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ANNOUNCING
THE
2013-2014
CONCERT SEASON
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2013
Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition
Prize Winners Announced!! |
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GARY
STEWART
Sunday,
October 13, 2013
— 3 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $15;
Members: $10
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
A native of Kentucky, Gary Stewart
began playing
piano, banjo and viola as a child. He has performed as a soloist and
chamber musician for several festivals and concert series. He was a top
prize winning guitarist in several guitar competitions including;
Rantucci International Guitar Competition, Southeastern Guitar Congress
Guitar Competition, and Young Persons Beethoven Club Competition.
Mr. Stewart has performed and recorded with The Cleveland
Baroque
Orchestra and Cleveland Opera. His recent recording with Apollo’s Fire
on Avie records, entitled Come to the River, was released
internationally and debuted in the Classical Billboard top 10. He has
also recorded over 150 pieces for the Guitar Foundation of America
archive. He is currently completing his D.M.A. in guitar performance at
Shenandoah Conservatory with Dr. Glenn Caluda.
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BENJAMIN
BEIRS
Sunday,
November 10, 2013 — 3 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $15;
Members: $10
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
Described
as a “brilliant young classical guitarist” by the D.C. Examiner,
Benjamin Beirs, a performer, teacher and aspiring composer, trained at
Peabody Conservatory under Julian Gray. His Duo Transatlantique with
the French guitarist Maud Laforest has established his young career on
two continents. He is the recipient of numerous prizes from
international guitar competitions including; 1st prize in the 2010
University of Texas at Dallas Competition, 1st prize in the 2008
Appalachian GuitarFest Competition, and 1st prize in the 2007 National
Guitar Workshop Competition. His new album, “Widening Circles,” is
described as “a complete success” by Fanfare magazine. Benjamin lives
in Baltimore, MD, where he teaches guitar at the Peabody Preparatory
and regularly performs throughout the region. Visit Benjamin
Beirs
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MEMBERS
CONCERT & HOLIDAY PARTY
Sunday,
December 8, 2013 — 3 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $15;
Members: Free
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
Professional
Members of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society
and local artists present a panoply of styles and talents.
The concert will be followed by PCGS Holiday party — an opportunity to
meet other members, the local artists and celebrate the holiday season.
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MAYES
GUITAR DUO
Sunday,
January 12, 2014
— 3 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $15;
Members: $10
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
The
Mayes classical guitar duo brings together a wealth of
experience and
ability, gathered during extensive careers as soloists and
members of respected ensembles. The duo is remarkably
versatile
as demonstrated not only by the diverse styles of music that they play,
but
also in the variety of instruments they are able to bring to their
programs.
Along
with 20th Century classical guitars, they often mix into their
performances terz guitar, 19th century guitar, renaissance guitar,
renaissance lute, archlute and the Neapolitan mandolin.
They have recorded three CD’s: “The Schoole of Musicke”,
“Sketches for Two” and their newest release, “Romance”. |
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ISAAC
BUSTOS
Sunday,
February 9, 2014 — 3 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $15;
Members: $10
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
Isaac
Bustos enjoys an extensive performing career that has taken him to
Canada, Central America, Europe and the US. Dr. Bustos has made several
Radio and Television appearances and is in demand to perform in some of
the most prestigious festivals including the Guitar Foundation of
America Annual Convention. Isaac holds an impressive number of top
prizes in over 12 major international competitions, 7 of which are
first prizes. His debut CD, ‘Caprichos y Sonatas’ was released In the
fall of 2008. Isaac holds a BM of Music degree from the University of
New Hampshire, a MM of Music degree from the University of Texas where
he also completed a Doctor of Music under Adam Holzman. Bustos also
performs with the award-winning Texas Guitar Quartet and serves on the
faculty at Texas A&M University.
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CONNIE
SHEU
Sunday,
March 9, 2014 — 3 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $15;
Members: $10
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
Praised as “a gifted guitarist whose energetic, thoughtful and artistic
playing
is wonderfully compelling and dynamic" by Sharon Isbin, American
guitarist
Dr.
Connie Sheu is a performer, teacher, and advocate of classical guitar.
Her playing has been hailed by the New York Sun as “excellent,
ruminative... scholarly." Past performances and teaching engagements
have taken her from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall to Florida,
Oklahoma, Moldova, Italy, Hungary, and throughout California.
Connie
released her solo album Waking or Sleeping in 2008. She holds degrees
from Columbia University and the Juilliard School, and earned her
Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California. Connie
serves as Director of Communications for the Guitar Foundation of
America and teaches at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.
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PHILADELPHIA
CLASSICAL GUITAR
FESTIVAL 2014
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Opening
Concert—SHARON ISBIN
Saturday,
April 26, 2014 — 7:30 PM
General:
$25; Student/Senior: $20;
Members: $15
Trinity Center for Urban Life
22nd & Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Acclaimed
for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, multiple
GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin has been hailed as “the preeminent
guitarist of our time”. She is also the winner of Guitar Player
magazine’s “Best Classical Guitarist” award, the Madrid Queen Sofia and
Toronto Competitions, and was the first guitarist ever to win the
Munich Competition. She has given sold out performances throughout the
world. She has served as Artistic Director/Soloist of festivals she
created for Carnegie Hall and the Ordway Music Theatre, her own series
at New York’s 92nd Street Y and the acclaimed national radio series
Guitarjam. Ms. Isbin’s catalogue of over 25 recordings - from Baroque,
Spanish/Latin and 20th Century to crossover and jazz/fusion - reflects
remarkable versatility. Her latest recording, Sharon Isbin &
Friends: Guitar Passions (Sony) became a #1 bestseller on Amazon.com.
Her 2010 GRAMMY Award winning CD, Journey to the New World,
ranked as a
#1 bestselling classical CD on Amazon.com and iTunes,
and spent 63
consecutive weeks on the top Billboard charts.
Born in Minneapolis, Sharon Isbin began her guitar studies at age nine
in Italy, and later studied with Andrès Segovia and Oscar Ghiglia. A
former student of Rosalyn Tureck, Ms. Isbin collaborated with the noted
keyboardist in preparing the first performance editions of the Bach
lute suites for guitar (published by G. Schirmer). She received a B.A.
cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Music from the Yale
School of Music. She is the author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book,
and is Director of guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and
The Juilliard School (which she created in l989 becoming the first and
only guitar instructor in the institution’s 100-year history).
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Full Day Festival
Sunday, April 27, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM
Settlement
Music School, 416 Queen St. (free parking)
A
full day of
events including over 100
student recitals, the final round of the 2014 Philadelphia
Classical
Guitar Competition,
professional workshops,
Vendors
fair, SHARON ISBIN Masterclass, PCGS
Orchestra
recitals, PCGS 2013 competition winner recital and a closing concert
featuring Armenian guitarist, Gohar Vardanyan!
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Prior
Seasons:
2011 - 2012
2012 - 2013
2008 - 2009
2009 -
2010
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2008
2006 -
2007
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2006
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