Philip Rosheger was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1950 and began his first musical studies on the piano at the age of nine. In 1962 he took up the guitar and within six years was studying with the legendary Andrés Segovia. From 1966 to 1974, Mr. Rosheger lived in Spain where he attended master classes with Segovia and Jose Tomas in Santiago de Compostela every summer with full scholarships from the Spanish government. Philip also studied the guitar and music privately with Jose Tomas at the conservatory in Alicante, Spain. He also took private lessons for four years with another Segovia protégé, Jose Luis Rodrigo, in Madrid. From the inception of his guitar playing, Mr. Rosheger has been active as a composer and in 1987 began performing his original compositions in public. Since 1990, this activity has increased substantially, resulting in the addition of a considerable volume of works to the guitar repertoire.