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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.
