Grand Rapids Guitar Duo

 The Grand Rapids, Michigan based guitarist Brian Morris is in his twentieth year as a member of the GRCC Music Faculty.  An associate of the Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Program, Brian maintains an active performing schedule performing both as a soloist and with the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet.  He has performed with the West Shore Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony; at the College Music Society’s Regional Conference in Madison, WI, the Kennedy Center and has twice been featured as a presenter of Latin American Music at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies on the campus of Notre Dame University. 

​Many of Brian’s former student’s teach at colleges and universities and have successful careers as performers and in music business.  He was the Director of the 2010 Mid America Guitar Ensemble Festival and a faculty member and ensemble director for the Interlochen Summer Guitar Workshops. In addition, he has given recent master classes and workshops at Mott Community College, Kellogg Community College and the White Lake Guitar Fest.  Brian is the Director of the GRCC International Guitar Series and has been a concert organizer for over twenty-five years.
Earning music degrees from both Florida State University and Montana State University, Brian’s past teachers include Christopher Parkening and Bruce Holzman.  He has participated in master classes with Manuel Barrueco, David Russell and Michael Lorimer.  He is the author of The Real Guitar Method and has recorded four CDs, a solo classical guitar CD, Suite Music for the Classical Guitar, The Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet, a CD of original songs for Shakti Recordings Are We All the Same Age?, and Ballet Burlesque,  music for two guitars for Liscio Recordings.
© Brian Morris 2013
 

 Jonathan Marshall is a Michigan-born classical guitarist and composer. He is the Director of Guitar Studies - Professor at Grand Rapids Community College, where he also operates the GRCC International Guitar Series and leads both the GRCC Student and Community Guitar Ensembles.

An active performer, Jonathan appears as a soloist and as a member of the Grand Rapids Guitar Duo and Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet. As a composer, he has written numerous works for solo and chamber classical guitar, with his compositions published through Guitar Chamber Music Press.

Jonathan’s musical journey includes studies with esteemed guitarists and educators such as Brian Morris at Grand Rapids Community College, Carlos De La Barrera at Grand Valley State University, and Professor Clare Callahan at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, where he earned his Master’s degree. He has also participated in master classes with world-renowned artists, including Manuel Barrueco, Denis Azabagic, Ana Vidovic, and Oscar Ghiglia.