Guitarist Raley Beggs is an active concert performer and pedagogue. Florida born and Boston based, he performs solo and chamber works for the classical guitar and seeks to emphasize the instrument’s versatility and collaborative capability.
As an educator Raley Beggs serves as faculty at Middlesex Community College teaching class guitar and private lessons and is the founding guitarist at EKS Music School. His students have gone on to gain entrance to Berklee College of Music, win internationally competitive awards with The Royal Conservatory of Music, and perform in concert venues that include Carnegie Hall in New York City. Raley also served as Faculty at Bridgewater State University and Competition Director for the prestigious annual Boston Guitarfest, where he also taught private lessons, coached ensembles, and performed.
Established through the Community Performances and Partnerships Program at New England Conservatory, Raley’s focus on community outreach led him to share concert programs all over the New England area for community centers, schools, places of worship, and assisted living facilities. Raley taught at the Malden YMCA and later served as the first guitar instructor for the Boston-based guitar classes at Fiorentino Community Center with The Kithara Project.
Raley Beggs recently completed his Doctoral studies at Florida State University under profound guitarist and pedagogue Bruce Holzman, and holds a Master’s from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston with the esteemed Eliot Fisk. Raley performs as part “Duo du Sud” with guitarist Carl Straussner, and has recently returned from South Africa sharing a concert program of South African music including compositions by David Hewitt, the subject of Raley’s doctoral research.