Christopher McGuire has performed hundreds of formal solo concerts in the United States, Mexico, Japan, Venezuela and Spain. He has been a guest artist with orchestras and chamber ensembles and also composes for his music group, D'Accord. He has performed more than fifteen-hundred informal performances in schools and other community venues for the Dallas Classic Guitar Society, Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society, Young Audiences and in cities throughout North America, Spain and Japan. His direct influences are as varied as they come, ranging from private lessons with Andres Segovia to jam sessions with Stevie Ray Vaughn. He is currently Artistic Director of the Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society,

McGuire commands the many expressive qualities of the guitar with what one critic called "unselfconscious intensity." His engaging performance style invites people of all ages to feel they are taking part, not just taking a seat. Audiences and critics on five continents fulfill the prediction by Andrés Segovia that "he will be appreciated and applauded everywhere." In addition to numerous television and radio appearances he was the subject of a half-hour program on Radio Shanghai of China with an estimated audience in thirteen Asian countries of one billion.

In 1985 McGuire won first prize in the Dallas Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition. His performance at the 1993 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Festival in Buffalo, New York was enthusiastically received by his peers and he was selected to judge the GFA International Competitions in Quebec City, Canada, St. Louis, Missouri, San Antonio, Texas and Montréal, Canada.

Mr. McGuire was named one of the "Most Influential Leaders in the Arts" in Tarrant County by the Fort Worth Business Press. The Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society won the FW Weekly Music Award, "Best Classical Music" three times. His appearances include a performance with Swang Lin, Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth He has been invited to present many lecture demonstrations on topics such as, "Developing an Effective Residency Program" for groups including the Guitar Foundation of America.

He has studied with or performed in master classes for several of the worlds foremost guitarists including Andrés Segovia, Oscar Ghiglia, Pepe Romero, Robert Guthrie and José Tomás. He received full scholarships to Southern Methodist University on the recommendation of Robert Guthrie and to the Aspen Music Festival on the recommendation of Oscar Ghiglia. In the summers of 1980-82 he had both classes and private lessons with the great Spanish composer Federico Moreno-Torroba. Blues master Stevie Ray Vaughn, a regular in the McGuire family music room in the early 1970's, taught Chris to play the blues in weekly jam sessions. He taught for many years at the University of Dallas and North Lake College in Irving.

Recordings
Festival of Four Guitars, Ron Meyer Recordings
Christopher McGuire: Jazz Ensemble/Solo-Classical, Acoustic Plus Records
East Meets West with Bucky Pizzarelli, Acoustic Plus Records

Selected Reviews

"¡Magnifico!"
Radio Nacionall de España

"His beautiful playing was full of life and colour."
Gendai Guitar Magazine, Tokyo, Japan

"He does indeed succeed in doing it all alone, he and his guitar...
where one stops the other takes over in a continuous flow of melodious sounds."
Fort Worth Star Telegram

"The music was at once delicate, yet forceful and sophisticated...
the rich tone and sparkling interpretation he gave to the music
showed his empathy with the spirit of the music. McGuire seemed
at one with his instrument and the music he chose to play."
Anchorage Daily News

"McGuire is a pro when it comes to turning young people
into appreciative listeners of classical guitar."
Dallas Times Herald