Background

Gabriel DeHoyos (b. 1981) is a native of Houston, TX. He began his guitar studies at the age of fourteen with jazz virtuoso Mike Wheeler. In 1998 he won a prestigious Down Beat award.  His passion for music lead him to study guitar at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. In 2001, at the suggestion of his teacher Mike Wheeler, Gabriel transferred to the University of North Texas. Here he was free to focus on classical guitar repertoire and majored in Guitar Performance under Thomas Johnson.  Gabriel studied several years privately with Mitchell Weverka, here Gabriel developed his pedagogical approach.Through merit Gabriel was awarded the opportunity to perform in master classes for such international artist as Matteo Mela, Dimitri Illarionov, and Lorenzo Micheli.
    Currently, Gabriel lives in Dallas Texas and is a dual masters candidate in Classical Guitar Performance and Music Education at the Southern Methodist University. SMU has awarded him various academic scholarships. Currently he studies with master musician and pedagogue Robert Guthrie.

Location

Dallas,Ft Worth, Houston, Denton,

Occupation

student/teacher

Music That Inspires Me

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Films I'll Watch More Than Once

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