Martha Masters
Encyclopedia
Martha Masters is a renowned American
classical guitarist. She won the 2000 Guitar Foundation of America
international solo competition. Masters is the Executive Vice-president of the GFA
.
According to Naxos "she received both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore
, where she studied with Manuel Barrueco
, and completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California
as a student of Scott Tennant
."
Martha is currently a professor and guitar instructor at Loyola Marymount University
in Los Angeles, California
, where she gives both private instruction and directs the LMU Guitar Ensemble.
United States
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classical guitarist. She won the 2000 Guitar Foundation of America
Guitar Foundation of America
Guitar Foundation of America is the leading guitar organization founded in the year 1973. The company offer various services ranging from Guitar Lessons, to a Guitar Shop, Competitions and Events. The company is non profit and relies on advertisers on the website and events and donations...
international solo competition. Masters is the Executive Vice-president of the GFA
Guitar Foundation of America
Guitar Foundation of America is the leading guitar organization founded in the year 1973. The company offer various services ranging from Guitar Lessons, to a Guitar Shop, Competitions and Events. The company is non profit and relies on advertisers on the website and events and donations...
.
According to Naxos "she received both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, where she studied with Manuel Barrueco
Manuel Barrueco
Manuel Barrueco is a Cuban virtuoso classical guitarist. He was born in 1952 in Santiago de Cuba, on Cuba's southeastern shore. He has toured in the U.S., Europe and Japan, and serves on the faculty of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:...
, and completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
as a student of Scott Tennant
Scott Tennant
Scott Tennant is a Grammy Award-winning American classical guitarist. He is a member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and is the author of the Pumping Nylon series of instructional books, repertoire supplements, and DVD....
."
Martha is currently a professor and guitar instructor at Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
in Los Angeles, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where she gives both private instruction and directs the LMU Guitar Ensemble.
Recordings
- Martha Masters - Viaggio in Italia
- Duo Erato - Musings
- Mel Bay GFA Int'l Guitar Competition Winners Vol. 1 (21366DVD)
- NAXOS Guitar Recital (8.555720)
- Serenade
- NAXOS Spanish Guitar: Timeless Collection
Teaching
Masters recommends using a metronome:- "I have found the heavy use of a metronome very helpful."
- "What I would propose is that rubatoTempo rubatoTempo rubato is a musical term referring to expressive and rhythmic freedom by a slight speeding up and then slowing down of the tempo of a piece at the discretion of the soloist or the conductor...
be the last interpretive tool you add to a piece.[...]
get your score and a pencil [...] marking in where you think there should be rubato. [...]
Finally listen back to your recording with a metronome in hand. Passages where you have no rubato marked, you should remain fairly true to the metronome. [...]
If you realize that you have a problem with this[...] Use a metronome."