been teaching since 1973 and for the past 17 years has held a permanent position at Wirral Grammar School where he is also the director of a big band, guitar ensemble, keyboard orchestra and chamber choir. He has grade 8 pupils in all of his instruments including theory of music. His qualifications are in Church Music but he has a love of jazz and has had a long working experience in all of the major fields of music including choirmaster, keyboard & bass guitar for shows such as Annie, Into The Woods, Les Miserable, Grease and Fame. He specializes in arrangements for ensembles, and also for students preparing for G.C.S.E. and A-Level practical examinations. He was commissioned to write a Christmas Cantata for the school to perform which was also recorded and aired on Radio Merseyside. His Jobimesque song came in as a runner-up in a recent local radio song writing competition, and he has also written a setting for Holy Eucharist and a full Evensong Service. A favourite challenge was composing songs and music for the famous Star Dog Show in which many world famous stars have appeared. 2006 saw Peter cast as an extra in two television dramas, one of which he performed as a pianist accompanying a main character. He is at present working hard to fulfill a life-long ambition to write and record original childrens’ musical adventure stories for which he has created nine personalized songs for really colourful characters – anyone out there fancying a go at script writing? Contact Information:
peterseaman@ntlworld.com

I'm basically trained as a guitarist even though I play a range of other instruments (recorder, flute, tin whistle, piano, mandolin and ukulele). From compulsory recorder playing in school, I moved on to the guitar in my early teens, studying with F. La Macchia and Å. Blomér in my home town of Gothenburg, Sweden. I participated in master classes with J. Duarte, J. Mills and G. Söllscher and later studied with E. Sainz de la Maza in Barcelona. I also have a degree from the University of Gothenburg in musicology where I specialized in film music. Since then I've been active as a guitar teacher, soloist and have played in many different ensembles (flute/guitar, guitar duos, trios and quartets, and a bluegrass band!). I love the great classics by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and also early modern music by Debussy, Ravel, Korngold, Milhaude, Hindemith and Stravinsky. But I also have a soft spot for jazz and Swedish and Irish folk music. I've been arranging and composing for the guitar and other instruments since my late teens. I've also had a career in advertising as a copywriter and graphic designer. My goal is a perfect score! I hope all my arrangements and compositions are error free and enjoyable to play!
klaskrantz@hotmail.com