Early
Guitar Anthology
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 Vol. I:
The Renaissance- Vol.
II:The Early Baroque
- Vol.
III: The Late Baroque
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- About
the Author:
- Charles Wolzien
is a Professor Emeritus at the University
of Colorado College of Music in Boulder.
He immigrated to Canada in 2007 and now
works out of his oceanside studio next to
Rathtrevor Beach Park on Vancouver Island
in British Columbia.
Dr. Wolzien served as a guest lecturer at
Australia's Sydney Conservatorium of Music
during April of 1995; has conducted master
classes in the US, Canada, China, and
Argentina; and is included in the 60th
edition of Marquis's Who's Who in
American Education. He has written
articles on Renaissance guitar repertoire
and proportional notation and is the
author of a performance edition of Adrian
Le Roy's 1555 Voix de ville
(Doberman YPPAN Press). For nineteen years
he wrote about early guitar repertoire as
a columnist for Soundboard magazine
and critiqued the music of many
contemporary composers as a reviewer for
both Soundboard and Guitar
Review magazines. His arrangements for
flute and guitar are published by Shawnee
Press and Southern Music Company.
As a soloist and ensemble performer,
Wolzien has presented hundreds of programs
throughout the continental United States
and Hawaii, including appearances at
Carnegie Recital Hall and the Los Angeles
Bach Festival. He toured for Columbia
Artists Management in Canada and the U.S.
and has given concerts in South America,
Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North Africa
and at numerous European conservatories,
including the American Academy in
Rome.
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- About
the Music Editor:
- Frank Bliven,
following graduation from The San
Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1972,
moved to Bellingham Washington and started
the first undergraduate Classical Guitar
program at Western
Washington University. Following
completion of a Masters degree in
classical guitar performance in 1976, he
headed undergraduate and graduate guitar
studies at Southern Illinois University in
Carbondale. He immigrated to Canada
in 1990 and taught guitar at Trinity
Western University: he now teaches
privately in his studio in Kamloops,
British Columbia.
- Frank
Bliven specializes in Renaissance
guitar, Renaissance lute, Baroque guitar,
Baroque lute and early 19th-century
classical guitar performance. He has
edited music for the London College
of Music Classical Guitar Series;
served as the first North American
classical guitar examiner for music
examinations in Canada; and is
active as an adjudicator for
music festivals in both the U.S. and
Canada. As a soloist and early music
specialist he has given master
classes, lectures and solo recitals
throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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