Skaneateles Library
49 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Classical guitarist Fredrik Jernberg has performed around Europe and America, both solo on his eight-string guitar, and with various chamber music groups. Fredrik grew up in Sweden and earned his Bachelor's Diploma in 2018 from Luca School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium. His studies with Belgian guitarist Raphaella Smits sparked his interest in the eight-string guitar. In 2021 he moved to Rochester to continue his music studies at Eastman School of Music in the studio of Nicholas Goluses. Having earned a Performer's Certificate in 2022 and a Master of Music diploma in 2023, Fredrik is currently a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts at Eastman where he holds a Teaching Assistantship, as well as a Teaching Internship at Eastman Community Music School. At Eastman, Fredrik has collaborated with both upcoming and established composers, and performed with celebrated ensembles, such as Musica Nova and the Eastman Wind Orchestra.

Skaneateles Library
49 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Kenneth Meyer, the national first-prize winner at the Music Teacher's National Association Collegiate Artist Competition, is regarded by The Washington Post as, "A thinking man's guitarist – he focuses on the inner structure of a piece...and plays with impressive gravity and power." The Buffalo News has called him, "Impeccably articulate with superb technique."?

Mr. Meyer's commitment to the cultivation and performance of new music has led to awards from the Barlow Endowment, the Argosy Foundation, and the Eastman School's Hanson Institute for American Music; interpretive instruction from Milton Babbitt, and premiere performances of compositions by among others, Natalie Draper, Leslie Basset, Edward Green, Andrew Waggoner, Gregory Mertl, Edie Hill, Kevin Ernste, Nicolas Scherzinger, Jesse Benjamin Jones, Donald J. Sparr, James Piorkowski and Robert Baker. His diversity as a musician has led to performances on mandolin, banjo and electric guitar with among others, the Syracuse Opera, the Syracuse Society for New Music and the Broadway touring production of the Who's rock opera, Tommy. ?

Previous concert tours include trips to Venezuela, Rome, Canada, Romania, Hungary, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. He has appeared in concerto performances with Symphoria, the Long Island Philharmonic, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Modern Orchestra. He has recorded for Innova, Frameworks, Albany, Summit, and Bridge.

His latest commercial recording, A Seeker's Song was released on the Frameworks record label and his book titled Diatonic Arpeggios for Classical Guitar is published through Mel Bay. Both are now available online.?

He holds degrees in Music Composition and Classical Guitar Performance from the State University of New York at Fredonia and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Eastman School of Music. He has served on the faculties of East Carolina University and SUNY at Fredonia and most recently held visiting professorships at the Eastman School of Music and SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

Currently, Dr. Kenneth Meyer serves as a lecturer/affiliate artist at Hamilton College and Syracuse University. He serves on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Guitar Society, the Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York, and the Twisted Spruce Music Foundation. He also founded and directs the Mohawk Valley Childbloom classical guitar program in New Hartford.