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SOCIETY SPRING CONCERTS, MAY 2008     Friday May 9, 7:30pm – Piper's Opera House, 12 N. B St., Virginia City, NV Sunday May 11, 3:00 pm – St.
Patrick's Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, NV
Saturday May 17, 7:30 pm – St.
Theresa Catholic Church, 1041 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe,
CA Sunday May 18, 3:00 pm – Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., Reno, NV THE 2007 SUMMER LATIN GUITAR FESTIVAL
THE
SIERRA NEVADA CLASSICAL GUITAR HOLIDAY CONCERTS A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY THE AUDIENCE AT THESE VERY WELL ATTENDED CONCERTS!
Plus a Special Appearance by: DREAM
SPIRIT BAROQUE ENSEMBLE PAUL GALBRAITH
www.paul-galbraith.com
2006 SIERRA NEVADA
Our 2006 Summer Guitar Festival was a great success! With over 100 in attendance for each of two concerts by Craig Einhorn (www.unicornguitar.com) and Celino and Lito Romero (www.romeroguitarquartet.com), we did well for our first year. Craig Einhorn offered a wonderful performance supported by local musicians. The Romeros received three standing ovations and proved a worthy star act. For the Romero's encore dancer Sapphira performed with them. One audience member said "I feel sorry for anyone in Tahoe who didn't come to this concert!" Following are some photos!. Also, we thank classical guitarist and scholar Jan de Kloe, Larry Aynesmith, festival director, Micah Dunn, and Dave Davies, bass.
LarryA plays at a pre-festival party with Lake Tahoe and the mountains in the background.
Craig Einhorn performing on the outdoor stage at the Brewery Arts Center, Carson City.
Criag Einhorn and local ensemble performing new compositions by Mason Williams.
Craig Einhorn with Sue Kitts and Micah Dunn.
Jan de Kloe performing on the outdoor stage at the Brewery Arts Center, Carson City.
Criag Einhorn, Jan de Kloe, Sue Kitts, Micah Dunn, Dave Davies, and Larry Aynesmith.
Marc Teicholz performed one of the best concerts we have ever seen on June 2, 2006 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Reno. His performance of Bach was astounding and in our opinion places him among the elite guitarists performing today. John Goddard, the Rector of the Episcopal Church, called Marc's performance "magical." If you want to raise the stature of classical guitar in your community, we recommend that you book Marc Teicholz in the best and most prominent music venues. Mr. Teicholz teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at California State University, East Bay. SIERRA NEVADA GUITAR SOCIETY BENEFIT CONCERTS Three benefit concerts in July -- Trinity
Episcopal Chruch, 200 Island Avenue, Reno Brewery
Arts Center, 443 W. King St, Carson City St.
Patrick's Episcopal Church, Incline Village, NV Some of the
best Classsical Guitarists in the Northern Nevada and
Lake Tahoe regions performed MICAH
DUNN We thank University of Nevada-Reno graduate and Aspen Music Festival participant Micah Dunn for a fine concert on May 5, 2006, initiating our performance series at Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Reno. MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE
We thank Michael Chapdelaine for his appearances in April 2006 for the Lake Tahoe Classic Guitar Society.Michael is possibly the most talented, most gifted, most energetic, most deep, most entertaining, most nonchalant, most caring, most crazy and most sane person we have ever had here both as a performer and as an individual. We're not sure how to review it yet but we reccomendyou go see him for yourselves!
MURIEL ANDERSON
Michael Partington (www.michaelpartington.com) is one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players.
Matthew Grasso,
(www.cambium.com/matthewgrasso) classical guitarist, composer,
arrranger and improviser, attended the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music. Accompanied by Jonathan
Mendle, the 7th Wonder Duo
performs Matthew's innovative arrangements on 7-string
classical guitars.
SAFFIRE: THE AUSTRALIAN GUITAR QUARTET (www.saffire.com.au)
REVIEW On November 13, 2005 The Lake Tahoe Classic Guitar Society was fortunate to co-sponsor a concert by Saffire: The Australian Guitar Quartet. The show was a fundraiser for an Arts For the Schools program. Here is my review: Saffire is the greatest guitar act in all of the world. Let me qualify that. Occasionally I will write brief reviews of classical guitar acts or events. It isn't hard for me to write a good review for any guitar act that has basic competency and tries to make at least a little bit of music, as long as they're not pompous fools. As for proclaiming any act the greatest, it is only my current opinion. One could say the same of LAGQ, the Romeros, David Russell, Ana Vidovic, John Williams, the list goes on. But I have never heard any guitar act in the last few years that plays with such an incredibly cohesive and vibrant ensemble. Saffire's talent is immense, their arrangements top-notch and the compositions that have been written for them are some of the best. Karin Schaupp is quite beautiful and immensely talented. Slava Grigoryan is immensely talented, I'd like to hear him and/or Karin solo sometime. Gareth Koch is a major talent who is the central "machine" and arranger. Original Saffire member Anthony Field recently withdrew from the group. According to what I heard, he didn't like touring and parted amicably. Leonard Grigoryan is new to the group. He more than held down his parts. He's been playing since he was four years old, his brother is Slava, his father is a famous concert violinist, so I don't think there is much to worry about. A new composition by the Australian composer Nigel Westlake called "Six Fish" is an instant guitar classic. Propelled by Koch, Saffire brings tasteful flamenco arrangements which reach classical standards of arrangement but retain the fire. I don't know of any flamenco-inspired music by other guitarists which reaches this level of perfection, especially Saffire's Rumba Nostalgica, originally by Juan Martin. They play some Aussie-Celtic pieces that are quite vibrant. Saffire even plays an arrangement of a Deep Purple rock song. Some criticize this although it's great music! If any guitar act in the world becomes associated with a new eternal masterpiece it just might be Saffire, in addition to the acts I mentioned above. Saffire's live ensemble playing is every bit as exceptional as their recorded music. This is unusual in the guitar world. Saffire will not return to the USA until 2007. We may not get them in Tahoe again as they are a major act and usually play to audiences of 500 to 2000 rather than 150 at Tahoe. In the meantime, if you are curious about my proclamation you can order their two magnificent CDs. They are not yet available in the USA but can be ordered through Saffire's web site: www.saffire.com.au. Larry Aynesmith
ISAAC BUSTOS, (www.bustosguitarist.com) originally from Nicaragua, appeared in concert at the Incline Village Library on September 17, 2005. Isaac has won many prestigious Guitar Competitions and was recently appointed to the faculty of Texas A&M University. Local Chamber Symphony conductor James Rawie called Isaac "one of the best classical guitarists I have ever seen." THANKS TO ANA
VIDOVIC FOR ANOTHER GREAT CONCERT-- SUNDAY APRIL 24,
2005, 3:00pm "It
is difficult to know where to begin when discussing the
enormous talents of Ana Vidovic. CLASSICAL GUITARISTS OF NORTHERN NEVADA -- MARCH 26, 2005, 7:30 pm, Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St., Carson City, NV. We were also featured in an encore performance the following Friday. Congrats to all and THANKS to the Brewery Arts Center for their help.Featuring Larry Aynesmith, Classical Guitar, Edith Isidoro-Mills, Flute, Norbert Yao, African djembe drum, Micah Dunn, Classical Guitar, Andrew Ohren, Classical Guitar, Mischael Zawaskis, 10-string Guitar.
Steven Thachuk is known as one of Canada’s most outstanding guitarists. In 2002, Steve Thachuk was appointed as Professor of Guitar and Chair of Guitar Studies at California State University, Northridge. We thank Steve for two terrific concerts in Crystal Bay and Carson City on Feb. 18 and 19, 2005.
Thanks to Jeremy Jouve, winner of the 2003 Guitar Foundation of America's classical guitar competiton, for appearing in a special concert at the Cal-Neva Resort in Crystal Bay, Nevada on October 3, 2004. The audience was very pleased and Jeremy received two standing ovations. See www.jeremyjouve.com .
On Monday July 5, 2004 Visiting Musical Artist Muriel Anderson performed a small impromptu classic guitar concert for a private audience at a coffeehouse in Incline Village, Nevada. Muriel is the first woman ever to win the National Guitar Fingerpicking Championship. Her arrangements featured everything from John Philip Sousa for guitar to an imitation of a complete bluegrass band on a single guitar.More information about Muriel is available at www.murielanderson.com. ANA VIDOVIC CONCERT A GREAT SUCCESS! Our concert on Sunday April 4, 2004 featuring Ana Vidovic was a great success! We SOLD OUT the room, the audience was very enthusiastic and appreciative, and we definitely whetted the local appetite for more classic guitar performances. We will hope to bring Ana back to Tahoe next year. We also thank the performers who helped make the master class a success: John Mahoney, Grace Higgins, Andrew Ohren, Larry Aynesmith, Edith Isidoro-Mills, Micah Dunn, Christopher Smith, and Sven Rainey. We also thank Jano Lukac, John Christopherson, and Diane for their help with the concert. Click here to return to Sierra Nevada Guitar Society Home Page
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