Team
Theron S. Welch
Theron’s foundation for the various violin concerto recordings was inauspicious but typical. In high school, he began in typical fashion by emulating the styles of of various rock guitarists and playing in high school bands. The same pattern continued in college, but he was fortunate enough to take advantage of guitar lessons with Tim Hayden in Spartanburg, South Carolina, who corrected several bad habits. However, it was a inspiring concert of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Robert McDuffie as soloist and Yehudi Menuin as conductor that was the genesis of his style. Theron became determined to learn the violin, even willing to sacrifice the carefree life of the typical college student. Reality set in after a few years of study when Theron sadly realized that he would never be able to play at the virtuoso level. Later, an idea germinated: Why not combine the guitar and violin music together? Why not try to play these masterpieces on the guitar? Theron began with the Tchaikovsky D Major concerto, one of the more difficult pieces to being with. After a couple of years of dabbling, he finally recorded the piece in 2000. Theron followed up with the Bruch g minor in 2001 and the Glazunov a minor in 2003. All three are world-premiere recordings. Theron also transcribed numerous other works, both large and small scale, and went on to found the site, www.shredtheclassics.com. He has also studied music at the Royal College of Music in London, Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Columbus State University in Columbus, Georiga, and the Southeastern Summer Music School in Columbus, Georgia.
In addition to transcribing the great works for the violin, Theron is also an avid songwriter having penned over two hundred original songs and instrumentals. He is also a current collaborator with Davide Succi, one of Southeast Asia’s most popular DJ’s. The two work together on arrangements for DJ and guitar, often using classically influenced material. So, every so often, you’ll likely see a post on House music, if it’s in some way related to classical music. You can view Theron’s website here.
Theron currently resides in Hong Kong.
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Oscar Lugo
Oscar Lugo is a Mexican-American Electric Guitar Player who resides in the City of Tijuana B.C. México.
He started his first Guitar lessons in the class of Professor Andrés Martín (Argentinian Composer, Arranger and Principal Double Bassist of the Baja California Chamber Orchestra) in the City of Tijuana, B.C. México, after which he moved to Los Angeles to attend Musicians Institute GIT in the class of Chris Broderick (Jag Panzer, Nevermore, Megadeth) with whom he had private lessons in his personal studio as well.
He has participated in masterclasses and performed for important musicians inside the world of classical music, such as Turkish Double Bass Soloist Volkan Orhon, North-American Double Bassist Joe McNalley and Polish/Mexican Cellist Bozena Slawinska.
As an Electric Guitar Professor, he taught in the City of Tijuana at the Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra from August 2007 until February 2011, where he was invited to perform a Lecture Recital exposing the subject of “The Electric Guitar as a Concert Instrument”, in the XVII edition of the Classical Guitar Festival “Festival Hispanoamericano de Guitarra 2010″.
He continues to study privately in the class of Professor Andrés Martín in the City of Tijuana, B.C. Mexico. Under the guidance of Professor Martín, he continues to work in the subject of “The Electric Guitar as a Concert Instrument”. A project that has the purpose of taking the instrument to the Concert Halls, capable of working at a full scale as a Soloist inside the world of classical music, not only in a Solo context, but also in Chamber Music and Concertante.
Inside the genre of the Electric Guitar, he is one of the very few musicians in the world presenting this project, not only with transcriptions of music for other instruments, but also commissioning works to important composers of our time.
To keep in touch with Oscar, his schedule, news and current projects, please visit the following website:
http://www.oscar-lugo.com/
