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Brett Burleson
| Affiliation: | Faculty |
| Title: | Guitar |
| Office: | Mulberry 204 |
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| Phone: |
740-587-8683
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| Fax: | 740-587-6509 |
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Guitarist Brett Burleson has performed and recorded in a diverse array of musical circumstances. He has played with jazz groups that range from big band to bebop to avant-garde free improvisation as well as rock, pop and blues bands. Standout performance experiences include over a dozen shows in 2008 and 2009 with Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked and nightly performances for 6 months with an R&B group in Tenerife, Spain in 1999. He has performed in jazz clubs and festivals throughout the United States and continues to be an active member of the Central Ohio music community.
As an educator, Mr. Burleson is on the faculties of Capital University Conservatory of Music (since 2002), Ohio Wesleyan University (since 2003), Denison University (since 2009) and The Ohio State University (since 2009). He was also on faculty at Kenyon College from 2002-2008 where he taught guitar as well as directed the Kenyon College Jazz Ensemble. At Capital University he has directed the Fusion Band, Classical Guitar Ensemble and Guitar Workshop.
Mr. Burleson graduated from Capital University in 1996 with a B.M. where he studied jazz guitar with Stan Smith and classical guitar with Karl Wohlwend. He has also taken private lessons with Gene Bertoncini (Eastman School of Music), Rick Peckham (Berklee College of Music), Fred Hamilton (University of North Texas) and Chris Buzzelli (Bowling Green State University).
