Once Around the Sun
An unprecedented collection of 365 solo guitar works, Once Around the Sun draws together the full breadth of the classical guitar tradition, including historical forms, cultural idioms, and traditional études.
by Michael Knopf
"Knopf is no ordinary musician. Each composition is a like a tiny masterpiece, a musical gem..."
Prof. Apostolos Paraskevas | Beklee College of MusicFirst Prize Award
"Music for the Dark Hours for Two Guitars"
has been awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Varia International Guitar Festival
Varia, GreeceAn unprecedented collection of 365 solo guitar works, Once Around the Sun draws together the full breadth of the classical guitar tradition, including historical forms, cultural idioms, and traditional études.
Around the Sun
by Michael Knopf
"Knopf is no ordinary musician. Each composition is a like a tiny masterpiece, a musical gem..."
Prof. Apostolos Paraskevas | Beklee College of MusicFirst Prize Award
"Music for the Dark Hours for Two Guitars"
has been awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Varia International Guitar Festival
Varia, Greece
Once Around the Sun
Complete 12 Volume Collection
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Get Your DiscountOnce Around the Sun is conceived as a meaningful resource for musicians and educators seeking to expand the classical guitar canon with new repertoire that is both pedagogically robust and artistically rich.
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Once Around the Sun is a valuable collection for performers, teachers, and students with every piece exploring technique, style and aesthetic.
The Complete Collection is being released as a series of twelve volumes of 30-31 pieces in the coming months.
The Concert Platform Series consists of professional level solos, duos, and suites.
The Resonance Series features works focusing on lush harmony and melody at a tranquil pace.
The Etude Series provides studies with varying learning approaches to style, technique and expression.
Temporum Varietate – Suite for Two Guitars (Score)
$30.00A guitar duo displaying power and poetry providing performers with challenging & dynamic melodic and rythmic ideas accommpanied by a wide spectrum of harmonic combinations. Energetic, colourful and aurally engaging, this work provides performers and audiences a sound world of emotion and musical bravura and nuance.
Temporum Varietate – Suite for Two Guitars (Score)
$30.00A guitar duo displaying power and poetry providing performers with challenging & dynamic melodic and rythmic ideas accommpanied by a…Add to Cart
Clouds and Mountains – for Violin & Guitar – Score & Parts
$40.00Contemporary concert music for violin and guitar inspired by the dynamic movements, shapes and colours of clouds and the summits of great peaks. This Duo is based on the solo versions in the Once Around the Sun volumes.
Clouds and Mountains – for Violin & Guitar – Score & Parts
$40.00Contemporary concert music for violin and guitar inspired by the dynamic movements, shapes and colours of clouds and the summits…Add to Cart
Once Around The Sun – Complete 12 Volumes – Private Teaching Studio License (3 Years unlimited in house use) NOW just AUD$450
$450.00For Solo Guitar © 2025Teaching Studio License (3 Year License – 12 Students)
A vibrant collection of 365 miniature guitar pieces spanning the full musical spectrum—contemporary, traditional, Latin, jazz, folk, and more. Crafted for intermediate to professional players, each work offers a clear musical idea, technical focus, and expressive opportunity for both performance and teaching.
Institutional Usage License for up to 30 students for 3 years from date of purchace.
Once Around The Sun – Complete 12 Volumes – Private Teaching Studio License (3 Years unlimited in house use) NOW just AUD$450
$450.00For Solo Guitar © 2025Teaching Studio License (3 Year License - 12 Students) A vibrant collection of 365 miniature guitar pieces spanning the full…Add to Cart
Once Around The Sun – Institutional Use (3 years, unlimited in house use) Complete 12 Volumes now just AUD $799
$799.00For Solo Guitar © 2025A vibrant collection of 365 miniature guitar pieces spanning the full musical spectrum—contemporary, traditional, Latin, jazz, folk, and more. Crafted for intermediate to professional players, each work offers a clear musical idea, technical focus, and expressive opportunity for both performance and teaching.
Institutional Usage License for up to 30 students for 3 years from date of purchace.
Once Around The Sun – Institutional Use (3 years, unlimited in house use) Complete 12 Volumes now just AUD $799
$799.00For Solo Guitar © 2025A vibrant collection of 365 miniature guitar pieces spanning the full musical spectrum—contemporary, traditional, Latin, jazz, folk, and more. Crafted…Add to Cart
Duende – Flamenco Fantasies for Solo Guitar
$38.00For Solo Guitar © 2025A collection of eight Flamenco-inspired pieces for contemporary classical guitar.
Duende – Flamenco Fantasies for Solo Guitar
$38.00For Solo Guitar © 2025A collection of eight Flamenco-inspired pieces for contemporary classical guitar.Add to Cart
Night Music – Suite for Solo Guitar (2026)
$34.00A suite of three guitar nightscapes conveying mood, colour and emotion through shifting idea and motif, colour, texture and form.
Night Music – Suite for Solo Guitar (2026)
$34.00A suite of three guitar nightscapes conveying mood, colour and emotion through shifting idea and motif, colour, texture and form.Add to Cart
About the Composer
Knopf’s unique compositional voice blends the elegance of classical guitar with the rhythmic flair of jazz, the hypnotic repetition of minimalism, the colour of world music, and the introspective textures of modernist traditions.
Every piece in the OATS collection is an invitation to explore, to challenge, and to feel.
About Michael
About the Project
Once Around the Sun is a groundbreaking collection of 365 original works for classical guitar by composer and guitarist Dr Michael D. Knopf.
This extensive body of work invites guitarists of all levels into a richly diverse musical journey, one that spans genres, aesthetics, and technical challenges.
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The compositions in Once Around the Sun are licensed for personal and individual professional use only. Unauthorized distribution, resale, or sharing is prohibited. Arrangements require prior written consent from the composer.
