About Roger Peirce Registered Piano Technician As a professional classical musician, my life has been wrapped around music, studying, performing and teaching classical and flamenco guitar, as well as tuning, maintaining and rebuilding these "incredible, magical instruments."   Contact me for more info Experience 1988 - present Piano Technician, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, Colorado. Responsible for the tuning, maintenance, and voicing of the concert pianos. 1994 - present Private Classical and Flamenco Guitar Instructor 1987 - 2005 Piano Technician, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. Responsible for maintaining and rebuilding over 100 pianos per year, as well as tuning and voicing for all concerts, recitals, and recording sessions. 1987 - 1992 Guest Lecturer, Piano Technology and Classical Guitar, University of Northern Colorado School of Music. 1992 Classical Guitar Workshop, Metro State College, Denver, Colorado, with David Russell. 1990 Classical Guitar Workshop, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, with John Inguerson. 1990 International Guitar Week, University of Denver Lamont School of Music, Denver, Colorado, with Aaron Shearer and Benjamin Verdery. 1985 Guest Instructor, Classical Guitar, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. 1974 Instructor, Classical Guitar, Everywoman's Village, Sherman Oaks, California.   Contact me for more info Education 2000 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Judicaël Perroy, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. 1999 Performer, CLassical Guitar, Master Class with Nikita Koshkin, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. 1998 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Jason Vieaux, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. 1998 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Antigoni Goni, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. 1997 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Fabio Zanon, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. 1995 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Oscar Ghiglia, The Guitar Foundation of America International Competition and Convention. 1995 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Carlos Barbosa-Lima, The Guitar Foundation of America International Competition and Convention. 1991 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Michael Newman and Laura Oltman, University of Northern Colorado School of Music, Greeley, Colorado. 1984 - 1986 Coursework toward MFA, Music: Classical Guitar, University of Northern Arizona School of Music, Flagstaff, Arizona. Guitar professors and committee: Thomas Sheeley and John Inguerson. 1985 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Thomas Patterson, Professor of Guitar, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona. 1985 Performer, Classical Guitar, Landscape, chamber music by Kenneth Rumery, Coconino Center for the Arts, and Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Recorded and broadcast by National Public Radio. 1984 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Philip Rosheger, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. 1970 - 1974 BFA, Music: Classical Guitar, California Institute of the Arts School of Music, Valencia, California. Guitar professors: Ronald Purcell, Stuart Fox, Frederick Noad. 1974 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Phillip de Fremery, California Institute for the Arts School of Music, Valencia, California. 1974 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Oscar Ghiglia, Aspen Summer Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado. 1973 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Oscar Ghiglia, Aspen Summer Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado. 1972 Performer, Classical Guitar, Master Class with Maestro Emilio Pujol, Cervera, Spain. Maestro Pujol was a student of Fransisco Tarrega, the 19th century composer and guitarist who is widely acknowledged to be the father of the modern classical guitar. 1969 - 1970 Private instruction with David Grimes, Professor of Guitar, California State University School of Music, Fullerton, California.   Contact me for more info Professional Activities 2006 Colorado State Regional Technical Institute, Piano Technicians Guild. 1995 Colorado State Regional Technical Institute, Piano Technicians Guild. 1991 Associate Tuning Examiner, Piano Technicians Guild. 1991 Steinway soundboard replacement project, Chris Finger Pianos, Niwot, Colorado. 1991 Mason and Hamlin Seminar with Bruce Johnson, Chief Engineer, Mason and Hamlin Piano Company, Sacramento, California. 1988 Grotrian Seminar with Kurt Grotrian, owner, Grotrian Steinweg Piano Company, Braunsweig, Germany. 1984 National Technical Institute, Piano Technicians Guild, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1983 California State Seminar, Piano Technicians Guild, Long Beach, California. 1983 Reclassified to Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild. 1983 Arizona State Seminar, Piano Technicians Guild, Tucson, Arizona. 1982 California State Seminar, Piano Technicians Guild, Pasadena, California. 1982 Arizona State Seminar, Piano Technicians Guild, Tempe, Arizona. 1981 National Technical Institute, Piano Technicians Guild, San Francisco, California. 1981 Field Apprenticeship with Leon Levitch, RPT, Los Angeles, California. 1980 Private tuning lessons with W. Don Morton, RTT, past national president, Piano Technicians Guild, Los Angeles, California. 1980 Student member, Piano Technicians Guild, Los Angeles, California.