David Keezing

Solo classical guitar: I can provide amplification if the venue or setting requires it. My standard repertoire includes baroque, classical, and romantic period music (i.e. Bach, Scarlatti, Sor, Carcassi, Mertz, etc.), as well as arrangements of more contemporary music that I choose based on the recommendations and interests of the client.

Electric guitar and guitar/voice: I can provide electric guitar arrangements of jazz standards as well as contemporary and pop songs. If desired, I also perform with a vocalist and can provide guitar and voice at your function.

David has experience performing in a variety of contexts, from solo classical guitar concerts throughout the eastern United States, Europe, and the Balkans; guitar ensemble performances, including a performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint in Kilbourn Hall for the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival; chamber music; rock groups; jazz and jazz fusion; reggae; and renaissance lute in the continuo section of Eastman School of Music's Collegium Musicum. David gigs in and around Portland, ME, where he lives and collaborates with his wife, April, who is a singer-songwriter.

David has 10 years of teaching experience working with students in a variety of styles and many different backgrounds and levels. As a teacher, he currently teaches for the Meridee Winters School of Music in Ardmore, PA, and privately over Zoom. David has also taught guitar classes and coached rock bands and ensembles at Appel Farm Arts Camp in Elmer, NJ, where he was the director of the Music Department for several years.

David received his B.M. and M.M. in guitar performance at the Eastman School of Music, studying under guitarist and pedagogue Nicholas Goluses. David has also studied jazz guitar under Bob Sneider at Eastman and Rich Goldstein at The Hartt School, performance practice and lute under Paul O’Dette, and has studied contemporary guitar techniques under Dominic Frasca at The Monkey in NYC.

I can provide amplification and a PA for vocals, though if the venue has a PA system, that would be preferable. Beyond that, I would need a chair.