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Matthew V.

- Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele -

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BIOGRAPHY

Matthew Vinge is a classical guitarist from the Twin Cities. His passion is for the classical guitar but he his also proficient in fingerstyle acoustic and electric guitar technique. He is an active member of the Minnesota Guitar Society and the Guitar Foundation of America. He has auditioned for and been accepted into various master classes with industry-leading and prizewinning guitarists including Xue Fei Yang, Marcus Tamayo, Anabel Montesinos and Denis Azabajic. He has attended classical technique workshops by Grammy winning and nominated guitarists Scott Tennant and Berta Rojas. Matthew has also performed in the Normandale Community College Theatre Department as the lead guitarist for their musical productions.      

He completed an A.A. degree in Communications from Normandale Community College in 2010. He was accepted into the music program in 2012 where he is currently studying with Wade Oden of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. He will complete both an A.A. and A.F.A. degree in Music in 2014. Upon graduating he plans to finish his B.A. in Music Performance and continue onto graduate school. Matthew’s goal for the future is to study and teach music at the highest levels.

Matthew loves live music and he tries to make it to as many concerts as possible around the Twin Cities area. He is a collector of guitar literature, educational resources, theoretical studies and music journals. He proudly maintains an extensive personal library. Matthew loves all types of music from classical to metal and jazz to hip-hop. His wide variety of influences include Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Victor Wooten, Leo Kottke, The Beatles, John Williams (guitarist), Julian Bream, Domenico Scarlatti, Beethoven, Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy and Erik Satie.

 
REPERTOIRE

Renaissance

Fantasia X – Alonso Mudarra


Baroque

Suite in D minor - Robert de Visée

Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 – J.S. Bach

Canarios – Gaspar Sanz

Sonata in D major – D. Scarlatti




Classical

Etude in E minor – Mauro Guiliani

La Melanconia – Mauro Guiliani

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 27, No. 2 – Beethoven

Romance – Anonymous




Romantic

La Grima - Francisco Tarrega

Julia Florida - Agustín Barrios

Villancico de Navidad – Agustín Barrios

Sonata in D major – Mateo Albeniz




20th Century – Modern

Gymnopedie No. 1 - Erik Satie

Gnossienne No. 1 – Erik Satie

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Claude Debussy

Un Dia de Noviembre – Leo Brouwer

Afro-Cuban Lullaby – Leo Brouwer

Etude No. 6 – Leo Brouwer

Romance of the Roses – Simon Salz




Misc. Fingerstyle and Electric

White Summer/Black Mountain Side – Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin

Bron–Yr-Aur – Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin

Lenny – Stevie Ray Vaughan

Living in the Country – Leo Kottke

Mona Ray – Leo Kottke

Bean Time – Leo Kottke

Twilight Time – Leo Kottke

William Powell – Leo Kottke



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    • Leslie Rieser Hercules, Director
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    • Mark H.
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    • Matthew V.
    • Sue L.
    • Trent S.
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    • Victoria E.
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