Smithfield, UT
Mike Christiansen is Professor Emeritus in the Music Department at Utah State University. Mike founded the guitar program at USU and was Director of Guitar Studies at USU for 39 years. In 1994, he was selected as Professor of The Year at Utah State University. Mike received the ASTA (American String Teachers Association) Utah Chapter Outstanding Collegiate Educator of the Year Award in 2006. In December of 2012, Mike was selected as a U.S. Carnegie Professor of the Year and was also selected as the USU Caine College of the Arts Professor of the Year. In 2013, he was invited to be a TED speaker. Mike is a renown guitar educator and has taught workshops at many schools, He is a frequent clinician for guitarists and classroom guitar instructors at various conferences. He averages over 130 performances annually as a soloist, with the group Mirage, and with the Lightwood Duo (a clarinet-guitar duo which has released six recordings). Mike is the author and/or co-author of over 40 books and appears on hundreds of instructional videos. He has performed with many artists including: Jack Petersen, Glen Frey (the Eagles), Joe Diorio, Sid Jacobs, Jose Posadas, Tommy Emmanuel, Johnny Hilland, Natalie Cole, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sutton Foster, Juliza Andlizan, and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Mike is currently the co-owner of Consonus Music (a company specializing in blended learning curriculum for ukulele and guitar).
Friday, January 6, 2023
6:00 PM – 6:50 PM US EST