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William Stewart

Born: January 27, 1953

Billy is a native North Carolinian. He began playing guitar at 8 years old and was a self-taught musician until entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971. While there, he studied guitar, composition and ear-training. He also began to teach (under the guidance of his instructor, David Barison) as a guitar instructor for the Music Department in his sophomore year. He has continued teaching guitar at UNC-CH as a faculty member of the Music Department since his graduation in 1975. In that same year, he began a private studio and life as a freelance performer He has studied both classic guitar technique (Master-classes with Jesus Silva, Pepe Romero, Elliot Fisk, Manuel Barreuco) and improvisation (Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie) since the early 70's