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School of Music

Turner

George Turner, D.M.A.
Associate Professor, Guitar
Browne 126A
Email: GM-Turner@wiu.edu

George Turner has worked as a jazz and classical guitarist and guitar teacher since the early 1990s. Since then he has maintained an active performance schedule, both as a leader and as a sideman in a wide variety of musical settings. He has played with many of Illinois鈥� top jazz musicians and has been featured on many recordings, including his own Slip, Don鈥檛 Fall (2000) and the Almost 鈥淎鈥� Quintet鈥檚 Cumin Seed and Peppercorns (2013). In 2015 he completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in jazz studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Turner has been the professor of guitar at 星空无限传媒app Illinois University in Macomb since 2011, and he is a member of 星空无限传媒app鈥檚 faculty jazz combo the Hopper Jazztet.