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DAVID MATTHEW SHERE,
Ph.D.
BIO
Born August 4, 1970,
David M. Shere began playing the
piano at the age of six, performing in numerous recitals throughout his
childhood.
At the age of eleven David took up the acoustic
guitar, later taking up the electric guitar and pursuing interests in rock,
blues and jazz.
In 1997, David began teaching music privately at Suburban Music in
David also enrolled in
In June 2000, David received his Associate of Arts
diploma [A.A.] from
David moved to
After a year as an undergrad at UCSB, David transferred to Cornish College of the Arts in
David graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree [B.of M.] from Cornish in May 2003.
In September of 2003, David returned to UC Santa Barbara to pursue graduate
studies in Music Composition.
As a composer, David has had acoustic and electronic
works performed by the Odeon string quartet, the
His installation work "Faces of the Elder
Gods" was included in the Spring 2005 ECM Primavera Festival.
David completed his Master of Arts [M.A.] degree in
Music Composition at UC Santa Barbara
in June of 2006,
and officially received his M.A. diploma in November 2006.
David completed his doctoral dissertation [Ph.D.] in
Music Composition at UC Santa Barbara
in September of 2007,
and officially received his Ph.D. diploma in December 2007.
Since June of 2008, David has been giving private
guitar lessons at Jensen Guitar & Music Co. in
In 2009, David released a full-length, 14-track solo
project entitled 45th Street
Blues,
performing a CD release party on April 11, 2009 at Jensen’s Mainstage concert venue.
In October of 2010, David founded Jensen’s Rock Studio, a coaching
program designed to hone students’ performance skills in a band setting.
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