Biography

Squires is most widely known as the former lead guitarist for the rock band Beatle Juice from 1994 to 2004. While attending Lowell University

University of Massachusetts Lowell

The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public university in Lowell, Massachusetts, and part of the University of Massachusetts system...

 from 1974 till 1981, Squires was a classical guitar performance major and won two silver medals in prestigious international competitions - Guitar '78 In Carmel, California and Guitar '81 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is also an instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...

 in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 where he has taught from 1979 to the present.

His performances with Beatle Juice took place mainly in the Boston area, but he has performed as a solo artist around the world. He frequently gives performances for the Boston Classical Guitar Society and other local venues in the Boston area including the Hammond Castle Museum, the Beauport Museum and the Cape Ann Museum.

Performances

Rock and classical:

• Boston's Hatch Shell on the Esplanade for 300,000 people, July 13, '02 and Boston Marathon Finish Line performances with Beatle Juice's approximate 1,000 performances
• Solo Performances and Master Classes in the United States, South America and Canada
• Lead Guitarist with Ben Orr Band (singer with Cars band) 2000 through 2002
• Memorial Concert for Joaquin Rodrigo at Longy School, Cambridge, MA, soloist and ensemble, '99
• Lead Guitarist with Get Back 1993 - 1994, Lead Guitarist with Merseyside 1990 - 1992
• Recorded at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London, England, '92
• Boston Classic Guitar Society numerous solo concerts '80s, 90's
• Soloist with Essex Symphony Orchestra '90 Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez'
• Soloist with Patty McCarty with North Shore Philharmonic in Paganini's 'Grosse Concerto for Viola'
• WGBH Boston, Segovia Tribute Concert featured soloist, '87
• Soloist with Chamber Orchestra of Cape Ann '81, '82 Vivaldi, Lute Concerto in A, Giuliani's 2nd Guitar Concerto in A major, Joaquin Rodrigo's 'Fantasia para un gentilhombre'
• Solo Concert, Rhode Island Guitar Guild
• Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester, MA numerous solo concerts '80 thru '87
• Newton Arts Association solo concert, Newton, MA
• Gloucester Arts Association solo concerts, Gloucester MA
• Beauport Museum, Gloucester MA