Artist Biography

Michael Ferris, originally from St. Joseph, Michigan, started working
in his father's music store at the age of 16 and started playing the
guitar at the age of 17. Having had many wonderful teachers, not only
with great talent but also great souls, he moved on to study at the
internationally acclaimed Mozarteum University for Music and
Applied Arts in Salzburg, Austria (*-Die Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst Mozarteum) where he completed his M.A. in
Guitar. Michael studied under well-known guitarists Maria Isabel
Siewers de Pazur, Joaquin Clerch, Augustin Wiedemann, Ricardo
Gallen, and the world-renowned player Eliot Fisk. Michael has also
had the opportunity to play for master classes held by leading
guitarists, such as David Russell, Alvaro Pierri, and David
Tannenbaum. In doing so, he has not only learned the instrument, but
lived out his dreams.

Artist Mission

Alternative Links

• Great Composers and their Lives
  This blog is on great composers focusing on their lives and what they had to go through to give their gift of music to humanity.
• Inspiring Guitarists / Michael Ferris, Guitarist
  This website has been created with the intention of inspiring guitarists. It contains the story of how I started playing when I was seventeen and went on to study in the Land of Music with one of the greatest guitarists on Earth. /also recordings-photos