Scott Tennant is an American
classical guitar
The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor o ...
ist. He is a member of the
Grammy Award-winning
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) is an American classical guitar ensemble that was formed in 1980. It consists of John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant and Matthew Greif (who replaced original member Andrew York at the end of 2006 ...
.
Born in
Detroit,
Michigan in March 1962, he began his musical and guitar studies at the age of six. He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, where he also studied violin (which he played in the Cass Tech Symphony Orchestra), and trombone (Cass Tech Concert Band) and was in the graduating class of 1980.
He was admitted into the school of music of the
University of Southern California in 1980, and studied there until 1986.
[Ljiljana Grubisic]
Thornton Faculty, Alums Win Grammys
, USC Public Relations, March 12, 2007, Accessed March 4, 2009. He won silver medals in both the Toronto International Guitar Competition in 1984, and Paris Radio France Competition in 1988, and won the gold medal/first prize in the Tokyo International Competition in 1989.
He taught guitar at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 1989–1993, and has since been on the faculty of the
USC Thornton School of Music.
References
*Tim Smith
"Scott Tennant plays elegant recital for Baltimore Classical Guitar Society," The Baltimore Sun, February 8, 2011
External links
www.lacg.net (December, 2002)
Video Interview with Scott Tennant(October 2009)
1962 births
American classical guitarists
American male guitarists
Grammy Award winners
Living people
USC Thornton School of Music alumni
San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty
USC Thornton School of Music faculty
Guitarists from California
Guitarists from Detroit
20th-century American guitarists
Classical musicians from California
Classical musicians from Michigan
20th-century American male musicians
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