Paul Binkley

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Classical Guitar

  1. -Renaissance

  2. -Baroque

  3. -Classical

  4. -Spanish

  5. -South American



Classical Guitar


Paul’s main influences for classical guitar are Julian Bream and Andrés Segovia.  He regularly performs baroque, classical, Renaissance and Spanish guitar music at events in the San Francisco Bay Area and Napa Valley. 


His instructors included Phillip Roshegar, George Sakellariou, Bruce French, and David Tannenbaum.  He also performed at master classes of Leo Brouwer, Alexander Lagoya, Michael Lorimer, David Russel, Frederick Hand and many others. 


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Sample Repertoire List


Renaissance and Baroque

Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in D, Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major
Chilesotti: Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance
Dowland: Allemande, Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
Narvaez: Guardame las Vacas
Sanz: Canarios
Milan: Five Pavans
Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major
Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major


Spanish

Albeniz: Granada, Leyenda, Cadiz
Sor: Minuet and Rondo
Granados: Spanish Dance No. 5
Llobet: Catalonian Folk Songs
Tarrega: Caprichio Arabe, Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Adelita, Lagrima, Las Dos Hermanitas
Torroba: Madronos, Sonatina
Anonymous: Romanza, Linda, Celeste y Blanco
Lecuona: Malaguena
Malats: Serenata Espanola

South American

Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes, Choros #1
Lauro: Four Venezuelan Waltzes, Maria Luisa
Pernambuco: Sons de Carilhoes, Po de Mico
Brouwer: Berceuse (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)
Barrios: Ultimo Cancion
Jose Ferrer: Vals Español