The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the few successful multi-guitar ensembles regularly performing today. It is known for its variety of repertory, mixing various genres in concert and on recording, from classical to jazz, flamenco to new age, and bluegrass to rock. But the group's music takes in even more: in the classical realm alone it plays Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern works, often in transcriptions fashioned by the members. The group has made numerous recordings over the years for a variety of labels. The LAGQ was founded over the period 1979-1980 at the USC Thornton School Music. The four current members of the group are John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Matthew Greif, and Scott Tennant. The group received a Grammy nomination in 2003 for the Telarc album Latin. Two years later it received the Grammy for Best Classical Crossover recording for Guitar Heroes, also on Telarc.