Originally from Seattle, Washington, Jamie is one of the masters of contemporary acoustic guitar. With three CD's under his own name, "Wings of Light," "Amigos del Corazón, and "Reflections" Jamie is a very busy performer and composer, both in the States and abroad. His music is flavored by many styles from jazz and blues to pop and funk. More recently, Jamie has helped form the Acoustic Jazz Quartet, an L.A. based jazz band that features Jamie's compositions. Their first Naxos Jazz release was distributed worldwide in April, '99, and a second Acoustic Jazz Quartet "Organic" released in 2001. In 2002 Jamie formed a guitar duo with Duck Baker, and the pair recorded an adventurous and critically acclaimed record of jazz guitar duos titled "Out of the Past". He has three instructional DVDs and eight books on solo guitar finger style arrangements and harmonic technique. Jamie was part of the faculty of Musicians Institute in Hollywood for over 30 years, and USC for 7 years. Jamie will offer a performance and demonstration of arranging music for solo guitar as part of the SCGS Annual All-Members Meeting. Following the presentation will be a Q&A with Jamie and a reception. Everyone is invited to the meeting and concert, including all SCGS members as well as anyone who would like to enjoy the music and presentation, learn more about the SCGS, meet the SCGS Board members, and hear about upcoming events and future plans for the Seattle Classic Guitar Society.

Winner of the Rose Augustine Grand Prize in the 2024 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition, Leonela Alejandro is a classical guitarist from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. She has garnered attention as a soloist, captivating audiences with her powerful and energetic performance style. She has been invited to perform in numerous venues in the United States and Europe. Leonela has also placed in over a dozen competitions in the United States, with more than ten first-prize placements including the Louisville Guitar Festival, Appalachian State Guitar Festival, Columbus State University Guitar Symposium, Indiana Guitar Festival, and Chicago Guitar Festival, among others. She has also succeeded abroad as an international competitor, receiving prizes from the le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix guitar Competition, Ciudad de Coria International Guitar Competition, and the Iserlohn International Guitar Competition. Leonela formally began her musical education when she was seven years old. Following her work with various Puerto Rican teachers including Jomel Rivera, Julio Reyes, and Rey Nieves, she decided to dedicate her professional life to this passion. In 2016, she was accepted into the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico at just 16 years old, studying with world-renowned performer Maestro Iván Rijos. After two fruitful years in the Conservatory, she transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and completed her undergraduate degree with Cuban virtuoso René Izquierdo in 2020. Leonela recently completed her graduate studies with Dr. Andrew Zohn at Columbus State University in 2023.

With a repertoire spanning from J.S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti to Jimi Hendrix and Elliott Carter, Michael Nicolella is recognized as one of America's most innovative guitarists. He has received wide critical acclaim for his performances, recordings and compositions. As a concert artist, Michael has performed throughout North America, Europe and Japan as solo recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestra. Nicolella blurs the lines between musical styles and disciplines. He is part of a growing trend in classical music to revitalize the role of the composer/performer. As a concert artist he frequently programs his own works for guitar in solo, chamber and orchestral settings. Nicolella has collaborated and performed with a wide range of artists including: the Seattle Symphony, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, soprano Alexandra Picard, jazz singer Johnaye Kendrick, Seattle Chamber Players, Charanga Danzon, and others. As a performer and composer, he has received awards from ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, 4Culture, Wisconsin Arts Board, Washington State Arts Commission, Seattle Arts Commission and was first prize winner of both the Portland and Northwest solo classical guitar competitions. Michael is a graduate of Yale University, Berklee College of Music and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. He is on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.
 

The musical endeavors of Hennings span from new music on guitar to early music for lute, baroque guitar and theorbo and can be heard on the Naxos, Nonesuch, Bridge, Parma, NewBranch, New Albany and Innova recording labels. Hennings is professor of music at the University of Kentucky and curates the UK International Guitar Series, which has brought to Lexington some of the finest guitarists in the world. He is a resident artist at the East Coast Composers Ensemble and the Eastman Broad Band Ensemble, with whom he maintains an active performing schedule. Wilson has an engaging approach to teaching and programing concerts that draws from his desire to relate contemporary interests to universal themes. He has been the conductor of the Seattle Guitar Orchestra since he founded the organization in 2000 and became the cathedral guitarist at St. James Cathedral in Seattle in 2006. He has taught at Whatcom Community College, Bellevue College, the Rosewood Guitar and is currently at the Holy Names Academy. Wilson is in demand as a concert soloist and has written or arranged more than 200 works. His compositions are published by Seconda Prattica and performed widely. Mark Wilson describes their duo concert program as "an epic set of music built around titans of the 18th and 20th century, Bach and Brouwer, and their interest in travel and culture."