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Scott Morris

"Unquestionable musicality" -Amazon.com

About Me

Since his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1998, Scott Morris has been actively performing throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has been a featured artist at many major festivals including Isherlohn (Germany), Wuxi Art Festival (China), Boston Guitar Fest, and La Guitarra. As an educator, he serves at the Coordinator of Guitar Studies at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles and is currently an Artist in Residence at the Beijing Central Conservatory in China. Dr. Morris holds degrees and diplomas from Yale University, USC, the Mozarteum, Musician’s Institute (GIT) and CGU and has studied with William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, Ben Verdery, Sharon Isbin, Pepe Romero, Jack Sanders and John Dearman. Scott was the director for the 2007 GFA convention in Los Angeles at CSU Dominguez Hills. He has recorded numerous CDs for Eroica Classical and Centaur Records. 20th Century Guitar Magazine called his latest cd a “classical guitar masterpiece.”

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Member Since: 5/27/2006
Band Website: scottmorris.net
Band Members: Scott Morris
Influences: Benjamin Verdery, Eliot Fisk, Scott Tennant, Bill Kanengiser, Pepe Romero
Sounds Like: "Magnetic performances, unquestionable musicality. These words perfectly describe the qualities of classical guitarist Scott Morris, who brings thrillingly to life these musical geniuses of the ages" -Amazon.com
Record Label: Eroica Classical and Centaur Records, Inc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

D’Addario Artist Page Updated

Scott Morris' D'Addario Sponsored Artist Site Updated: http://www.daddariostrings.com/DADArtistDetail.aspx?CodaID=1 392&ID=4 ...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:39:00 PST

New Arrangement Available

My latest arrangement available from Clear Note Publications: Meditation Jules Massenet (1842-1912) (from the opera "Thais") Arranged for violin and guitarby Scott Morris http://www.clearnote.net/Me...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:07:00 PST

Teaching Position in China!

I am very excited to have been offered a position as Artist in Residence at the China Central Conservatory in Beijing.  I will spend a few weeks a year giving masterclasses and lessons at this am...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:55:00 PST

2007 GFA Convention

The 2007 GFA Convention last week was a huge success!  It was such a great experience to serve as this year's Convention Director.  It was great to hang out with all of my friends Eliot Fisk...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:52:00 PST

Boston Guitar Fest 2007

I had such a great time this past week in Boston for Boston Guitar Fest 2007.  My thanks go out to Eliot Fisk for inviting me to go and be part of the "Survival of the Fretist" panel.  ...
Posted by Scott Morris on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:36:00 PST

New Interview in "Rosewood Review"

Rosewood Review is a wonderful new online guitar magazine.  I am so happy to have been asked to be the subject of their firs feature interview.  You can read it at: http://rosewoodreview.com...
Posted by Scott Morris on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:32:00 PST

GFA Fundraising CD

The GFA fundraising CDs are here!  It is called "Sneak Preview!" and included performances by: Eliot Fisk, Roland Dyens, Scott Tennant, William Kanengiser, Scott Morris, Benjamin Verdery, Ti...
Posted by Scott Morris on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:20:00 PST

All Paganini Recording

  New Paganini Recording I have signed a contract with Centaur Records, Inc. to record an all Paganini CD to be released early next year.  This will be my first CD for Centaur!  More...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:22:00 PST

GFA in Los Angeles!

The Guitar Foundation of America's 2007 International Convention and Competition will be held October 16-21 at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles.  I am honered to have been selected as th...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:26:00 PST

"20th Century Guitar Magazine" Interview

This interview appears in the June 2005 (Vol. 15 No. 6) issue of 20th Century Guitar Magazine TCG: Tell us something about your musical background and how long you've been playing guitar. Scott Mor...
Posted by Scott Morris on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:13:00 PST