Brandon Acker

Brandon Acker is a specialist on early plucked instruments such as the theorbo, baroque guitar, and lute.  His latest passion has been running his successful YouTube channel, which now has over 575,000 subscribers and 55 million views.  His channel provides educational content about early plucked instruments as well as guitar tips and artistic performance videos.  In 2020, he and his wife started an online school for “all things that go pluck!” called Arpeggiato.  The school offers lessons from professional musicians from around the world on guitar, ukulele, lute, and more.  His online beginner classical guitar course, “Classical Guitar Pro,” currently has over 1700 students enrolled and he has launched the first online course for playing classical guitar without nails, called “No Nail Guitar in 10 Days.”

Brandon’s performance career has varied from starting out playing electric guitar in metal bands to his current main focus: researching and performing on early plucked instruments. He has toured extensively through England, Canada, Scotland, and Wales, and performed with notable groups such as Apollo’s Fire, Bruce Dickey’s Breathtaking Collective, Piffaro, the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Philharmonic, Newberry Consort, Haymarket Opera Company, and more. For more information, please visit www.brandonackerguitar.com or check out his YouTube channel.