Pete Weise received his B.M. in Jazz Performance in 1997 and his M.M. in Jazz Performance in 2005 from the University of North Texas, and is currently Associate Professor of Jazz Guitar at Collin College, Professor of Music at Dallas College, and teaches at the Guitar Sanctuary in McKinney, TX. He was a faculty member of the renowned National Guitar Workshop from 2000 through 2012 and has been published by Premier Guitar Magazine. Weise has performed with the Texas Tenors, Plano Symphony, Wayne Burgeron, Tom “Bones” Malone, Clay Jenkins, Jon Faddis, Bob Reynolds and James Morrison. He regularly performs with his trio/quartet, and a variety of other artists in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He is endorsed by Godin Guitars, G&L Guitars, D'Addario Strings, and Supro USA. “Masch Branch” was independently recorded and produced in 2002, “Salome’s Blues” was released in 2012 by Armored Records, and “Love The Music” in 2011, a collaborative effort in free improvisation, electronica and jazz.