Guitarist plans trip
fa nelson The internationally acclaimed English classical guitarist, John Mills, will come to live and work in New Zealand. He will join the staff of the Nelson School of Music in February next year. An author of a standard textbook for aspiring guitarists, Mills studied under John Williams at the Royal College of Music and at-
tended classes given by Julian Bream. The Spanish Government awarded Mills a scholarship to attend master classes given by Segovia, acknowledged as the world’s greatest classical guitarist. Segovia commented that Mills’s playing “shows musical sensitivity and purity of technique.” The principal of the Nelson school, Mrs Mary
Grodd, who met Mills when he visited Nelson to play at a summer school in January, said New Zealand would gain a performer of international repute and a topline teacher. “John Mills plans to give master classes regularly and also train guitarists in Nelson,” she said. “He will continue his career as a performer touring in New Zealand and overseas.”
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