Cheryl Grice Guitarist

Home

Recitals

Biography

Cheryl Grice-Watterson Guitarist

Only a handful of people have achieved perfection with the Classical Guitar.

One of these outstanding Classical Guitar players, who plays with exquisite passion, emotion, feeling and sensitivity, is one of the few women to join this small elite band of great Guitar players.

Cheryl won a scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music when she was 16. At 20, John Williams awarded her the first ever 'Performers Distinction' given to a Guitarist at the College. Under the tuition of Gordon Crosskey and John Williams, she won the 'Lanchester International Guitar Competition' and the 'Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra di Alessandria' in Italy. Consequently Cheryl was invited to appear on Italian, French and British television on numerous occasions.

Following her outstanding performance in a Masterclass with Julian Bream recorded for the BBC, Cheryl was personally invited by Bream to record with him for French Television. That year she also made her debut at the Wigmore Hall in London, establishing her as one of the world's leading Classical Guitarists.

Cheryl excelled in the Segovia International Competiton in England, which was recorded by the BBC, and her performance of the hauntingly beautiful 'Un Sueno en la Floresta' was chosen to be played over the subsequent production of Life in Spain. She is particularly acclaimed for her performances of Spanish and South American music.