Douglas Rogers is on the guitar faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC. He holds a Masters of Music in Guitar Performance and Pedagogy along with a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University. He has studied with Julian Gray, Ray Chester, and Tim Olbryk. Doug has recently participated as a performer in Manuel Barrueco and Carlo Domeniconi masterclasses in the last three summers. He enjoys playing chamber works for guitar as well as solo repertoire. In the past few years Douglas has premiered several new chamber music compositions, including Hyun Kyung Kim’s Sonnet and Angel Lam’s Images of Water. Both of which were prizewinners in Peabody’s Pix d’Été.

Doug studied composition with Thomas Benjamin at Peabody, and continues to compose. He has written for guitar, voice and viola. These pieces include a Fugue for two guitars and a Sonata for unaccompanied viola.

Each summer he returns to his hometown of Newport News, Virginia to give an annual Guitar Recital at Denbigh Presbyterian Church. A collection is taken up at each recital in order to raise funds for a missionary in Haiti. Douglas plays on a David Daily 2000 guitar.