Media

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:

Hoagy Carmichael’s “Nearness of You”:

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):