I wish that I had the basics to be able to make meaningful comparisons. Right now, I kinda live in the world of YouTube and edited videos, and most guitarists that I see come through that particular lens. That being said, I sat right in front of Hao Yang when she played a concert at the New York Classical Guitar Society last year, and she blew me away. Stephanie Jones is someone who impresses me, but I only know her through YouTube, and as I mentioned above, I take any YouTube video with a grain of salt. I think that Julia Malischke plays some really exciting material (the YouTube comment applies here as well).

I also enjoy watching Vera Danilina, although her gestures and facial expressions could be a distraction sometimes. I love when classical guitarists show some sort of emotion in concert instead of presenting a stone face and mechanically strumming away. But sometimes Vera can go a little bit overboard. I also cannot judge the quality of her playing ... she didn't reach the final round in last year's GFA, but maybe tht was due to the memory slips she had in the semis?

By the way ... I ddidn't see this class announced anywhere in he forum.

I would love a session on trills. I am playing Bach's Sarabande from BWV 1004 (inspired by Hilary Hahn), and I never know what the best way is to perform the trills ... and there are several in that piece. It's always so confusing because there are so many interpretations of how to do a proper Bach trill.

Bravo !!!

Thanks for doing this, Stewart. I thought that there might have been an opportunity for me to show you my current state of barred pull-offs, but maybe next time.