Collection: Guerra, Stephen

In 2009, Stephen Guerra left his career in finance to study music full-time. Today, guitarist-composer Stephen performs and teaches choro around the US and Brazil and has played with Rogério Souza, Rosa Boêmia, Ronaldo Souza, Tiago Souza, Fernando Falcon, Billy Newman, Eduardo Belo, Dennis Bulhões, Ami Molinelli, Edinho Gerber, and others. Stephen regularly appears at universities, festivals, cultural centres, and music clubs, including Northwest Jazz Festival, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo International Guitar Festival, Yale University Luce Hall, Georgetown University Friday Music Series, Friends of Vienna Concert Series, Pausa Art House, Jazz Forum Arts, Boulder Guitar Society, and more. Numerous competitive artist grants and composer residencies have supported his work. He’s published two full-length albums and sheet music with Mel Bay, Guitar Chamber Music Press, and Bergmann Editions. He teaches music theory and the Choro ensemble at the University at Buffalo. His time is shared between NY and Rio de Janeiro.