This will be a general class for beginners with a focus on learning folk chords and accompaniment, easy classical, fingerstyle pop, and campground songs with guitar.

Lawrence Ferrara has the distinction of being the first guitarist to receive a master's degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His teachers have included Julian Bream, George Sakellarious and Michael Lorimer. He currently serves on the facultiy of San Francisco City College and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has performed major recitals in San Francisco, Toronto, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Sydney and at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. He has given concerts at numerous university and college campuses. He has perfomed with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, the Bay Chamber Symphony, the Classical Philharmonic, The Vallejo and Merced Symphonies, the San Francisco Conservatory's Chamber Orchestra and the New Music Ensemble. Among many awards earned, Mr. Ferrara was twice prize winner at the Carmel Classic Guitar Competition and recived special recognition at the Toronto International Guitar Competition. He has also served on the Music Advisory Panel to the National Endowment of the Arts. Mr. Ferrara is the author and performer of a sequence of music books titled "The Student Repertoire Series for Guitar," with accompanying CD's, published by Guitar Solo of San Francisco.