Biographies
David Crittenden has a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from
the University of Georgia where he studied with John Sutherland.
He received his Master of Music degree from Ball State University
where he studied with Paul Reilly. For ten years he was
a member of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet.
Christopher Becknell is a Twin Cities musician who freelances in many musical styles. An accomplished Classical and Fingerstyle Guitarist, he also performs on Fiddle in a wide range of styles from Classical, Celtic, Bluegrass and Old-Time to Rock and Hot Club Jazz Violin. In addition to Performing, he has also been on the Faculty at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and runs his own Suzuki Method Music program for children and their parents at MacPhail Center for Music and his private studio in Minneapolis. In 2015 Christopher released an Album of Fingerstyle Gospel and Folk Song arrangements for Solo Guitar called Just Beyond the River. It has received playtime on The Current, Minnesota Public Radio, and KBEM’s Bluegrass Saturday Morning and is available on CDBaby or iTunes.