Bradley Colten: Absolutely! Especially for guitarists, chamber music is such an important exercise and so beneficial to solo playing and general musicianship. Guitarists, perhaps more than all other instrumentalists, suffer from musical seclusion. This impacts not only their facility on the instrument, but also how they think about repertoire, performance and learning.

With chamber music work, guitarists must listen to intonation, work on pulse, and really explore the dynamic range of our instrument. While these elements can often be overlooked when playing alone, in chamber music they confront you straight away - and that is a good thing!