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Corey Whitehead is one of the top young guitarists of his generation
having performed in festivals and on television and radio in the United
States, Brazil, Chile, Italy, France, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Bahrain, and Yemen as well as having major publishing and
recording deals with Centaur and Mel Bay. He has performed on numerous
occasions at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in
Washington D.C. His duo “Douze Cordes,†with guitarist Michael Bard has
performed in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy and Chile on three
tours as Cultural Ambassadors of the U.S. Department of State performing
for royalty and dignitaries, in festivals, and on television and radio.
In May 2006 he was appointed Assistant Professor in the area of Guitar
Performance, (Classical, Flamenco, Jazz) at California State University,
Fresno. His guitar method book co-authored with Juan Serrano entitled
"The Flamenco/Classical Guitar Tradition" will be released worldwide on
Mel Bay Publictions in July 2007. His current CD release "Tangos y
Serenatas" will available in the Fall of 2007 on Centaur Records with
saxophonist Alan Durst. Corey’s solo cds are available on cdbaby.com.
He has previously taught at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in
Washington, D.C., The Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C.,
Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University,
and Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ. He holds his Doctor of Musical
Arts, Masters, and Bachelors Degrees in Guitar Performance from the
University of Arizona where he studied with Thomas Patterson. He has
studied extensively with Juan Serrano and at the Curso Flamenco XIV in
Sanlucar de Barremeda, Spain with Gerardo Núñez.
