Meet Dave

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Dave Uhrich is a course instructor born in Chicago. He began playing guitar at the age of 11 and later earned a degree from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Following his studies, Dave joined the faculty of several Illinois colleges, including Roosevelt University, Elmhurst College, and Chicago State University.

Over the years, Dave has spent considerable time teaching at the college level and regularly conducts instructional clinics across all 50 states and internationally in countries like Germany, England, and Austria. He has also been a guest seminar instructor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California. Impressively, Dave has won the 'Chicago’s Hottest Guitarist' competition five times, has been awarded a ‘Radio Top Ten’ Award, and was nominated for an 'American Jazz Masters Fellowship' by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Classic Rock Magazine (April 2007) ranked Dave at number 31 in their list of ‘100 Wildest Guitar Heroes’. An accomplished writer, composer, and performer, Dave has worked in motion pictures and television and has done commercial studio work for major companies such as McDonald’s, Nintendo, BASF, Coors, Kellogg's, Mazda, and Pontiac. His compositions have been performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dave is a long-time product endorser and has served as a product specialist for Ibanez Guitars. He also endorses Laney Amplifiers, Seymour Duncan, and Rocktron and has extensively toured and performed worldwide.

Dave has released three critically acclaimed solo CDs and currently owns and operates a recording studio in the Chicago area, where he actively produces bands. He believes that production should be transparent and that technology should never mask passion, emphasizing that genuine emotion cannot be 'fixed in the mix.'

Noteworthy quotes about Dave include:

- “Joe Satriani and Steve Morse have got nothing on this guy” – Buzz Morison, 'Guitar for the Practicing Musician'

- “#31 – Dave Uhrich – ‘100 Wildest Guitar Heroes” -Classic Rock Magazine (April 2007)

- “Dave Uhrich – Four Stars – Legendary” – 'Sound Check', Germany

- “An accomplished and astonishingly versatile player” – Bill Milkowski, 'Guitar World'

- “Uhrich is an outstanding technician with first-rate phrasing and vibrato” – 'Guitar Player Magazine'