BORN:
l944 Budapest, Hungary


EDUCATION:
l966B.A., University of California, Berkeley
l968-9Graduate program in Latin American Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison
l988-90Graduate studies in Clinical Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda,California
l970 to present: Self-taught in lutherie, supplemented over time by workshops and hands-on classes with Robert Lundberg (rosette carving), Fred Mejia and Eugene Clark (French polishing), Jose Romanillos (Classic guitar soundboards), Nico Van Der Waals (lute construction) and John Gilbert (Classic guitar design).
Guitar master classes with Michael Lorimer, Leo Brouwer, Vicente Gomez, Rey de la Torre, and Abel Carlevaro.
One year ongoing consultation with Michael Bell of Visual Art Access, San Francisco, Calif.
Art Classes with Paul Wonner, Albert Wein and Joseph Young.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION:
"The East Bay's Guitarmakers" exhibition, Addison Windows Gallery
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley, California

ONE-PERSON SHOWS:
2007 Alta Bates Hospital Cardio-Rehab wing, Berkeley, California
2007 Berkeley Civic Arts Commission Show, 1947 Center St., Berkeley, California
2006 Alta Bates Hospital Cardio-Rehab wing, Berkeley, California
2006 Alta Bates Hospital Cardio-Rehab wing, Berkeley, California
2005-6Bang and Oluffson showroom, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Alta Bates Hospital Cardio-Rehab facilities, Berkeley, California
2005 Summit Hospital Cardio-Rehab Department, Merritt Campus, Oakland, California
2005 Bang and Oluffson showroom, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2000 West Side Bakery and Café, Oakland, California
2000 Pro Arts Open Studios, Berkeley, California
2000 The Craftsman Home, Oakland, California
l999 West Side Bakery and Cafe, Oakland, California
l999 Spettro Restaurant, Oakland, California
l998 West Side Bakery and Cafe, Berkeley, California
l998 Spettro Restaurant, Oakland, California
l997 West Side Bakery and Cafe, Berkeley, California
l995 Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
l994 Gallery '76, Wentachee, Washington
l994 East Bay Pro Arts Open Studios, Berkeley, California
l993 Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, California
l993 East Bay Pro Arts open Studio, Berkeley, California


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007Salon de Guitare de Montreal
2007Healdsburg Guitar Festival
2006Newport Guitar Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
2006Addison Street Gallery show, Berkeley, California
2006Guild of American Luthiers national convention, Tacoma, Washington
2005-6"The East Bay's Guitarmakers" exhibition, Addison Windows
Gallery/Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley, California
2005Healdsburg Music Festival, Healdsburg/Santa Rosa, California
2005Gourmet Guitars DVD series on contemporary luthiers
2005"Almost Heaven: John Denver's America", Dean Lesher Regional
Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
2004Pritam & Eames Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2004 Westside Bakery and Café, Berkeley, California
2003 The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, New York,
"Images of Death in Art", curated by Mihail Chemiakin
2003 Healdsburg/Santa Rosa Guitar Festival, Santa Rosa, California
2003 Westside Bakery and Café, Berkeley, California
2003 Pritam & Eames Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2002 Muriel Anderson Presents, NAMM show, Anaheim, California
2002 Westside Bakery and Café, Berkeley, California
2002 Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2000 The Sheldon Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri
2001 Healdsburg Guitar Festival, Healdsburg, California
2001 The Great Midwest Guitar Show, St. Louis, Missouri
2001 East Bay Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland, California
2001 Westside Bakery and Café, Berkeley, California
2000 Misugi Gallery, Berkeley, California
2000 The Sheldon Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Westside Bakery and Café, Berkeley, California
2000 The Great Midwest Guitar Show, St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Association of Stringed Istrument Artisans, Nashville, Tennessee
2000 Christensen-Heller Gallery, Oakland, California
l999 Healdsburg Music Festival, Healdsburg, California
l999 San Mateo Woodworker's Show; San Mateo, California
l999 l080 23rd Ave. Studios/Oakland Arts Commission conference,
Oakland, California
l999 Oakland Artship, Oakland, California
l999 East Bay Pro Arts, Oakland, California
l999 Tokyu Hands Grand Prix Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
l999 Tokyu Hands Grand Prix Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
l999 Northwest Fine Woodworking, Seattle, Washington
l999 Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, California
l999 Misugi Gallery, Berkeley, California
l998 Northwest Fine Woodworking, Seattle, Washington
l998 Viva Gallery, Berkeley, California
l998 Guild of American Luthiers Convention exhibit, Tacoma, Washington
l998 Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, California
l998 Misugi Gallery, Berkeley, California
l998 Mineral and Wood Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
l998 San Rafael Music Festival, San Rafael, California
l997 Viva Gallery, Berkeley, California
l997 Northwest Fine Woodworking, Seattle, Washington
l997 Misugi Gallery, Berkeley, California
l997 Tokyo Musical Instrument Trade Show, Tokyo, Japan
l997 60th Street Gallery, Oakland, California
l997 Klein Music, Sonoma, California
l997 Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, California
l997 Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, New Mexico
l997 Healdsburg Music Festival, Healdsburg, California
l996 Hanson Galleries, Houston, Texas
l996 Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, California
l996 State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan
l996 Guilford Handcraft Expo, Guilford, Connecticut
l996 KRASL Affair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, Michigan
l996 American Festival of Craft at Lincoln Center, New York, New York
l996 Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, Washington
l996 Pacific Fine Art, Walnut Creek, California
l996 La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, California
l996 King's Mountain Art Festival, Woodside, California
l996 Jessell Gallery, Napa, California
l996 Craftsman's Guild, San Francisco, California
l996 Innspirations Gallery, Healdsburg, California
l996 Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, New Mexico
l996 Healdsburg Guitar Festival, Healdsburg, California
l995 Guild of American Luthiers Convention exhibit, Tacoma, Washington
l995 Farmington Arts Center, Avon, Connecticut
l995 Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, New Mexico
l995 Live Oak Park Fair, Berkeley, Californ ia
l995 The Craftsman's Guild, San Francisco, California
l995 Liz Claiborne Store, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California
l995 Studio Design Gallery, Washington, D.C.
l995 Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
l995 Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, California
l994 Selo Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
l994 Hanson Galleries, Houston, Texas
l994 Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
l994 Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, Wiscon sin
l994 Clarksville Pottery, Austin, Texas
l994 Citywoods Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois
l994 Gallery Antique, Lexington, Kentucky
l994 Artful Hand Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
l994 Zoller Gallery, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
l994 A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California
l994 Dublin Civic Center Lobby exhibition, Dublin, California
l994 University of California Y.W.C.A. exhibit, Berkeley, California
l994 Berkeley Pro Arts Open Studios Gallery, Berkeley, California
l994 San Francisco Craftsman's Guild, San Francisco, California
l994 East Bay Pro Arts Gallery show, Oakland, California
l994 Studio Design Gallery Holiday Show, Washington, D.C.
l994 Lynn House Gallery, "In Our Own Back Yard", Antioch, California
l994 Stonehouse Project Decorators Showcase, 2622 Jackson St., San Francisco, California
l993 Richmond Art Center, "Visions of Light", Richmond, California
l993 Oakland Pro Arts Holiday Sale Exhibit, Oakland, California
l993 The Craftsman's Guild, "Music and the Arts This Holiday Season", San Francisco, Calif.
l993 A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California
l993 A.C.C. Craft Fair, Baltimore , Maryland
l993 Bay Area Society of Stringed Instrument Craftsmen exhibition, Alameda, California
l993 Oakland Pro Arts Gallery Exhibit, Oakland, California
l993 Pacific States Craft Fair, San Francisco, California
l993 Nancy Sadler Gallery, Venice, California
l993 Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, California
l993 l078 Gallery, Chico, California
l993 North Valley Art League, Redding, California
l993 Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
l992 A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California
l992 Mill Valley Fine Arts Festival, Mill Valley, California
l992 Emmet Eiland Gallery, Albany, California
l992 Albany Arts Gallery, Albany, California
l992 Pacific States Craft Fair, San Francisco, California
l992 Guild of American Luthiers, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
l992 Walnut Creek Art Festival, Waln ut Creek, California
l99l A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California
l99l Palo Alto Celbrates the Arts, Palo Alto, California
l99l Pacific States Craft Fair, San Francisco, California
l99l Montclair Art Fair, Oakland, California
l990 King's Mountain Art Fair, Woodside, California
l990 "Handmade Musical Instruments", Guild of American Luthiers, Pacific
Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
l986 "Handmade Musical Instruments", Guild of American Luthiers, Pacific
Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
l983 Strawberry Bluegrass Festival, Camp Mather, California
l983 National Flat- and Fingerpicking Championships, Winfield, Kansas
l982 The Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon
l980 "Handmade Musical Instruments", Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
l980 King's Mountain Art Fair, Woodside, California
l979 Vintage and handmade guitar exhibition, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California
l979 Guild of American Luthiers convention, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
l979 King's Mountain Art Fair, Woodside, California
l978-9 "The Harmonious Craft", Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
l978 Guild of American Luthiers, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
l978 Folk Music Society, "Handmade Musical Instruments", Hall of Flowers,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
l978 K.P.F.A. Craft Fair, Berkeley, California
l977 Carmel Classic Guitar Festival, Carmel, California
l976 "Handmade Contemporary and Early Instruments", University of California
Extension, San Francisco, California
l975 "Folk Instruments and Folk Music", Fort Mason, San Francisco, California
l974 "Handmade Early Instruments", The Unitarian Church, Berkeley, California
l972 Brooks Hall Craft Fair, San Francisco, California


AWARDS/COMMISSIONS/HONORS:
2007 Member of Advisory Board, Montreal Salon de Guitare
2007 Artwork included into the collection of Manuel Velazquez, Winter Springs, Florida
2007 Member of Advisory Board, Miami Guitar Show
2006 Curatorship of (City of Berkeley Arts Commission) Guitar Making Exhibition
2006 Artwork included into the collection of Susan Moffett, Nelson, B.C., Canada; and William Fitzgerald, Washington, D.C.
2004 Artwork included into the collection of Lewis Santer, Berkeley, California; Matthew Tremaglio, San Francisco, California
2003 Artwork included into the collections of Joan Alexander, Berkeley, California; Michael Sommer, Las Vegas, Nevada; Hiro Corporation, Kobe, Japan
2002 Artwork included in the collections of Joan Alexander, Berkeley, California; Michael Sommers, Las Vegas, Nevada
2001 Artwork included in the collections of JoAnne Zupan, Los Angeles, California; Muriel Anderson, Nashville, Tennessee
2001 Artwork included into the collections of Arthur and Barbara Bloch, Berkeley, California; Michael and Laura Yard, Tucson, Arizona
2000 Artwork included into the collections of Nancy Fuller, Los Angeles, California; Janet Yang, Seattle, Washington; Barbara Willenborg, San Francisco, California; Al Williams, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Christopher Jenkins, Arlington, Texas; David Serva, Madrid, Spain; Jess Wilson, San Carlos, California; David Smith, Berkeley, California; Kathy Foster, Oakland, California; Rosalind Kim, Moraga, California; Gerald Alexanderson, Santa Clara, California; Thomas A. Tyler, St. Louis, Missouri; Arlene Baxter, Berkeley, California; Mr. & Mrs. Sung-Hou Kim, Berkeley, California
1999 Artwork included into the collection of Ittsei Nakagawa, El Cerrito, California; Sophia Nardin and Luke Wood, Los Angeles, California; Karen Rosenberg, Berkeley, California; E. Kim Barnes, Oakland, California; George Casey, Richmond, California; Ken and Mina Oya, Saitama, Japan; Josh Wolf and Laura Powers, New York, New York; Robert and Marianna Hoolhorst, Berkeley, California, Mr. & Mrs. Isato Matsuda, Tokyo, Japan; Miriam Green and Andrew Rose, Berkeley, California; S.W. and D.S. Jordan, Walnut Creek, California; Brigid O'Brien, Richmond, California; Gerald Alexanderson, Santa Clara, California; Ann Marie Peters, Hayward, California; Joan Gale, Oakland, California; Jonathan and Abby Alkon Leonard, Berkeley, California; Sherilyn Tharp, Berkeley, California; Matthew & Julie Wong, Berkeley, California; Rebecca Pushkin, Morgantown, West Virginia; Marsha and Paul Dalmas, Berkeley, California; Daniel Somogyi, Northampton, England
1999 Tokyu Hands Grand Prix Mind Prize; Tokyo, Japan
1998 Commission by Jewish Federation of San Francisco
1998 Artwork included into the collections of Mitsuhiro Uchida, Nagano, Japan; Martin Wood and Jennifer Matthews, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Mildred Sternhell, New York, N. Y; Ryosuke Iizuka, Tokyo, Japan; Kirsten Williams, Oakland, Calif.; Jason Grant, Berkeley, Calif.; Peppino D'Agostino, San Francisco, Calif.; Joseph Goldyne, San Francisco, California; Andrew Rose, Berkeley, California; P. Elise Morgan, El Cerrito, California; Vatcharee Aiem-Sa-Ard, Berkeley, California; Trician Comings, Santa Cruz, California
1998 Jury Award, Northwest Fine Woodworking, Seattle, Washington
1997 Artwork included into the collections of Valory Mitchell, Oakland, Calif.; Mark Cloutier, Berkeley, Calif.; Avi Goldyne, Tel Aviv, Israel; Timothy White, New Boston, N.H.; Vivian Wohlwend, San Diego, Calif.; Mihail Chemiakin, New York, N.Y.; John Wooster, Ross, Calif.; Laura Nicodemus, Berkeley, California
1996 Artwork included into the collections of Jose Romanillos, Guijosa, Spain; Ernest Lowinger, London, England; Shun Komatsubara, Kobe, Japan; Alice Horne, St. Julians, Malta; John Fogelin, San Francisco, Calif.; Vivian Wohlwend, San Diego, Calif.;Yoshiaki Kakuta, Kanagawa, Japan; Isato Nakagawa, Tokyo, Japan; Patrick Cho, Hayward, California
1995 Appreciation award, Northern California Association of Luthiers
1995 Artwork included into the collections of Hideo Kamimoto, San Jose, Calif.; Lewis Santer, Davis, Calif.; Selma Brenner, Stamford, Ct.; Diane Michalowski, Boston, Mass.; Jay Hostetler, Athens, Ohio; Guild of American Luthiers, Tacoma, Wash.; Mr. & Mrs. T. Mellon, Washington, D.C.; and The Arizona Center for Health and Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona
1995 Letter of Commendation from Ed Gerhard, Virtue Records, New Hampshire
1994 Artwork included into the collections of Barbara Klein, Berkeley, Calif.; Ann Lumsdaine & James Ross, Oakland, Calif.; Terry & Jane Nardin, Minneapolis, Minn.; Donald and Joan Gale, Oakland, Calif.
1993 Letter of Commendation, Different Fur Recording Studios, San Francisco, Calif.
1993 Second Place Best of Show, l078 Gallery, Chico, California
1993 Honorable Mention, Dishman Gallery, Beaumont, Texas
1993 Artwork included into the collections of Asta Engineering Co., Inc., Malvern, Pa.; Mr. & Mrs. David Zumsteg, San Francisco, Calif.; Ann Lumsdaine & James Ross, Oakland, Calif.
1992 Artwork included into the collection of Daniel H. Eakins, Palo Alto, California; Mr. & Mrs. Philip Gardner, San Ramon, California; Naomi Nakashima, San Francisco, California; Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Jones, Berkeley, California; Ronald Skarbos, Seattle, Washington
1991 Artwork included into the collection of Christine Steensma, Berkeley, California
1991 Retirement presentation woodcarving commissioned by New Life College of Chiropractic, Hayward, California
1991 Business logo carving commissioned by Luthier's Mercantile, Healdsburg, California
1990-1 Artwork included into the collection of Don Kessler D.C., Hayward, California; Robert Sternhell, Malvern, Pennsylvania; June Zalatoris, San Ramon, California; Nancy Baer and Leon Cho, Richmond, California; David and Sara Andrew, Miami, Florida; Anthony and Johanna Hunt, San Francisco, California; Diane Wilson, El Cerrito, California
1990 When John Denver was asked to play at the White House he played on a Somogyi guitar
1985 Awards of repair warrantee certification by Ovation, Alvarez-Yairi, Dobro, Orozco and Gibson guitar companies
1985 - 05 Pat Donohue, national fingerpicking champion, plays a Somogyi guitar on Prairie Home Companion
1985 Third place, "Best Luthier" category, Frets magazine
1985 Letter of recognition by Music Annex Recording Studio, Menlo Park, California
1983 Somogyi guitar selected and given as first prize for the National Fingerpicking Championships, Winfield, Kansas
1982 Winner, "Best Luthier" category, Frets Magazine
1981 Windham Hill artists Alex de Grassi and Daniel Hecht play solo performances at Carnegie Hall, playing Somogyi guitars
1980-85 Windham Hill recording artists using Somogyi Guitars selected as music of choice for intermissions, National Public Radio programming
1980 KTVU Channel 2, Oakland, California, makes award-winning short film for Segment 2, about Ervin Somogyi's work


ART AND LUTHERIE TEACHING AND RELATED EMPLOYMENT:
2007 Begin apprenticeship training of Mark Tripp
2007 Advisory Board consultations, Montreal and Miami Guitar shows
2007 Workshop/lecture, "Increasing Guitar Playability", Montreal Jazz Festival Guitar Show, Canada
2007 End apprenticeship of Raymond Kraut; beginning of apprentceship of Mark Tripp
2007 Presentation on "Voicing the Guitar", Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans Symposium, Springfield, Missouri
2007 Master class in guitar voicing, Oakland, California
2006 Start of apprenticeship training of Chris Morimoto
2006 "Action, Playability and Intonation", Newport Guitar Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
2006 Organizer/moderator, steel string guitar listening sessions, Guild of American Luthiers national convention, Tacoma, Washington
2006 February Master class: Principles and Practice of Voicing the Guitar; Oakland, California
2006 Special Visiting Lecturer, Music and Ethnomusicology Departments, University of California at Santa Barbara; "The American Guitar: from Andalusia to St. Louis, from Segovia to Elvis, and from the Prairies to Carnegie Hall".
2006 (May) Master Class: Principles and Practice of Voicing the Guitar, Oakland, Calif.
2006 Northern California Association of Luthiers; testing of and listening to "normal" vs. "double top" guitars, Palo Alto, California
2006 (February) Master class: Principles and Practice of Voicing the Guitar; Oakland, California
2006 Continuation of apprenticeship training of Raymond Kraut
2005 Testing of and listening to "normal" vs. "double top" guitars, Healdsburg Guitar Festival, Luther Burbank Center inSanta Rosa, California
2005 Apprenticeship of Raymond Kraut begins
2005 Curator, "The East Bay's Guitarmakers" exhibition; Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley, California
2005 Distinguished Lecturer Series presentation on "The Guitar: What, How, Why, and the Tonewoods Involved", Ethnomusicology Department, University of California at Santa Barbara
2005 Continued, and ended, apprenticeship training of Hironari Ebata, from Yokohama, Japan
2004 Master class in guitar design and voicing, Oakland, California
2002 Master class in guitar voicing, Oakland, California
2002 Master class in guitar voicing, Oakland, California
2002 Traditional Methods of Rope Binding; Northern California Association of Luthiers, Petaluma, California
2000 Tonewoods selection intensive workshop, taught to membership of Luthier's Invitational of North Texas; Arlington, Texas
2002 Traditional method of guitar binding demonstration, Northern California Association of Luthiers, Sebastopol, California
2002 Sponsor/supporter, "An Evening With Muriel Anderson", Music For Life Alliance, Quality Inn, Orangewood Ballroom, Anaheim, California
2001 Presentation on "Marketing", Luthier's Mercantile, Inc., Healdsburg, California
2001 Presentation on "Hand Tools", Healdsburg Guitar Festival; Healdsburg, California
2001 Completion of apprenticeships of Michihiro Matsuda and Brent Stuntzner
2001 "Intermediate level lutherie and voicing" master class, Oakland, California
2001 Lecture/discussion on "The Point Where the Luthier And Musician Meet", Great Midwest Guitar Show; St. Louis, Missouri
2001 "Ornamental Carving Techniques" workshop, Guild of American Luthiers, Tacoma, Washington
2001 "Uses and Treatment of Tonewoods" panel discussion, Guild of American Luthiers, Tacoma, Washington
2001 "Flamenco Guitar Listening Tests", Guild of American Luthiers, Tacoma, Washington
2000 Lecture presentation: "Why Different Guitars Work Well For Different Kinds Of Music"; The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Apprenticeship program with Luis Fernandez de Cordoba, from Panama City, Panama
2000 Tonewood Selection, Marketing, and Classical Guitar making workshops; A.S.I.A. Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee
2000 Class in ornamental woodcarving, American School of Lutherie, Healdsburg, California
1999 Apprenticeship of Michihiro Matsuda, Tokyo, Japan
1999 Guitarmaking master class, American School of Lutherie, Healdsburg, California
l998-99 Apprenticeship training program with Ken Oya, Saitama, Japan 1999 Ornamental woodcarving and decoration class, American School of Lutherie, Healdsburg, California
l998 "The Traditional Method of Binding", Northern California Association of Luthiers, Berkeley, California
l998 Canadian government grant funded half-year apprenticeship with Mario Beauregard, Quebec, Canada
l997 Tonewood selection intensive, Roberto-Venn School of Lutherie, Phoenix, Arizona
l997 "Basic Guitar Design", lectures at Fernandes School of Guitar Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
l996 Lecture presentation on guitar history, acoustics and dynamics, and slide presentation on ornamentation in lutherie, Roberto-Venn School of Lutherie, Phoenix, Arizona
l996 Panel discussion, "Lutherie and Marketing", Northern California Association of Luthiers, Berkeley, California
l996 Lecture: "Marketing for the Independent Luthier", Healdsburg Guitar Festival, Healdsburg, California
l995 Lecture on "Physics and Design of the Guitar Neck", Guild of American Luthiers convention, Tacoma, Washington
l995 Lecture-demonstration, "The flamenco guitar -- its origins and playing technique", Strawberry Music Festival, Camp Mather, California
l995 Lecture on "The Guitar: Its History, Design, and Function", Pacific Guitar Works, Walnut Creek, California
l994 Organizing Committee, Northern California Association of Luthiers, second annual exhibit
l994 President, Northern California Association of Luthiers
l994 Panel discussion: "The specific lutherie challenges to building classic, steel string, and archtop guitars", Northern California Association of Luthiers
l994 Class on tonewood selection and vibrating plate dynamics, California State University at Long Beach
l994 Lecture presentation on "The Guitar: Design, Sound, and Value", Builder's Booksource, San Francisco, California
l993 Founding member, Bay Area Society of Stringed Instrument Craftsmen, Berkeley, California
l993 Hosted Richard Schneider master presentation on "Kasha Guitar Design", Berkeley, Calif.
l992 Lecture on "Steel String Guitars: Their History and Design", University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. Also, workshop on "Instrument Tonewood Evaluation and Selection"
l990 Panel discussion and slide presentation on "Small Workshop Design and Organization", Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
l990 Hosted workshop field trip, Hillcrest School, Oakland, California
l986 Panel discussion on Lutherie, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
l984 Guitarbuilding class, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
l983 Lutherie panel discussion, Winfield, Kansas
l982 Lecture on Guitar Design, Western Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon
l98l Historical lutemaking master class with Nico Van Der Waals, Dominican College, San Rafael, California
l980-95 Annual lutherie and repair workshops, Strawberry Music Festival, Camp Mather, Calif
l980-8l Apprenticeship program in lutherie, with John Jordan
l980 Special program on lutherie, cable channel 20, Pacifica, California
l980 One year apprenticeship program in lutherie with John Jordan, Walnut Creek, California
l978 Lecture, "Classic and Flamenco Guitar Playing and Construction Technique", Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
l978 Taught wood carving, La Cheim School, Berkeley, California
l972-90 Taught guitarmaking privately, Berkeley and Oakland, California
l972-76 Numerous presentation on guitarmaking and repair, East Bay Classic Guitar Society and San Francisco Classic Guitar Society, Bay Area, California
l970 Taught wood carving at Prada Continuation School, Benicia, California
l967-68 Handcrafted Art Project, Peace Corps Service, Iquitos, Peru
l965 Taught art, San Diego Urban League, San Diego, California


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Blue G, Tokyo