While still a student at California State University at Northridge, Jeffery Cogan, M.A. was honored by being invited to perform for the great Spanish Maestro the guitar, Andres Segovia. After finishing his studies, he built a career in performing and teaching the guitar at CSUN and at Chapman University.

Mr. Cogan has performed around the USA and Europe. In 1998, Cogan was invited to Perigueux, France, to perform and teach at the Ecole Brittain with the acclaimed French Guitarist Oliver Chassain. In 1999, Mr. Cogan performed works as diverse as the lute part of the St. John Passion with the William Hall Master chorale and the contemporary jazz guitar in Fred Katz’s Concerto for Buddy at the West Coast Jazz II Festival in Newport Beach, California.

Jeff Cogan has directed the Guitar Foundation of America international guitar completion since 1987. During that time the competition has become one of the most prestigious events of its kind. He is also the program Director for the Orange County Guitar Circle. Mr. Cogan’s work in the conservatory of Music at Chapman University has won praise for him and his students alike. He is director of guitar studies and music technology as well as frequent performer in many of the Conservatory of Music concerts.