Sergio Hernandez

Bio

Native of Mexico, Sergio Hernandez Felix, began to show his musical aptitude at a young age. He started his formal training at age 15, under the direction of Raul Molano. Sergio rapidly excelled in his craft in guitar and in 2010, began private guitar studies with Dr. Jonathan Dotson from UT Rio Grande Valley.

Sergio has received numerous prizes, including the first place at the University of Texas Pan-American guitar competition. He is a recipient of many scholarships, including Carrion De Los Condes Classical Guitar Workshop Scholarship, UWM Chancellor’s Award Scholarship, Agah Classical Guitar Endowment Scholarship and Maria Aurora Arrese Scholarship Endowment. He has been an active participant in Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Mexico and Carrion De Los Condes Classical Guitar Workshop over the year and in 2014, gave a concert at the US Embassy in Vienna, Austria.

Sergio received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education with a focus on classical guitar at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley under the tutelage of Dr. Michael Quantz and Dr. Jonathan Dotson. Sergio holds a Master’s Degree in classical guitar performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he studied with Cuban Guitar virtuoso Rene Izquierdo. He is currently completing his Doctoral in Musical Arts at the University of North Texas under the tutelage of prestigious guitarist Bokyung Byun.
He currently serves as faculty at the North Central Texas College and at the University of Texas at Tyler.