Classical guitar students give performance on WGUC

Tune in to this archived performance from Cincinnati Public Radio

Cincinnati Public Radio station 90.9 WGUC invited UC College-Conservatory of Music classical guitar students Wesley Weidig and Luke Jackson to give a live performance in the radio station’s Corbett Studio in December. 

Two students play guitars in a recording studio

CCM classical guitar students Wesley Weidig and Luke Jackson in WGUC's Corbett Studio. Photo/WGUC

The performance is now available on WGUC’s Clef Notes blog.

Weidig and Jackson study with CCM Instructor Christopher Wilke (MM Classical Guitar, ‘03), who earned a doctorate in early music performance at the Eastman School of Music. CCM’s Classical Guitar program was started by Professor Clare Callahan in 1972.

Read more about the performance on WGUC.

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