Jason Vieaux: Classical Guitar Ambassador
Tue, 09/08/2015 - 10:34am
ArtistWorks instructor Jason Vieaux is one of only six people to ever win a Grammy Award for classical guitar. Since winning for “best classical instrumental solo” for his album Play earlier this year, he joins an elite group of renowned guitarists who include Andrés Segovia, David Russell, Sharon Isbin, John Williams and Julian Bream.
As you can imagaine, it’s been pretty busy for Jason lately. Aside from keeping up with Video Exchanges from his online students at ArtistWorks, he’s been involved with a number of interesting things which are worth mentioning here.
Jason Vieaux Discusses Classical Guitar Recordings
Tue, 04/21/2015 - 2:48pm
Jason Vieaux, fresh off his GRAMMY win, was in the ArtistWorks studio recently to record new Sor studies (among other things) for his online students. You can see a list of the new classical guitar lessons below, but while he was here we also took some time to discuss recordings from some of the 20th century's greatest classical guitarists. We showed Jason some records which we like to listen to in the office and recorded his natural reaction. You can clearly see how much this music means to Jason, and how influential many of these classical guitar recordings remain to this day.
Classical Guitar Lesson: BWV 996 Courante (Bach)
Thu, 09/04/2014 - 3:59pm
"The Bach Lute Suites are a never-ending source of musical inspiration, but they're also very challenging." - Jason Vieaux
In this advanced classical guitar lesson from his online school, Jason Vieaux goes over the courante section from Bach's "Lute Suite in E minor" (aka BWV 996). The courante (or corrente, coranto, or corrant depending on what language we're using) refers to third section of the piece and is characterized by triple meter dances from the Renaissance and the Baroque era.
Bach typically wrote in two styles, French and Italian, and would utilize different spellings to differentiate between the two countries. So for this case, we use the French spelling of courante for this characteristically French piece.
New Album from Jason Vieaux: Play
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 5:45pm
Topics: classical guitar, jason vieaux
The new album from Jason Vieaux is now available. This diverse new collection of songs marks Jason Vieaux’s 20th anniversary as a performer and includes music of Spanish, South American, Mexican, Cuban, French, and American origin. Included on the album are showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, Sainz De La Maza, Tárrega, as well as Jason's own arrangement of Duke Ellington’s In A Sentimental Mood. Play was recently chosen as an "Album of the Week" by WQXR, where they note Jason's "particular knack for accentuating the music's tangy chord changes."
"Azica Records, my management and publicity team, my fans and students from around the world, have brought wonderful energy and support around the creation of "PLAY", and so I celebrate its worldwide release with all of you." - Jason Vieaux
Click on the picture to order your copy of Play. Jason Vieaux is an ArtistWorks instructor, to learn more about Vieaux's online classical guitar school click here.
The new album from Jason Vieaux is now available. This diverse new collection of songs marks Jason Vieaux’s 20th anniversary as a performer and includes music of Spanish, South American, Mexican, Cuban, French, and American origin. Included on the album are showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, Sainz De La Maza, Tárrega, as well as Jason's own arrangement of Duke Ellington’s In A Sentimental Mood. Play was recently chosen as an "Album of the Week" by WQXR, where they note Jason's "particular knack for accentuating the music's tangy chord changes."
"Azica Records, my management and publicity team, my fans and students from around the world, have brought wonderful energy and support around the creation of "PLAY", and so I celebrate its worldwide release with all of you." - Jason Vieaux
Click on the picture to order your copy of Play. Jason Vieaux is an ArtistWorks instructor, to learn more about Vieaux's online classical guitar school click here.
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