Grand Rapids, Michigan based guitarist Brian Morris has been performing, teaching and writing music for over five decades. His love of music is infectious and many of his students have gone on to have successful careers as teachers, performers, composers and recording artists. Brian is currently in his thirty-fourth year as a member of the Grand Rapids Community College Music Faculty and has also been a faculty member for the Interlochen Summer Guitar Workshops, Grand Valley State University and several other colleges. He has released four CD’s and holds music degrees from Grand Rapids Community College, Montana State University and Florida State University. His past teachers include the renowned guitarist Christopher Parkening and the celebrated teacher Bruce Holzman.
Brian’s performances throughout the US and Canada have included numerous classical guitar performances as well as children’s programs, and jazz, rock and pop performances. His compositions and arrangements are featured on Blue Lake Public Radio, and have been performed by the Kent Philharmonia, the West Shore Symphony, and other groups. He has published guitar music with Guitar Chamber Music Press. In 2018 Brian was inducted into the Rockford High School Hall of Fame for his contributions to the arts. In addition to his solo concerts Brian performs with the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet and the Grand Rapids Guitar Duo.
From 1985-89 Brian was an Artist-in- Residence for the State of North Carolina. During that time he was a member of the Les Deux Amis Guitar Duo with Joseph Hoey. In 1985 the LDA Guitar Duo won third prize in the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Guitar Duo Competition.
