Rick Foster

At the debut of the Contemporary Christian Music scene Rick Foster was in the forefront as a solo classical guitarist playing an entirely sacred repertoire. He was the first to play a full concert of sacred music on the classical guitar. He was also the first to arrange and record an album of sacred music for the classical guitar. That album, Hymns for Classic Guitar, (which is now being published as Favorite Hymns for Acoustic Guitar by Mel Bay Publications) was a milestone in guitar recordings, drawing rave reviews and many expressions of appreciation from his listeners. Not only were his listeners pleased with the peaceful quality of his music, but fingerstyle guitarists around the world appreciated being able to obtain arrangements of some of their favorite hymns and sacred music, which up to that time were unobtainable. Three of Rick's books have been released by Mel Bay Publications in both guitar notation and TAB. Three books published by Edensong are also updated with notation ...more

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