Fred Benedetti
Fred Benedetti Director of Guitar Studies, was born in
Sasebo, Japan and began playing the guitar at age 9. In 1986 he was
one of 12 guitarists chosen worldwide to perform in the Master Class
of
Andrés Segovia at USC where Guitarra Magazine wrote, "...Fred
Benedetti amazed the audience with his performance of the (Bach)
Chaconne..." He has also been a performer for the master classes of
Pepe Romero,
Christopher Parkening, Federico Moreno-Torroba, George
Sakellariou, and David Grimes. Fred has performed with the San Diego
Symphony, the San Diego Opera, the Starlight Opera, the American
Ballet Company, the Old Globe Theatre, Luciano Pavarotti, and jazz
artist Dave Brubeck.
Presently he is an associate professor of music at Grossmont
College where he is chair of guitar studies, and is a member of the
guitar faculty at San Diego State University with
Celin Romero, and Brian Kilmer. Equally at home playing
classical music or contemporary music, he records on the SBE label
and DOMO records
with three noted ensembles:
The Odeum
Guitar Duo,
"Blurring the Edges" a recipient of the 1994 San Diego Music
Awards "Best Pop-Jazz" album of the year featuring jazz musicians
Peter and Tripp Sprague, and the
Benedetti/Svoboda Guitar Duo pairing Fred with Czechoslovakian
guitarist George Jiri Svoboda.
As a composer Fred has written numerous contemporary pieces for
the international CD library company Network Productions and as a
studio musician for 15 years his playing is featured on over 50
CD's, numerous movie soundtracks, and TV commercials. He has shared
the stage with Art Garfunkel, Basia, Michael Franks, Michael Hedges,
and Ottmar Liebert, and has recorded with Willie Nelson, Juice
Newton, Paul Overstreet, Patty Loveless, Tom Barabas, Big Mountain,
Ronny Robbins and William Lee Golden. He has performed for
dignitaries such as the King & Queen of Malaysia, Mikhail Gorbachev
and President Jimmy Carter.
Fred Benedetti has been a member of the Grossmont College Music
Department faculty since 1986. He has written two textbooks:
Music Theory for Guitar, and An Introduction to Class
Guitar. His classes include class guitar I & II , classical
guitar I, II, & III, music theory, guitar theory, and guitar
ensemble.
For more information on Fred Benedetti, please click on Fred's "solo
site."
Office: 230-E
Phone: (619) 644-7259
E-Mail: Fred.Benedetti@gcccd.edu
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