Neil Douglas

Neil Douglas (BMus, BEd) has over 25 years of studying and playing experience.  He started playing acoustic guitar at the age of 10 with the Ontario Conservatory of Music in Orangeville, Ontario and classical guitar during grades 11, 12 and 13 in high school. He also studied classical guitar at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with William Trotter before entering the music program at Wilfrid Laurier University. While at Wilfrid Laurier his main teachers were Hungarian professor Tibor Puskas and Lynne Gangbar. He also obtained his Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor.

Neil has also taken private classical guitar lessons with Michael Bracken, Robert Hamilton, Daniel Bolyshoy, Robert Gruca, and flamenco lessons with Miguel de la Bastide. He has also participated in master classes with world renowned classical guitarists David Russell and Pavel Steidl. He also participated in workshops with fingerstyle players Don Ross and Stephen Bennett.

Neil has worked as a freelance musician for over 27 years. He has played for many private events and as well as playing at fine dining restaurants in south western Ontario. For the past 5 years he has taught guitar at The Sound Factory Music School and has taught extensively in other studios across Kitchener-Waterloo, as well as teaching privately.

He currently performs solo and is a member of the "Latin Fusion Trio" (www.latinfusiontrio.com).  The trio plays a mixture of Latin and rumba flamenco music.  Neil plays and offers lessons in classical guitar as well as flamenco and fingerstyle steel string guitar.