Past Artists- Corey Christiansen ( June, 2008)

What our members had to say !

"I had a great lesson as well. Also got a lot out of the clinic. Yes, I passed his ideas on to the soloists in my band - but at my private lesson, I asked Corey to help me develop a chord solo for the bridge of one of our songs. Just going thru that together seems to be a positive step toward doing this with a lot of other tunes as well. Who knows? Maybe I'll even be able to develop a solo longer than 8 bars someday!
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Corey Christiansen Clinic

June, 2008

Clinic: “Playing in the Pocket”
 

Corey Christiansen grew up in a musical family. His father, Mike Christiansen, has run the guitar program at Utah State University for over three decades. Corey spent a lot of his youth with his dad on campus learning about the guitar and music. 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.