Gary Gontier lives in Barrie Ontario, where he plays, teaches, writes and arranges for guitar. He has a teaching studio and small recording studio built in his century old home. Gary has his ARCT in Guitar from the University of Toronto. When Gary was 20 he won best classical guitarist in an international competition in Chicago and a national competition in Toronto in the same year. Under Gary’s tutelage over two dozen classical guitar students have attained the highest mark in Ontario through the Royal Conservatory. Lately Gary concentrates on writing and arranging pieces for Fingerstyle Guitar.