Chris Anderson, Classical Guitarist - Short Bio

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Chris started playing guitar over sixty years 

ago at the age of seven.  As a teenager, his 

talents with steel-string acoustic 

instruments (guitar, mandolin, and banjo) 

were on display in frequent public 

performances, the first of which happened 

when he was thirteen.  He heard a Classical 

Guitar for the first time while he was a 

college student, and immediately began 

studies of the instrument.

After graduating, he worked as a full-time 

musician for twelve years.  During that 

time, he taught guitar privately, and at 

several regional institutions.  He was the 

first Guitar teacher at Shepherd University.   

During the five years he taught there, 

he designed the academic program that 

was adopted as the curriculum  for the first 

Guitar Performance Degree throughout  

the university system of West Virginia. 

 He also played the first solo Classical 

Guitar recital ever performed in his 

hometown of Hagerstown, Maryland at 

the local community college in 1977.   

Since his early Classical Guitar 

performances, Chris has been featured in 

concert series in Pittsburgh PA,  

Richmond VA, Baltimore MD, 

Washington DC, Wilmington DE,  

Harrisburg PA, and many other cities 

throughout the mid-Atlantic region.    

His music has also been heard during 

interviews on WAMU (NPR from the 

nation's capital), West Virginia Public Radio,  

Maryland Public Television, and the concert 

stages of many colleges including 

Princeton University, and 

the James Madison University.

Recently, Anderson has formed "Sixes 

Music".   It's his boutique online 

marketplace for Guitar Lessons, 

Recordings, and Books.   His 1993 studio 

recording,"Looking Back" will be available 

on CD in August 2002, and through digital 

services in October 2022.   Chris' 

book, "The Fundamentals of Making Music 

With a Guitar", will be ready for publication 

in Feb 2023.

In the past few years, Chris spent 400 

schooldays doing long-term Substitute 

Teacher assignments in his local Public 

School system.  He served most often in 

third to fifth grades.  For a number of 

months now, he has been teaching 

guitar privately at his home studio.  "I've 

taught guitar lessons through a few 

commercial studios before.  Sometimes 

the noise and other distractions makes 

focusing difficult, if not impossible.  

This is such a nice learning environment." 

His principal teachers include Franco 

Platino (guitar), Ana Vidovic (guitar), 

Glen Caluda (guitar), Oliver Manning 

(Music Theory), and Clair Johannsen 

(piano).  He has also been a performing 

student at three dozen masterclasses 

from twenty four of the world's finest 

artists and educators.   Among them

 are Sharon Isbin, Manuel Barrueco, 

Pepe Romero, Nicholas Goluses,

Martha Masters, and Raphaella Smits.

July 2022