Stanley Yates

Stanley Yates(born 25 October 1958) is an English-bornclassical guitaristand a prolific editor of 19th- and 20th-century music for the guitar.

Biography

Yates was born inPreston, Lancashire,and studied atLiverpool Universityand the Sandown College of Performing Arts with Neil Smith. A prize winner of theMyra HessTrust, he performed widely in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. Since 1990, Yates lives in the United States, initially as a doctoral teaching fellow at theUniversity of North Texaswhere he studied with Thomas Johnson. In the same year he won the bronze medal at the GFA Guitar Competition of theGuitar Foundation of America(GFA).

For his thesis at the University of North Texas, he received the Morgan Dissertation Award for Excellence in Music Performance. He is a dedicated performer of contemporary guitar music and has also brought neglected nineteenth-century guitar composers to renewed attention, such asCharles DoisyandErnest Shand,by publishing modern editions of their works, recording them on CD, and including them in his concert repertoire. His numerous editions and arrangements are published in the Stanley Yates Series by Mel Bay Publications (and with Chanterelle Verlag, ClearNote Music and his own imprint, CGS).

Since 1994, Yates has directed the guitar program at theAustin Peay State Universityin Tennessee. In 2000, he was elected to the artistic advisory board of the Guitar Foundation of America. He has published widely in guitar journals around the world.

External links

• Officialwebsite