Please see the “Creative Work and Research” page for original compositions and more avant-garde material. This page features examples of more standard/traditional material for events and teaching. Every recording here is a complete single take, without comping and with minimal editing or processing.
Standard Classical Guitar Repertoire
J. S. Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1, BWV 1007 (Royal Conservatory Level 8)
Francisco Tàrrega – Pavana (Royal Conservatory Level 7)
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Prelude no. 4 (Royal Conservatory Level 6)
Contemporary Classical Guitar
Reginald Smith-Brindle – El Polifemo de Oro (Royal Conservatory, Performer’s ARCT Level)
William Walton – Bagatelle no. 2 (Royal Conservatory Level 7)
Shawn Bell – Currents II
Jazz
Examples of chord-melody jazz with improvised solos:
A standard ballad “It Never Entered My Mind”:
Arrangement of a Christmas standard “Angels We Have Heard on High” (Les anges dans nos campagnes):
An original processional (written for a wedding):
Jazz solo (flatpicked):