Guitar Society of Southern Oregon and Britt Education Present Alan Mearns!

Alan Mearns was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He began his musical studies with the classical violin at age five, switching to the guitar at age ten. Moving to the United States in his late teens, he studied classical guitar performance with Douglas James at Appalachian State University (where he held the prestigious Fletcher Scholarship) and with Stanley Yates at Austin Peay State University.

Alan is a multiple-genre guitarist and composer. Alan is both a celebrated classical guitar virtuoso and a gifted songwriter under his folk persona, Yes the Raven. His recent Bach recording, Sei Solo, was met with both critical and popular acclaim, climbing to number 8 in the classical Billboard chart.

“…a revelation. Mearns reveals himself a singular artist of extraordinary imagination…truly a next-generation phenomenon.” Stephen Aron, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

For tickets, visit www.guitarsocietyso.org

This project is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.