REN MERRY

While in the States, Ren began studying the classical guitar in the private studio of Richard Pick in Chicago, IL. Later he studied with Paul Henry at Roosevelt University where he received his Master's degree in guitar performance. Following graduation, he moved back to Nagaland, India, and taught choral music and classical guitar at Patkai Christian College. While at PCC, he established the classical guitar program and also helped form the Patkai Guitar Sinfonia, comprised of fifty guitarists. The Patkai Guitar Ensemble of eight members, which resulted out of this program, came to the US in the Summer of 1999 for a series of concerts. One of the members competed at the GFA International Solo Competition in Columbus, GA, in 2011. Upon returning to the United States in 1997, he taught choral music and classical guitar for seven years at Westminster Christian Academy, a K-12 school in Opelousas, Louisiana. In 2005, Ren moved to Greeley, Colorado to pursue his doctoral degree in Music..