Peter Pupping Quartet Bio

The Peter Pupping Quartet was formed in 1996 in Encinitas, California. After 15 years of performing as a solo guitarist Peter scheduled a performace at a local coffee shop with then long time guitar student William Wilson. Peter and William joined forces for this "one time event" and planned an evening of classical, Spanish and flamenco guitar.When word of the performance got out one of their friends volunteered to play percussion for the Latin part of the program. The response at the concert was overwhelming and they decided to start a group. William went from student to performer very quickly and they added a bass player and a percussionist permanently. Since then the quartet has performed throughout Southern California at most of the major resorts, convention and popular wedding spots including the Four Seasons, the Hotel Del Coronado, Rancho Valencia, L'Auberge, Hyatt Regency, the Marriott and Loews Coronado to name a few.

After Peter had already released 3 instrumental guitar albums, in 1999 the Peter Pupping Quartet released their first album "Samba Nights" under the GuitarSounds label. Since then they been performing frequently at a variety of concert venues throughout Southern California including the Del Mar Fair, the KIFM friday Jazz Series, WhaleDay 2000, the Hotel Del Coronado Library Concert Series to name a few. The band has also appeared on the KUSI morning show, Channel 8 news and can be heard frequently on Internet radio www.worldmusic.com.

The band consists of Peter Pupping and William Wilson-guitars, Jeff Basile-upright bass and Roy Gonzales-percussion. The quartet is very versatile and has a very eclectic repertoire spanning centuries of classic art music, world music, jazz and pop styles.

We invite you to attend our performaces for an engaging event filled with culture, rhythm and romance.