FEBRUARY 22, 2024 — Over three days this March, the Southwest Guitar Symposium (SWGS) will return to UTSA to showcase the versatility of the classical guitar and enable networking among musicians, ...

MARCH 7, 2024 — The Southwest Guitar Symposium (SWGS), known for bringing guitar virtuosos from around the world to perform high caliber concerts and offer masterclasses to UTSA students, will make ...

Guitar Heroes: San Antonio’s Custom Instrument Builders Produce One-of-Kind Axes That Can Sell for Thousands — or Just Scratch a Creative Itch ...

The acoustic guitar, with its beguiling simplicity and poignant resonance, has long been a fixture in the echelons of music history. Its origins can be traced back to the 16th century when it was ...

Antonio "Tony" Acosta is a classical musician and business owner, but he also manufactures some of the finest nylon strings used in classical and flamenco guitar. His shop— Luthier Music ...

Bill Collings, Luthier By Texas Monthly. May 2012. Photograph by Erin Trieb. Collings makes some of ... It’s taken me more than forty years to figure out what makes a great guitar.

Jeffrey Elliott believes there are two kinds of guitar-makers: technical and intuitive. He places himself in the latter category. “Any time I was on the fence about something and I did the thing ...

A luthier talks about his craft under lockdown and what it takes to fashion an Antonio Torres classical guitar Luthier Enoch Harold, 33, is occasionally approached to craft guitars with an unusual ...

Marin County has been home to some great guitarists — Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, Mike Bloomfield, John Cipollina. Fill in your own favorite. While you’re at it, I’m adding a new name to ...