Steve Krenz is a guitarist, educator and speaker based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Steve's broad and varied playing experience runs the gamut from playing guitar with a symphony orchestra, to jazz big bands, to performing with Grammy winning artists like Michael W. Smith, Donna Summer, The Fifth Dimension, Israel Houghton, Bryan White, and Tommy Sims. He's also performed live with Darlene Zschech & Hillsong, the Katinas, Natalie Grant, Lincoln Brewster, Jonathan Pierce, Phil Keaggy, American Idol Finalist Melinda Doolittle and many others including GMA Dove Award winners Jaci Velasquez, Ron Kenoly, and Don Moen.
As a studio musician, Steve's recorded guitar work has been featured in promotional campaigns for Coldwell Banker, Prudential, and the World Cyber Games. He also has released several solo CDs featuring his Smooth Jazz guitar style.
Steve’s top-selling guitar instruction course, Learn & Master Guitar, has helped thousands of guitarists in over 100 countries and received the 2011 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Players Choice Award for Best Instructional Material. Steve is a featured instructor on Gibson.com and the Gibson Learn & Master Guitar iPhone app.
Steve also does musician training worshops in the United States and abroad.
Steve's broad and varied playing experience runs the gamut from playing guitar with a symphony orchestra, to jazz big bands, to performing with Grammy winning artists like Michael W. Smith, Donna Summer, The Fifth Dimension, Israel Houghton, Bryan White, and Tommy Sims. He's also performed live with Darlene Zschech & Hillsong, the Katinas, Natalie Grant, Lincoln Brewster, Jonathan Pierce, Phil Keaggy, American Idol Finalist Melinda Doolittle and many others including GMA Dove Award winners Jaci Velasquez, Ron Kenoly, and Don Moen.
As a studio musician, Steve's recorded guitar work has been featured in promotional campaigns for Coldwell Banker, Prudential, and the World Cyber Games. He also has released several solo CDs featuring his Smooth Jazz guitar style.
Steve’s top-selling guitar instruction course, Learn & Master Guitar, has helped thousands of guitarists in over 100 countries and received the 2011 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Players Choice Award for Best Instructional Material. Steve is a featured instructor on Gibson.com and the Gibson Learn & Master Guitar iPhone app.
Steve also does musician training worshops in the United States and abroad.
