Thomas Heck, classical guitarist, is a graduate of the doctoral program in musicology at Yale University (1970). After a career in the histories of both music and theatre, he enjoys ‘emeritus’ opportunities like this to perform for the pure pleasure of it. He especially likes to accompany the human voice with his classical guitar. Currently he is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Barbara City College’s Center for Lifelong Learning and a frequent musical animateur at continuing care facilities for the frail elderly in Santa Barbara.

Joseph Malvinni, from Santa Barbara, began classical guitar studies at age four with his father. Already a virtuoso player, he has honed his performance level in masterclasses and recitals throughout the US and Europe, including the Chigiana (Siena, Italy), Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria), Eliot Fisk International Seminar (Granada, Spain), Boston GuitarFest, Cleveland Guitar Festival, Baltimore Classical Guitar Society and Pepperdine University. He has played for some of the world’s greatest living maestros of the instrument, including Eliot Fisk, Oscar Ghiglia, Rene Izquierdo, Leo Brouwer, Manuel Barrueco, Meng Su, Benjamin Verdery, Jason Vieux, Phillip de Fremery, David Tanenbaum and Joaquín Clerch. Joseph was the winner for the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony Concerto Competition which led him to solo with the Santa Barbara Symphony at the Granada Theater. He won first prize at the Latin American Guitar Festival, second prize at the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation, and second prize at the URI Guitar Festival; he was also a finalist at the Stroud Competition.At the young age of 10, Joey was a finalist at Boston GuitarFest and the Christopher Parkening Junior Competition. Joey is a graduate of Dos Pueblos High and was a member of the Engineering Academy. In his school, Joey was a founding member of the Coding club and led his coding team to win first place in an International Hack-a-thon.
Joey, currently a college freshman, is a proud recipient of the Parkening and Regents scholarship at Pepperdine University and studies classical guitar with Christopher Parkening. Joseph is honored to play for the Santa Barbara Music Club, whose scholarship has been a major supporter of his playing since he was seven years old.

Joaquin Gray, guitarist, is self-taught on that instrument as well as on the piano, and has played the many instruments of rock music and electronica, touring the U.S. with the experimental band Trance to the Sun. He received his BM Degree in Music Composition at UCSB, studying with Dr. Joel Feigin. Joaquin currently studies Flamenco guitar with the renowned choreographer Anna Galindo, in addition to collaborating in concerts as continuo player with the viola da gamba, amassing techniques to further his own compositions.