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
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
