City: Omaha
State: NE
Email: gww36@hotmail.com
Occupation: Guitarist and Music publisher
Children: 1 -Andrea
Grandchildren: 2 - Brent and Drea
Biography: George Walker is a guitar teacher and music publisher. He has taught music and guitar lessons through Metro Community College for years.
He has used his book ”How to play Todays Guitar Music Today” to teach hundreds of guitar students.
Honors and Awards
2010 Played for the Arbor Day conference in Nebraska city
2009 Participated in in The Nebraska Creative Capital Professional Development Program
2009 Played Jazz on The Green at the Joslyn Museum
2008 Opening act for The River Front Blues Jazz Festival
2007 Provided guitar music lessons for Omaha school of Music
2007 Provided guitar music lessons for Latino Museum
2007 Produced and hosted The George Walker Music Variety Show on Cox Cable channel 23. Featuring “How to Play Today’s Guitar Music Today”
2006 Won a special award for composing scores for drama, comedy and the best video for the Hot Shops Film Festival
2006 Composed music for “Art for Your Ears” for the Joslyn Art Museum
2006 Released CD George Walker’s Blues Jazz and Rock
2005 Provided music critique for American Idol on Fox 42 television
2004 Music award for Blues Guitar Playing Midwest Entertainment
2003 Published the book “How to Play Today’s guitar Music Today”
2002 Provided guitar instruction lessons for Metro Community College
2001Contributing writer for the book “African American Jazz and Rap’ University of Omaha Nebraska
2000 Released the CD “One Way or Another the Blues”
1999 Endorsed Samick guitars one of the largest makers of guitars in the world
1999 Won the Nebraska Arts Council Award for music writing contest judged by Jackson Berkey
www.georgewalkermusic.com
www.Songcastmusic.com ”One Way or Another The Blues”
George teaches and explains the benefits of learning music.
