Michael Carenbauer makes changing guitar strings look as effortless as changing shoestrings is for the rest of us.
Carenbauer, director of guitar studies and professor of music at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is lauded for his versatility - he is talented at playing jazz and classical guitar. His repertoire is a blend of technology and nylon tradition. He is likely the only full-time guitar teacher at the collegiate level in Arkansas.
He studied with jazz great Pat Metheny, and he has performed in Italy, France, Austria, Mexico, Canada and Hong Kong as well as countless central Arkansas venues, including weddings, receptions, the Afterthought, Gypsy's restaurant and even the Babies R Us grand opening.
He recently gave a presentation at the Guitar Foundation of America conference in Los Angeles about a computer program he has adapted to help guitar students learn to read music.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
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