Praised as “a gifted guitarist whose energetic, thoughtful and artistic playing is wonderfully compelling and dynamic” (guitarist Sharon Isbin), American classical guitarist Connie Sheu is at the onset of a burgeoning career as both a performer and a teacher.   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, Hungary, and throughout California.

Connie received a Diploma of Study under scholarship at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana with Oscar Ghiglia in Siena, Italy in 2005. She has studied in master classes with guitarists Roland Dyens, Pepe Romero, Christopher Parkening, Matteo Mela, and Lorenzo Micheli, whom she counts among her most influential teachers.  She has attended and performed at the Stetson International Guitar Workshop, the Guitar on the Mediterranean Festival in Italy, and the Aspen Music Festival. Ms. Sheu won First Prize in the American String Teachers' Association California State Competition in 1995 and 1997 and became a national finalist in 1996 and 1998.  She was awarded Second Prize in the 2003 San Jose Music Study Club Young Artist Competition.

Born and raised in San Jose, CA, Connie began studying classical guitar at the age of five under Suzuki guitar pedagogue Frank Longay and continued her studies with Sharon Wayne at the Center of Music and Arts in Mountain View.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts in U.S. History and Music from Columbia University where she studied with Antigoni Goni and was awarded a Rapaport Music Fellowship.  She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she earned her Master of Music in 2006 with Sharon Isbin.

Connie lives with her husband Paul in San Diego, CA, where she teaches and performs locally.  She is a founding member of the newly formed San Diego Guitar Quartet.  Her debut solo album, Waking or Sleeping, will be released independently later this year.