Daniel Corr

Looking forward to playing for students and old friends in Westport. Please join me!

Introducing 2024 CGF Artist: Daniel Corr, Classical

Described by the Hartford Courant as "a guitarist for music lovers to catch", Seattle native Daniel Corr is active as a performing classical guitarist across North America and beyond. Highlights of his career include performances of major guitar concertos with the American Classical Orchestra of NYC, the Waterbury Symphony, Seattle Creative Orchestra at Benaroya Hall, and with the Auburn Symphony. He has been a featured solo recitalist at universities such as Villanova, UW Milwaukee, UK Lexington, MSU Bozeman, and at the Beijing Central Conservatory. A passionate chamber musician, Daniel can be frequently seen in concert as a member of the Apollinaire (flute, viola & guitar) trio and the New Haven Guitar Quartet. As a vocal accompanist, Daniel was chosen to accompany singers in a master class for the great Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, which was broadcast on RTVV Spanish television, and collaborated with the Connecticut Chamber Choir and the West Point Glee Club on entire programs of music for choir and guitar in 2016. Daniel also performed on the Connecticut Style on ABC affiliate channel WTNH in 2013.

Daniel's musicianship and artistry have been recognized at several competitions including the 1st prize at the 12th Northwest Guitar Competition held at the University of Idaho, a top prize at the SUNY-Potsdam Crane New Music Solo Performer Competition adjudicated by composer George Crumb. In 2006, he was honored with the Certificate of Excellence from the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.��Daniel is the recipient of three degrees in guitar performance. He earned the Master of Music and the Artist Diploma degrees from the Yale School of Music under Benjamin Verdery, where he was awarded Eliot Fisk Prize as the "outstanding graduate in guitar," and was honored to perform a solo recital at the 2016 Yale Guitar Extravaganza. His Bachelor of Music was awarded at Cornish College in Seattle under Steven Novacek. Daniel has had other private studies with Rene Izquierdo, Jorge Caballero and Michael Nicolella. Additionally, he has performed in scores of master classes for nearly all of the most familiar names of the classical guitar world from the nineties and the aughts, and trained at summer programs such as Aspen and for four years at Le Domaine Forget.��Daniel serves as a Lecturer of Music in guitar at the Gateway & Housatonic campuses of the Connecticut State Community College., and is on the classical guitar faculties of the Suzuki Music School of Westport. He also taught at the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts and the Elm City ChamberFest, and taught masterclasses at UMASS Boston and UW Milwaukee. As a scholar of guitar literature and pedagogy, Daniel has served on panels at Yale University and has been published in Soundboard, a periodical of the Guitar Foundation of America, and served on the juries of the Texas A&M International Guitar Competition. His own students have won 1st prizes in the Columbus, Salisbury, and Texas (3rd prize) national youth competitions while under his tutelage. Other students have gone on to major in guitar at USC and study guitar at Juilliard Pre-College and Florida State University.

"lyrical...hypnotic...fiery and driving...played with complete confidence, always pushing forward, yet never overtaking the flow. He displayed the process of uncovering the essence of Bach, something any artist may pursue for the rest of their life…He shows not only command of technique, but also a reasoned approach to music not found in many of this instrument.” - Seattle Classic Guitar Society��“Alternating between strummed flamenco-style rhythms and rapid single-note runs, Corr rendered Rodrigo’s beloved work [Concierto de Aranjuez] with technical competence, musicality and clarity of tone.” - Tacoma News Tribune

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Congratulations to my student Luke Calejesan for winning 2nd place in the Southern Guitar Competition Division III down in North Carolina! Congratulations also to his amazingly supportive family!

2023 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition Winners

Division III (Ages 8- 13)
1st Place - Wohaan Dissanayake
2nd Place - Luke Calejesan
3rd Place - Annie Teague

Congratulations Luke and family!

Luke Calejesan, guitar placed 3rd at the Appalachian State Guitarfest Competition, Division III in Boone, NC. This is a national competition for students in eighth grade or younger. Luke studies with Daniel Corr at the Westport Campus. Bravo Luke!

Congratulations to my student Luke Calejesan on winning 3rd Prize in the Appalachian State University Guitarfest Competition, Division III! I hear the competition was very stiff this year with young players from all over.

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Congratulations to my student Eliza Barr on her acceptance as an undergraduate guitar major at USC! My jaw dropped when she told me Pepe himself zoomed in to her audition - I honestly don’t know if I could’ve handled that in high school😲
After 10 years working with E and feeling a part of her amazingly talented, loving and grounded family, it’s hard to imagine my small studio without her🥺but I couldn’t think of a better place for her now.
Here we were after a concert at Fairfield University in 2015 - another life! Go forth, Eliza!

Congratulations to my student Luke Calejesan (10 years old!) on winning a 1st prize at the Kithara festival competitions! And my other "once-in-awhile" student Andrei on winning another division🙂

Thank you to all of the participants at the first ever ONLINE Kithara Project Guitar Festival. It was a true pleasure to host this two day event with concerts, masterclasses and roundtable discussions with Gaëlle Solal, Dieter Hennings-Yeomans, William Kossler, Kenny Hill, Steve Connor, Matthew Rohde, and Adam Levin. With your help, we are ONE step and many dollars closer to completing our capital campaign fundraising drive: https://gofund.me/6f7fb57cElementary

If you can help, please join in on our drive for a new music school.

We would also like to take a moment to announce the results of the 2021 Kithara Project Online Guitar Festival. All participants played with such poise and passion. Bravo!!

Here are the Results.
Elementary Division:
1. Luke Celejesan
2. Gerard Petrella

Middle School Division
1.Noah Richer
1. Hilbert Chen
3. Matthew Baker

High School Division
1. Andrei Orasanu
2. Tiago Andree Machado Granados
3. Ewan Armstrong

Thank you to all of our gracious sponsors: Augustine Strings, tonebase, Strings By Mail, Guitar Salon International, Charlesview, Inc., Connor Guitars, Hill Guitar Company

Thank you to our wonderful staff and instructors: Madeleine Knutson, Céili Connors, César Lara, Genevieve Leitner, Carl Straussner. You are super stars!

The Suzuki Music Schools "Pillow Concert" season continues on Sunday, March 7th, 2021 with guitarist Rami Vamos and co-host, classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, for an online performance with 'Schmutzinberry and Friends', including internationally renowned guitarists Mak Ggric, Ana Vidovic, Badi Assad, Camila Meza and Sus Vasquez.

This online concert is open to the public and presented through support from WSHU radio as part of the Connecticut Guitar Festival. The concert is free to view.
Sign up today to receive a link and learn more about the artist at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/136644458253

Our family-friendly 'Pillow Concerts' give young children a chance to be up close and personal with the performers beyond the front row and they are invited to bring pillows to create seats at the artists' feet. We encourage you to gather the family, pull up a pillow at home and enjoy this intimate SMS performance tradition with us.

Register Here: https://actonlibrary.org/events/virtual-programs/

This caricature by Tsuguharu Léonard Foujita is probably one of the funniest images of Segovia ever realized. Foujita, a Japanese painter, was very popular in 1910s Paris: he was a close friend of Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He also took a famous Manet-inspired portrait of Kiki, the lover of Man Ray.

Announcement:
The GFA is now accepting applications for its Mentorship Program.

This program will support classical guitarists of color through instruction, engagement, and career development. Students of color between the ages of 13-25 are encouraged to apply.

Mentees will be assigned to a mentor(s), and will have regular conversations working towards established goals.

All mentees will receive a full scholarship to come together for Guitar Summit at the 2021 GFA International Convention and Competition.

In addition, all mentees will have the opportunity to produce a video performance of a piece by a composer of color, commissioned by the GFA.

Please share to students who would benefit from this program!

For more information and application, please see the GFA website.
https://www.guitarfoundation.org/page/gfamentorship

Happy birthday Leo Brouwer!

So, this happened yesterday 🤩🇨🇺