Anton Machleder

Assistant Professor of Guitar

E-mail: anton.machleder@houghton.edu
Phone: 585.567.9409
Website: http://www.antonmachleder.com/

Ecuadorian-born American guitarist Anton Machleder has performed throughout the US in solo recitals and chamber music concerts. Currently he is Instructor of Guitar and Music Technology at Houghton College; he also teaches at Alfred University and Finger Lakes Community College, and maintains a recording studio in Rochester, New York. A student of Ronald Purcell and Manuel Barrueco, he recently completed the DMA in guitar and music literature under the direction of Nicholas Goluses at the Eastman School of Music. He made his New York debut in 1992 at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall as winner of the Artists International Competition. He has also received fellowships from D'Addario Strings, the Bowdoin Festival in Maine, and Yale's Norfolk Summer Festival. Guitar Player Magazine reviewed his CD as having "Crisp, brilliant upper-register work, sumo-weight bass tones, masterful long line logic... dramatic sense of structure... remarkable dynamic control." His performances are available on the La Tapa Recordings label. A scholar of the guitar as well, Mr. Machleder has had articles published in various journals including the American String Teacher, Ex tempore, and Soundboard .He has also given lectures for the College Music Society on the classical music of Cuba and the music of Manuel Porice (Mexico), as well as workshops & master classes at Brooklyn College and Oberlin College on guitar performance and improvisation. Mr. Machleder is Instructor of Guitar at Houghton College, Alfred University, and the Finger Lakes Community College.

Courses: Technology for the Musician