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Welcome to Gyre Music
Frank Wallace (1952 – 2020)
Gyre Music, founded in 2000, specializes in new works for classical guitar including solo, song, and chamber music. Gyre Music is the primary source of the sheet music and PDF downloads of composer/classical guitarist Frank Wallace. It has the most extensive offerings of his solo and ensemble recordings on the web. The site also showcases the singing, photography and design of mezzo-soprano Nancy Knowles, Wallace’s partner both in music (as the contemporary song ensemble Duo LiveOak) and in life.
Gyre is an artist-owned and operated enterprise guided by a passion for artistic integrity and freedom. The artists have carried out all aspects of the production, from the composition of a musical work, to the audio engineering, mastering and design of recordings, as well as typesetting, engraving, photography, and design. We welcome and will support any new recordings of Frank’s works. Please contact us below with proposals, announcements or performances.
Gyre Music has made a major commitment to giving you easy access to the music of Frank Wallace by becoming a donation-based source. Download any PDF you want for free, or MP3s of any recording, and make the donation appropriate for you. Suggested donations are given on every page, but we want students and currently unemployed artists to have access to an exciting and extensive repertoire of solos, songs and chamber music with guitar. Please explore and enjoy!
Your support helps us spread the word about Frank’s compositions and recordings.
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Nancy Knowles and Frank Wallace
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“Elegant virtuosity and Gyre’s gorgeous sonics”
–Jed Distler
classicstoday.com
“Gyre Music provides a flawless recording with acoustics that are both clean and warm.”
–Carol Swanson,
christmasreviews.com
“Wallace’s writing reveals interests in early music, American folk music, and the blues, as well as a more contemporary language… [H]is harmony and counterpoint bring out some of the richest sonorities that the guitar has to offer… a brilliant collection of new repertoire performed by its composer, who happens to play with equal amounts of grace, sensitivity, and virtuosity.”
–Stephen Griesgraber,
Guitar Review