PEDRICK - SMITH GUITAR DUO

David Pedrick has garnered accolades from critics and audiences alike for his performances in a variety of styles, including classical, jazz, and world music. Based in southeastern Pennsylvania, he has performed throughout the U.S. for guitar societies, concert series, and music festivals. He has also worked extensively as a studio session guitarist and is a veteran of regional theater pit orchestras.  David’s three recordings with guitarist Jeremy Hutson, Mirage (2002), Environs (2003), and The Seas are Deep: Music of Turlough O’Carolan (2006), received international acclaim and have been featured on National Public Radio, Public Radio International, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the British Broadcasting Corporation among others.

A respected music educator, David is currently on the faculty of Lancaster Country Day School where he maintains a thriving guitar program. He has also served as a contributing author for the Guitar Foundation of America and The National Association for Music Education. He has conducted guitar classes, lectures, and workshops for school districts, colleges, universities, and community music organizations throughout the mid-Atlantic region, and he is frequently invited to present guitar sessions at the state conferences of both the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. 

Tom holds a B.M. degree from Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music where he studied with Peter Segal. As a member of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Trio he has performed in Puerto Rico and Panama and has toured the Mid-Atlantic states as a roster artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Arts On Tour program. He is a two time awardee of the Community Education Center's Performance In An Intimate Space series where he composed and premiered “Sonata for Guitar & Metal Shop” for guitar and found percussion and “The Wolf Roams” for three guitars. In September, 2002, his composition “River Rising” was premiered by the Pedrick-Hutson guitar duo at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The duo has since recorded the piece for their critically acclaimed CD “Environs.” Spring of 2005 saw the The Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Orchestra premiere his composition “Three Temperings” at its annual guitar festival in Philadelphia.

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