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Barry Pollack, Eight String Guitarist
Nationally recognized musician, teacher and author is available to play elegant and beautiful music for your wedding, corporate event, house concert
or dinner party. Accepting students of all levels and interests.
Performer
Listen to mp3 samples or visit the
repertoire pages to see
a listing of songs and pieces I enjoy playing. You can also see recent and upcoming
performances. Please visit my
buzz page to see what others have said
about my performances.
You can learn more about my performances and inquire about booking me
for an event by clicking here.
Decades of experience performing in concert halls, clubs, weddings and private parties. Played guitar with the Seattle Symphony, the Northwest Chamber Orchestra, and The Portland Opera Company.
Accompaniest for the Joffrey Ballet and Mikahel Baryshnikov.
Opening act for Ray Charles, Jeff Beck, Bo Diddley and Heart.
Educator
Taught hundreds of students from seven to seventy years old in private lessons and classrooms.
Please visit the Dusty Strings
Acoustic Guitar Orchestra which has sections for players of all ages and abilities. We
play the music of Mozart, Miles Davis, Beethoven, the Beatles, Bach, Vivaldi, Piazzola,
and many others. New players are always welcome.
I teach
private lessons and affordable group guitar classes in several locations in and around Seattle, Washington.
Author
Popular Guitar Music, Prentice-Hall, 1986. One of the first books to use transcriptions of popular recorded guitar playing to teach guitar skills and music theory.
“Mr. Classical Guitar, Seattle.” Eric Sigliano, The Seattle Weekly.
“That boy can play!” Bo Diddley.
Barry plays an eight string classical guitar built by Darren Hippner.
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