Formally head of the guitar departments at SUNY Purchase and Bennington College, Frederic Hand serves on the faculty of Mannes College The New School for Music.

His scores for television earned him an Emmy Award and his composition Prayer, received a Grammy Award nomination. His arrangement and performance of the theme for the film “Kramer vs. Kramer” led to his own best selling recording for Sony, “Baroque and On the Street.” He has also recorded for BMG and the Musical Heritage Society. His compositions have been published worldwide.

A graduate of the Mannes College of Music, Frederic Hand was a Fulbright Scholar to England and a student of Julian Bream. His solo performances, both in North and South America and Europe have received the highest critical acclaim.