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Classical guitarist and Mississippi native Michael Boyd received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Southern Mississippi under the tutelage of Giovanni DeChiaro. During his studies at USM, Michael garnered top honors and awards at numerous festivals and competitions, including the 1996 Mississippi Conference of the National Federation of Music Clubs, as well as the 1997 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Convention, where he was subsequently chosen to represent Mississippi in a performance at the Music Teachers National Association Regional Convention in Tallahassee, Florida. Mr. Boyd has attended master classes with many renowned artists including Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Leo Brouwer, Christopher Parkening, Randy Pile, Marc Regnier, and The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

As a performer and clinician, Michael maintains an active schedule in the region and abroad, including appearances with the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, as well as performances in Argentina and Spain. He served as Assistant Director of USM’s Summer Guitar Institute in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, as Co-Director to the 2001 Majesty of the Guitar in Spain International Festival and the Southern Arts Guitar Festival in 2003, both held on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Mr. Boyd is a member of the Mississippi Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and Southern Artistry, organizations dedicated to promoting arts and education programs in communities throughout the southeast. As an educator, Michael has held positions at Southwest Mississippi Community College, Belhaven College, the University of Southern Mississippi and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Presently he serves as Director of Music at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hattiesburg, and as Professor of Music at Jones Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, where he has been awarded such honors as Humanities Teacher of the Year, Lamplighter, and Who’s Who among Professional Educators.

In 2006, Michael made his New York debut at prestigious Carnegie Hall with The Mississippi Guitar Quartet under the auspices of Centaur Records. He has been featured on National Public Radio affiliate programs such as WRTI’s ‘Crossover’, MPB’s ‘Mississippi Concert Hall’ as well as WMSV’s ‘High Notes’. Mr. Boyd also performs with fellow quartet member Steven Kennedy as the Mangore Duo, and in addition to his work with Centaur Records, Michael is featured as concertmaster on the Southern Arts Guitar Consort recording ‘Reflections’, and has also released several acclaimed solo recordings through the Lucid Records label. He also performed on the Albany Records recording of Samuel Adler’s oratorio ‘Choose Life’, and was involved with its’ premier at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fischer Hall. Michael has been contributing author to articles in Mel Bay’s ‘Teaching Guitar’, and The Guitar Foundation of America’s journal ‘Soundboard’. He studied composition with Luigi Zaninelli and Dr. John Donohue, and in addition to composing, Michael transcribes and arranges works for guitar and other mediums. Mr. Boyd’s recordings and transcriptions by Mel Bay Publications are available though major online outlets, with more to be available soon.

Mr. Boyd performs on guitars made by luthiers Abel Garcia and Tom Blackshear, lute by Günter Denzel, and strings by Galli

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