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Sean McGowan is a guitarist from Maine who combines many diverse influences with unconventional
techniques to create a broad palette of textures within his compositions and arrangements for
solo guitar. His first recording, River Coffee won the
Best Independent
Release of the Year Award (2002) from Acoustic Guitar
magazine. Music from the CD has been featured on BBC’s Great Guitars radio program,
and has been published in Japan’s Acoustic Guitar magazine and
Mel Bay’s Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar, Vol. 3.
Sean has collaborated with several dance and improvisation companies including the Portland Ballet,
and has performed as an accompanist for several dance festivals including the American College
Dance Festival. Sean has also performed at several guitar festivals including the Classic American
Guitar Show in New York and the Newport Guitar Festival.
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Sean graduated with a DMA in Guitar Performance from the University of Southern California in
Los Angeles. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Music Performance at the
University of Colorado Denver. Sean has served
as an artist/clinician for the Maine Arts Commission since 2000 and also as guitar faculty for the
University of Maine and Bowdoin College. He is also a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society.
Sean is a strong advocate for injury prevention and health education for musicians, and his workshops
incorporate a holistic approach to playing. Sean is a frequent lesson and article contributor for
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Teacher and Jazz
Improv magazines.
Press Kit: Sonic Bids
MySpace: Sean McGowan
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