Killer Technique: Flatpicking Guitar

As an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and former Capitol Records-

Nashville recording artist, Colin Botts has performed on television, radio,

and in hundreds of venues, both across the United States and internationally.

Music has taken Colin Botts around the world, having studied guitar from

gauchos in Argentina, concertina and bouzouki from traditional musicians in

Ireland, and fiddle from gypsies while traveling through Romania. In 2013

Colin was awarded a masters degree in Irish Traditional Music Performance

from The University of Limerick, Ireland.

Colin Botts is a passionate and dedicated teacher with a degree in guitar

education from Utah State University. He has had the privilege to teach and

lecture in a variety of settings, from university classrooms to private lessons,

as well as music camps and festivals.

Corey Christiansen grew up in a musical family. His father, Mike Christiansen, started teaching him guitar at the age of five. After high school, Corey received his bachelor's degree from USU. A year later Corey left for Tampa Florida to study with legendary jazz guitar educator, Jack Petersen. In 1999, Corey received his master's degree from the University of South Florida and took over the teaching duties of Jack Petersen the next year. "Awakening," Corey's first album as a leader spent twelve weeks on the Jazz Week chart, reaching number 16 in March 2005. Corey Christiansen has a number of publications with Mel Bay and has conducted countless guitar clinics and concerts across the country and beyond including Europe, South Africa and Australia.