Cesar Torres-Mendez became aware of the transformative effects of music at a very early age. Going to a school without a music program Cesar taught himself guitar through the use of the internet and YouTube.

Alex came to the United States from Ecuador in 2019. From an early age Alex dreamed of becoming a guitarist and received his first guitar at age of 11. Alex self-taught for many years by watching online videos and reading guitar magazines.

Ruben began playing guitar at the age of 7. He grew up in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Ruben is currently attending Northwestern University under the instruction of Dr. Anne Waller. He is on track to becoming a professional classical guitarist and educator.

Eduard is from the beautiful mountainous country of Armenia. He started playing guitar at age 8 and after exploring jazz and blues idioms he discovered and fell in love with the classical guitar. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yerevan State Conservatory. He is currently studying under David Tannenbaum at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Sofia was born in Hemet Ca and grew up with her family moving to fifteen different cities. She started playing guitar in an afterschool program during her middle school years. In her senior year of high school, she was mentored by Dr. Kami Rowan thru the Guitar Foundation of America’s Mentorship program.

Olivia Andersen is the youngest of 4, growing up in Newton and Wilmington NorthCarolina. She has won 1st prize in the Southern Guitar Festival and 3rd prize in the Appalachian State Guitar Festival.

Chaz Privette was awarded the Music Performance Scholarship and Presidential Scholarship at Austin Peay State University where he studies with the renowned teacher/performer Stanley Yates.

Beckett Clarey was a prize winner in the 2017 East Carolina University Summer Guitar Workshop guitar competition.

Tanner is a multi-talented musician with accomplishments in drums, piano, jazz and classical guitar.

Damian Goggans is the first artist we were able to support.