Billy Arcila, raised in Medellín, Colombia, has lived in the United States for over 40 years, where he teaches and performs as one of California’s foremost guitarists. This album, the first to be made of Arcila’s music, contains works ranging across his entire compositional life, from his first published work to the most recent. Interspersed with the music of other admired composers which exploit nationalist elements, such as the bambuco and pasillo rhythms, Arcila’s autobiographical guitar music embraces the nostalgic, the verdant and the vibrant.

This is the first album devoted to Colombian-born but long-time American resident Billy Arcila. He is considered one of Southern California’s prominent classical guitarists. He studied with William Kanengiser and Scott Tennant, members of the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. He has also studied the Baroque guitar and vihuela, a historic precursor to the guitar, an interest that deepened during his studies in Spain.