Praised as “a gifted guitarist whose energetic, thoughtful and artistic playing is wonderfully compelling and dynamic" by guitarist Sharon Isbin, American classical guitarist Dr. Connie Sheu is a performer, teacher, and advocate of classical guitar.  Her playing has been hailed by the New York Sun as “excellent, ruminative... scholarly."

Past performances and teaching engagements have taken her from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall to Florida, Oklahoma, Moldova, Italy, Hungary, and throughout California.  She released her solo album Waking or Sleeping in 2008, of which Classical Guitar Magazine wrote, “Her debut recording displays, without a doubt, her talents as a concert artist.”  

Connie received a Diploma of Study under scholarship at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana with Oscar Ghiglia in Siena, Italy and has been a prize winner in numerous competitions, including the American String Teacher’s Association National Competition, San Jose Young Artist Competition, and the Donald Miller Guitar Concerto Competition.  She performs extensively as both a soloist and chamber musician.

She holds degrees in U.S. History and Music from Columbia University and the Juilliard School, earned a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California under William Kanengiser and Pepe Romero.  Her former teachers include Sharon Isbin, Antigoni Goni, Sharon Wayne, Marc Teicholz, and Frank Longay.  Connie serves as Director of Communications for the Guitar Foundation of America and is a faculty member at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.  Her second album, The Women’s Voice: Original Works for Classical Guitar by Female Composers will be available in late 2012.