Since the age of 11, Jim McCutcheon has been passionate about the guitar and the way it can produce expressive music in so many styles. He has taught at the university level for over 40 years, and earned several awards for his educational activities and his compositions. He enjoys working at schools giving performances and also does extended residencies to children of all ages. Jim appears on concert series ranging from summer, outdoor events to artist series in concert halls, bringing a wide variety of musical styles as well as a sense of what it means to be a musician and educator - patrons always learn things at his concerts thanks to his entertaining and insightful sense of life when introducing pieces.