BIO – Liz Hogg

Liz Hogg (b. 1993) is a guitarist and composer/songwriter from Brooklyn, NY. Hogg has been described as possessing “energy, expressive dynamics and phrasing” (American Record Guide), “fantastic work” (Classical Guitar Magazine) and “playing with a more distinctive and original approach that includes quickly-strummed chords, chiming arpeggios, and rapid-fire picking” (Geoff Cabin). Her playing has been further characterized as “strong, precise, and powerful” (Bushwick Daily), “radiating in its own light” (New Noise Magazine), carrying “élan and fine precision” (Fanfare), and “displaying a confrontational spectrum of emotions” (Music & Riots).

As both a classical guitarist and performer of her original music, Hogg has toured thirteen countries and thirteen US states playing numerous festivals and concert halls, including SXSW, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Brookfield Place, as well as Portugal’s Casa da Música and Mexico’s Tlaqná Concert Hall. She has received grants from Chamber Music America, Citizens Committee for New York City, Queens College and Mannes College and won awards including the Mannes School of Music Dean’s Award and the Maurice Kagan Memorial Scholarship Award for Excellence in an Orchestral Instrument.

Hogg has recorded around a dozen albums, self-released and released by labels such as Albany, New Focus Recordings, Don Giovanni, Centaur, Mouca, Marsyas and Acuarela, which, along with live performances, have garnered reviews from The New York Times, NME, Big Takeover and MTV. Hogg holds a Master of Music in classical guitar from Mannes School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in classical guitar from Aaron Copland School of Music; her primary teachers included Michael Newman, William Anderson and David Starobin. Since then, she has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Jubilee University and throughout the northeast US as well as a masterclass in Amsterdam. She currently performs and writes solo and in various groups, while continuing to teach in addition to owning and operating Sonder School of Music.