Guitar with Kyle K.

Hello! My name is Kyle. I am a Las Vegas-based nationally recognized musician, with featured performances and acknowledgments ranging from various highly-esteemed foundations, organizations, and competitions across the United States. My introductory exposure to music began at age 5. With an intensifying creative passion arising in middle school at the age of 11, I was introduced to the wonders of the classical guitar by my first mentor, David Flores. Since then, music has been a deeply innate and rewarding ambition worth striving for, graduating high school with an Associate of Arts degree at the College of Southern Nevada High School Dual-Enrollment program and becoming a recipient of the UNLV College of Fine Arts Music Scholarship. In the fall of 2017, I began my advanced guitar studies under the guidance of world-renowned guitarist Ricardo Cobo, attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance. I have received several first prize competition awards from the University of Denver Guitar Festival & Competition, the Orange County Guitar Circle International Youth Competition, the Appalachian GuitarFest Competition, the Rotary Club Dan Stover Music Scholarship Regional Competition, the Las Vegas Young Artist Orchestra Susan D. Barton Music Competition, and the UNLV Performing Arts Center Classical Guitar Competition. In addition, I have received prize awards from open division competitions such as the Dallas Texas International Concert Guitarist Competition, the Dr. Shirley Linzy Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas Carol Jackson Concerto Competition, and I am also a recipient of the 2018 National YoungArts Foundation Merit Winner in Classical Guitar, the 2018 Gateway Arts Foundation Scholarship, and the 2018-19 Nevada Music Educators Association Solo & Ensemble Command Performance Competition. I have several years of experience teaching young children/adults in a large array of playing levels, and I am eager to join you on this gratifying and fun journey through music!