Foundry Wharf

Aqus Music

Mark Benanti

Oct 11th 10:30am - 12:30pm

 

Mark Benanti has recently earned a Master's Degree in Classical Guitar Performance at Converse College's Petrie School of Music in South Carolina. He has taught music classes at the University of South Carolina, Converse College, Wofford College and Santa Rosa Junior College. He has recently self-published a book of guitar studies designed to help students improve their classical guitar technique. His diverse musical interests have led him to the study and performance of a wide-range of musical styles including classical, jazz, rock, blues, country, bluegrass and world music. Mark's classical guitar repertoire includes music from all of the Classical Music eras with considerable interest in Latin American Music. His new CD "South American Guitar Music", which features nearly 80 minutes of guitar solos from Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina, was released in 2007.