Scott Tennant is an American classical guitarist. He is a member of the

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-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Born in

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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

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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

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from 1989–1993, and has since been on the faculty of the

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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
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