About

George Benton England, historical & modern guitars

I was born in Northern California and currently live in New York City where I perform and teach classical/modern guitar and theory. I am regularly engaged with the NYC-based Ensemble Music Humana, Sinfonia Spirituosa in California, and as guitarist with the Cantanti Project. Currently, I am on the faculty in guitar and musicianship at Diller-Quaile School of Music, Third Street Music School Settlement, Brooklyn Guitar School, and founded the Sacramento Guitar Institute. I hold a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University and am fortunate to perform with many amazing musicians! I look forward to working with you to create a nice night of guitar music.

Music

I perform a balance of old and new repertoire. I sometimes perform pieces chronologically, sometimes not. I usually include one or two works on a program that are best described as "avante garde" and challenge the mainstream views of classical music. Most of the work I perform comes from composers like Bach, Villa-Lobos, Fernando Sor, Mozart, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Antonio Lauro, among many others. I sometimes perform on theorbo (a very long 17th century lute with 14 strings!) in addition to modern guitar and a 19th century guitar.

Videos

Audio

Ensemble profiles

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  O'Rourke - England Duo

  • Instrument: Guitar + voice
  • Location: New York City

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Past groupmuses (4)

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  Classical Guitar @ Casa Rigo

  Thursday, Dec 26, 2019 7:00 PM EST

  • Neighborhood: Gowanus
  • Composers: Coste, Schumann, Bach, Brouwer
  • Instruments: Guitar, theorbo
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 4 years ago

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  Early Music and More on Lute and Guitar

  Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016 7:30 PM EST

  • Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Groupmuse South Slope!

  Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 7:30 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: Park Slope
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Outdoors

  Muse with a View

  Saturday, Jul 23, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: Greenpoint
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened almost 8 years ago