- Andrew York
Andrew York (born 1958) is an American
classical guitar ist andcomposer .His compositions and arrangements for guitar have gained wide recognition among both musicians and audiences, particularly after John Williams recorded his "Lullaby" and "Sunburst" solos. He was a member of the
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet from 1990 to 2006, and has toured extensively with this famous quartet. Although best known as a classical musician, York is also an accomplishedjazz guitar player, and studied withJoe Diorio andLenny Breau .York grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia, and graduated from
Gar-Field Senior High School . He went on to study the guitar atJames Madison University . In 1980 he was awarded aBachelor of Music degree in classical guitar performance from thisuniversity . He went on to complete hisMaster of Music degree in studio guitar at theUniversity of Southern California in 1986. Both degrees were "magna cum laude ". While studying at this university he was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Jack Marshall Memorial Scholarship, the Manilow Scholarship and theDel Amo Foundation Grant for Study inSpain .In 2006, York left the LAGQ to pursue personal artistic creativity and posted an
open letter on the quartet's site [http://www.lagq.com/letter_york.php] . He was replaced byMatthew Greif .York uses guitars crafted by David Daily and recently signed an endorsement with [LaBella] strings.
Discography
Solo
*"Perfect Sky" (1986)
*"Dénouement" (1994)
*"Into Dark" (1997)
*"Hauser Sessions " (2004)With
LAGQ *"
Guitar Recital "
*"Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker "
*"Evening in Granada "
*"Labyrinth (LAGQ album) "
*"For Thy Pleasure "
*"The Best of LAGQ "
*"L.A.G.Q. "
*"Air and Ground "
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*"Guitar Heroes "
*"Spin (LAGQ album) "[http://www.andrewyork.net/Main.php?id=discography Complete Discography] he also made sevilla
External links
* [http://www.andrewyork.net http://www.andrewyork.net] Official Homepage
* [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wiaa/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=2&pid=186&id=924451 Radio interview] (Interlochen Public Radio) Andrew York plays one of his own compositions [http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-514986.mp3 "Letting go" - live]
* [http://www.juliacrowe.com/2007pdf/York.pdf Julia Crowe's Interview with Andrew York.]
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