lives in the historic market town of Chesterfield which is situated on the edge of the beautiful and picturesque central area of England known as the Peak District; here he has a thriving classical guitar studio from where he teaches. Over the years he has given numerous recitals throughout the UK including recorded and live broadcasts for the BBC and performances in historic venues including Chatsworth House, Bolsover Castle, Wallington Hall and a recent prestigious performance at Hampton Court Palace, London in front of the British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, Sir Cliff Richard and other famed celebrities.

Steve has performed and recorded in several duo partnerships including ones with guitarists Lorraine Eastwood, Gary Spolding and Paul Fowles and flautist Elaine Thompson. For over 25 years he has toured with folk singer Judy Dunlop, one of the UK's finest singers and together they have released four recordings.

As a composer, he has had numerous editions of his original works and arrangements for guitar published by various publishing houses around the world and in the year 2000 he began his own publishing company, Lathkill Music, which specialises in new music for the guitar. Steve is currently working with British guitar-legend Gordon Giltrap in a huge project to publish all his compositions for guitar over the next few years.

For the past eight years Steve has been one of the three tutors at the annual Dillington Guitar Summer School, a week-long event which specialises in ensemble playing.

Steve has been on the reviewing team of Classical Guitar magazine for over 20 years and in that time has reviewed over two thousand publications, recordings and concerts.

http://www.stevemarsh.uk.com