Guitarist François Fowler has given recitals and appeared with orchestras in the United States, Canada, and Mexico including concerts in Albany, Denver, Grand Rapids, Hartford, Jekyll Island, Los Angeles, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Montréal, Monterrey, Rochester, San Jose, Seattle, Spartanburg, Springfield, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tifton, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. He is a recipient of national and international prizes, including the 2001 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Guitar Competition, the 1997 Gibson Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Guitar Competition, and the prestigious Presser Foundation Graduate Music Award. In 2002, CBC Records released his world-premiere recording of Canadian composer Jacques Hétu’s Concerto pour guitare et orchestre à cordes, Op.56. Fowler’s CD Nocturne includes Hétu’s Concerto and Suite for guitar, solo guitar works by Hans Haug, and Brian Head’s Chant (published in Scott Tenant’s Pumping Nylon).

A faculty member at the Dana School of Music (Youngstown State University, Ohio), Dr. Fowler maintains an active guitar studio and coaches guitar ensembles. Prior to this appointment, he taught at Darton College in Albany, Georgia. Fowler has performed concerts, given master classes, and judged guitar competitions at, among others, the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition, the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Guitar Competition, and La Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Monterrey, Mexico. Fowler is also a founding member of the flute and guitar ensemble Duo Allant with Kathryn Thomas Umble.