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Chuck Hulihan holds a Bachelor of Music in Guitar
Performance from the University of Connecticut where he
studied with guitarist Mark M. Davis and cellist Mary Lou
Rylands, and a Master of Music in Guitar Performance from
Arizona State University where he studied with Frank
Koonce. He has performed in literally dozens of master
classes with such international artists as Eliot Fisk, Manuel
Barrueco, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Sharon Isbin,
David Tanenbaum, Benjamin Verdery, and Ricardo Iznaola. He has studied at the Aspen Music Festival, Amercian Mandolin and Guitar Summer School, National Guitar Summer Workshop, and Guitar and Lute Institute at
California State University. In addition to his classical
studies, Chuck has taken part in workshops with European
‘gypsy jazz’ guitarists such as Boulou and Elios Ferre, Angelo Debarre, and Tchavalo Schmitt. He has performed with the Arizona Chamber Symphony, at the
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National Flute Association’s Phoenix Convention,and in
Arizona State University’s “Schubert Celebration” and
“Tribute to Rafael Mendez” concerts. His performance of
Conrad Susa’s “Carols and Lullabies” with the Phoenix Bach
Choir was broadcast on Public Radio International. He began his teaching career as an assistant to Frank Koonce at ASU, where he has also directed the ASU Guitar Orchestra. He has taught at the Arizona School for the Arts, presented clinics at the American Mandolin and Guitar Summer School in Rhode Island, been the featured guest teacher at the Guitar Associates Summer Workshop in New Mexico, and been a classical music host on 89.5 FM KBAQ in Phoenix. Currently, Chuck directs the multi-faceted guitar program at Glendale Community College and is expanding his musical horizons as an active performer of acoustic swing music in the style of the great gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.
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