Chris Dorsey was born in Byron, Georgia. He received his BA with John Pell at Belmont University and his MA with William Yelverton at Middle Tennessee State University. Under the direction of Frank Koonce, Chris received his Doctor of Musical Arts in guitar performance from Arizona State University in 2005. The title of his doctoral dissertation is Guarango como guitarra en tango [Awkward as a Guitar in the Tango]: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Guitar in the Argentinean Tango.

In 2000, the ASU College of Fine Arts and the "Friends" of the ASU Center for Latin American Studies awarded Chris grants to study tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied with guitarist/composer Hugo Romero.

Chris has studied the Suzuki approach with Frank Longay and currently teaches music and guitar at his private studio in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information, please visit www.chrisdorseyguitar.com


chris@sfg4.net