Player Spotlight: Connie Sheu

Dr. Connie Sheu is a dynamic guitarist, devoted teacher and ardent advocate of the classical guitar. In demand as both a soloist and chamber musician, her playing has been hailed by the New York Sun as “excellent, ruminative… scholarly.” According to Classical Guitar Magazine, “Her debut recording displays, without a doubt, her talents as a concert artist.”

Past performances have brought her to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, 92nd StY, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, venues in Moldova, Italy, Hungary and across the United States. She is a frequent performer on various concert series and music festivals, and has most recently appeared at the Women in Guitar Festival, New York Guitar Festival and Guitar Foundation of America Convention.

“Her playing was seamless; every note was played with care.” – MaryLou Roberts, American Suzuki Journal, Vol. 40, #4

Connie studied U.S. History and Music at Columbia University and earned a Master of Music from the Juilliard School. She completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the USC Thornton School of Music under William Kanengiser and Pepe Romero. She also studied under scholarship at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana with Oscar Ghiglia in Siena, Italy.

Connie serves as General Manager for the Guitar Foundation of America and teaches at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. She specializes in playing original music for guitar by female composers and also performs as a member of the Sheu Pettit Duo.

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