Stephen Gordon, formerly Head of Guitar at the Royal Welsh College of Music, is a highly versatile and respected musician renowned for his work with guitar ensembles at Dartington College, Exeter University, Tilburg and Groningen Conservatoires, West Dean Guitar Festival, Iserlohn Guitar Symposium, Prussia Cove Guitar Seminar and the Royal College of Music. 

Stephen has given guitar recitals at festivals in the UK, Holland, France and Germany and plays theorbo and baroque guitar continuo with various period instrument ensembles. 

Vincent Lindsey-Clarke is well known around the world for his playing and compositions. He writes music for both students and professionals including solos, chamber music and concertos for the classical guitar. 

He has written for many distinguished performers including David Russell, Daniela Rossi, Irina Kulikova, John Couch, The English Guitar Quartet, the New Zealand Guitar Quartet and many more.  His composition ‘Fiesta Americana’ was dedicated to the Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas, who’s recording of the work was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.

Vincent is in demand as a performer, teacher, adjudicator and examiner. He has directed guitar ensembles in in festivals in the UK and further afield most recently in, Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. For over thirty years he performed with, and wrote for the Segovia Trio and the Modern Guitar Trio.  

Jon Rattenbury is an experienced guitarist who has performed both solo and in a wide variety of ensembles. Jon also composes and arranges music for guitar and, as an active music tutor, directs guitar ensembles and groups throughout the year.

Jon has taught and presented at colleges and universities and has worked as a music examiner for RSL and IBO. He has also contributed arrangements and designed syllabus content as a music consultant for exam boards ABRSM & RSL.

Jon has interests in both historical and contemporary musicology. In 2014, the Lute Society published Jon's critical edition of 17th century baroque guitar songs from the library of Samuel Pepys at Magdalene College, Cambridge.