BIOGRAPHY

Guitarist Jaxon Wiliams, a native of Ashland and a 2006 graduate of Ashland High School, began the study of classical guitar at the age of seven. He was the 2005 and 2006 First Prize winner in the Oregon State high school classical guitar competition. He has performed as the featured soloist with the Ashland High Chamber Orchestra and as a solo guitarist in numerous concerts in Oregon and Utah. He once played for an audience of 21,000 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His concert program will include works by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz and Paraguayan composer Augustin Barrios.
A student of Joseph Thompson and a long time member of the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society, Jaxon has studied in master classes with world-renowned guitarists such as Dusan Bogdanovich, Jason Vieaux, Ana Vidovic, and Martha Masters. He is currently a Guitar Performance major at Brigham Young University School of Music. His plans for the near future include continuing his guitar studies in Spain. His goals are to continue developing his career as a concert artist and to teach music at a university.
Jaxon will celebrate the release of his second CD with a solo concert featuring the music of Spain and Latin America.