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C E L E B R AT I N G
YALE ALU MNI
Saturday, February 20, 2016 • Benjamin Verdery, Artistic Director
9:00 am
Registration Main Lobby in Sprague Hall (470 College Street)
10:00 – 11:00 am Concert
Music for Young Guitar Ensembles Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall hartt suzuki guitar program David Madsen, director heritage guitar ensembles Kevin Vigil, director
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Master Class
Master Class with Z.o.o. guitar duo Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall
12:45 – 1:45 pm Panel Discussion
Social Media and CDs: What is their importance to emerging guitarists in 2016? Sudler Recital Hall in W. L. Harkness Hall Benjamin Verdery, moderator John Olson and Solomon Silber ’16 mm, panelists
2:00 – 3:00 pm Concert
Max Zuckerman and Daniel Corr, guitar Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall
Schedule of Events
3:15 – 4:15 pm Master Class
Master Class with Benjamin Verdery Sudler Recital Hall in W. L. Harkness Hall
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Panel Discussion
Life after Music School Sudler Recital Hall in W. L. Harkness Hall How to make a living as a classical guitarist in 2016 and career options for guitarists John Olson, moderator Daniel Corr, David Madsen, Simon Powis, Matthew Rohde, Geremy Schulick, Benjamin Verdery, and Max Zuckerman, panelists
5:30 – 6:30 pm Concert
Dúo Ditirambo and Z.o.o. guitar duo Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall
8:00 pm Concert
Marc Teicholz, guitar Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall
The Yale Guitar Extravaganza was made possible in part by a grant from the D’Addario Music Foundation with support from D’Addario and Company, Inc.
Guitar Extravaganza
M U S I C F O R Y O U N G G U I TA R E N S E M B L E S Saturday, February 20, 2016 • 10:00 am • Morse Recital Hall
hartt suzuki guitar program David Madsen, director Jim Rickevicius, coordinator Trad. French
Are You Sleeping, Brother John? Richard Hao, Jaxson Richards, Mia Tonon, Abigail Waterman
Anonymous arr. Andrew Forrest
Three Pieces from the Mulliner Book I. I Smile to See How You Devise II. La Doune Cella III. La Bounette Katie Cianfaglione, Michael Daly, Corbett DiIulio, Aaron Ding, Grace Flynn, Paul Kendrick, Juan Pablo Montoya, Sarah Reid
Andrew York b. 1958
Lotus Eaters Rob Avena, Seth Heye-Smith, Lang Le, Elliott Moberly-LaChance
Horacio Salinas b. 1951
El Mercado de Testaccio
Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741
Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 8 I. Allegro The Hartt Suzuki Guitar Orchestra Rob Avena, Michael D’Andrea, Seth Heye-Smith, Willa Kulynych-Griffith, Halle Keane, Lang Le, Elliott Moberly-LaChance, Emma Ort, Matthew Reid, Ben Rickevicius
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heritage guitar ensemble Kevin Vigil, director Miroslav Lončar and Nataša Klasinc-Lončar, guest artists Edvard Grieg 1843–1907 arr. Chris Lee
In the Hall of the Mountain King From Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46
Romana Hartmetz
Summer Suite
Jeffrey Tanner b. 1965
Divergent Rondo Advanced Guitar Class Shannon Callahan, Ari Dashmyagmar, Connor Hinnershitz, Darrius Jackson, Adeline Langer, Damian Moo-Pacheco, Alex Pierson, Katerina Pletnyova, Matthew Pullella, Emily Ricko
Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741 arr. Alan Hirsh
Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 11 III. Allegro
Matthew Denman b. 1981
Pictures on a Train
Miroslav Lončar b. 1964
Winter Salsa World Premiere Artist Guitar Class Deanna Alvarez, Stephen Figueroa, Alex Gray, Dorothy Griffin, Courtney Kirkpatrick, Jacob Meadows, Diana Miranda, Eli Paynter, Nathan Schick, Kristine Tran
As a courtesy to the performers and audience, silence all electronic devices. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.
Guitar Extravaganza
M A S T E R C L A S S with Z . O . O . G U I TA R D U O Saturday, February 20, 2016 • 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Z.o.o. guitar duo • Marian Schaap and Peter Constant Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741 arr. Alan Hirsh
Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 11 III. Allegro Heritage High School • Artist Guitar Class Deanna Alvarez, Stephen Figueroa, Alex Gray, Dorothy Griffin, Courtney Kirkpatrick, Jacob Meadows, Diana Miranda, Eli Paynter, Nathan Schick, Kristine Tran
Edvard Grieg 1843–1907 arr. Chris Lee
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46 Heritage High School • Advanced Guitar Class Shannon Callahan, Ari Dashmyagmar, Connor Hinnershitz, Darrius Jackson, Adeline Langer, Damian Moo-Pacheco, Alex Pierson, Katerina Pletnyova, Matthew Pullella, Emily Ricko
Guitar Extravaganza
M A S T E R C L A S S with B E N J A M I N V E R D E R Y Saturday, February 20, 2016 • 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Benjamin Verdery, guitar Sudler Recital Hall in W. L. Harkness Hall Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741
Concerto in D major, RV 93 II. Largo Rob Avena • Hartt Suzuki Guitar Program
Francisco Tárrega 1852–1909
Adalita Diana Miranda • Heritage High School
Johann Kaspar Mertz 1806–1856
Nocturne, Op. 4, No. 1 Kristine Tran • Heritage High School
J. S. Bach 1685–1750
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 I. Prelude Dorothy Griffin • Heritage High School
Guitar Extravaganza
D A N I E L C O R R and M A X Z U C K E R M A N Saturday, February 20, 2016 • 2:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall
Daniel Corr, guitar Ferdinand Rebay 1880–1953
Variations on the Folksong “Das Lieben bringt groß Leid”
Rebay
Volksausgabe Suite, Op. Posth. I. Kleiner Marsch II. Albumblatt III. Tanzlied IV. Melodie V. Menuett VI. Menuett im Stile Mozarts VII. Wiegenlied VIII. Russischer Tanz
Mario CastelnuovoTedesco 1895–1968
Tre Preludi Mediterranei, Op. 176 I. Serenatella II. Nenia III. Danza
Guitar Extravaganza
Max Zuckerman, guitar Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750
Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 I. Praeludium II. Allemande III. Corrente IV. Sarabande V. Minuet I & II VI. Gigue
Isaac Albéniz 1860–1909
Granada (1918) Córdoba (1918) Cataluña (1918) Sevilla (1918)
Guitar Extravaganza
D Ú O D I T I R A M B O and Z . O . O . G U I TA R D U O Saturday, February 20, 2016 • 5:30 pm • Morse Recital Hall
dúo ditirambo Noelia Gómez González, viola Alfonso Aguirre Dergal, guitar Manuel de Falla 1876–1946
Canciones Populares Españolas (1914–15)
Fernando Buide del Real b. 1980
Suite para Viola y Guitarra (2014) I. Perpetuum Mobile II. Variación sobre una melodía de Albéniz
Benjamin Verdery b. 1955
Six Character Pieces from Eleven Etudes (2006) I. Let Go III. Worry Knot IV. Cause and Effect VI. Monkey Mind VIII. Greed IX. Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
Various
México Mágico (Medley) arr. Dúo Ditirambo
Antonio Lauro 1917–1986
Seis por Derecho arr. Julio César Oliva and Dúo Ditirambo intermission
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z.o.o. guitar duo Marion Schaap, guitar Peter Constant, guitar Domenico Scarlatti 1685–1757
Sonata in G minor, K. 4 Sonata in A major, K. 209
Nadia Borislova b. 1969
Sonnet
Phillip Houghton b. 1954
Brolga (2014)
Lauro arr. Peter Constant
Muziek uit Venezuela La Gatica
Lauro
Andreina
Anonymous
Pica Pica
Ignacio Figuereda 1899–1995
Los Caujaritos
Egberto Gismonti b. 1947
Água e Vinho (1972)
Paulo Bellinati b. 1950
Jongo (1978)
Guitar Extravaganza
MARC TEICHOLZ Saturday, February 20, 2016 • 8:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall
John Dowland 1563–1626
Fantasie (1610)
Lennox Berkeley 1903–1989
Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1 (1957)
J. S. Bach 1685–1750
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 I. Sinfonia II. Allemande III. Courante IV. Sarabande V. Rondeaux VI. Capriccio intermission
Robert Schumann 1810–1856
Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15
Sérgio Assad b. 1952
Seis Brevidades (2009) I. Chuva II. Tarde III. Feliz IV. Ginga V. Cantiga VI. Saltitante
Ernesto Nazareth 1863–1934 arr. Sérgio Assad
Confidencias, Batuque (1913)
About the Artistic Director
Benjamin Verdery, guitar Artistic director of 92 nd Street Y’s Art of the Guitar series since 2006, Benjamin Verdery is hailed for his innovative and eclectic musical career. Since 1980 he has performed worldwide in theaters and at festivals, including Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, the International Guitar Festival at Havana, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Opera in New York. His tours regularly take him throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. He has recorded and performed with such diverse artists as Andy Summers, Frederic Hand, William Coulter, Leo Kottke, Anthony Newman, Jessye Norman, Paco Peña, Hermann Prey, and John Williams. Of Verdery’s more than fifteen albums, the most recent are Happy Here, with William Coulter, and Branches, featuring works of Bach, Strauss, Jimi Hendrix, and Mozart along with the traditional “Amazing Grace,” both for Mushkatweek. His CD Start Now won the 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Award. Other recordings include Some Towns & Cities and his collaborations with John Williams (John Williams Plays Vivaldi) and Andy Summers (First You Build A Cloud). Many leading composers of our time have created music for Ben, including Ezra Laderman, Christopher Theofanidis, Hannah Lash, Bryce Dessner, David Leisner, Martin Bresnick, John Anthony Lennon, Anthony Newman, Roberto Sierra, Van Stiefel, and Jack Vees. Of particular note was the commission by the Yale University Music Library of a work by Ingram Marshall for classical and electric guitars. Verdery and
Andy Summers premiered the work, Dark Florescence, at Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra. Benjamin Verdery is also a prolific composer, with many compositions performed, recorded, and published over the years. In 2012, he was commissioned to compose two works: Penzacola Belongs To All, commissioned by the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra, and Stand in Your Own Light for guitar and koto, commissioned by the Kyo-Shin-An Arts with funding from the New York State Council for the Arts. In 2010, the Assad Duo premiered Ben’s work What He Said. Commissioned by the 92 nd Street Y, the work is dedicated to the late luthier Thomas Humphrey. Other recent works include Now and Ever (for David Russell, Telarc), Peace, Love and Guitars (for John Williams and John Etheridge, SONY Classical), Capitola (John Williams, SONY Classical) and Give for eight guitars. Scenes from Ellis Island, for guitar orchestra, has been broadcast and performed in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Europe, and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet included it on their CD Air and Ground. Doberman-Yppan (Canada) publishes Verdery’s solo and duo works for guitar, and Workshop Arts (distributed by Alfred Music) has published the solo pieces from Some Towns & Cities as well as instructional books and videos. Many other compositions are available on his website. Since 1985, Benjamin Verdery has been chair of the guitar department at the Yale School of Music and artistic director of the biannual Yale Guitar Extravaganza. He was appointed an honorary board member
About the Performers
of the Suzuki Association of the Americas in 2007. Each summer Ben holds his Annual International Master Class on the Island of Maui (Hawaii). » benjaminverdery.com
performance from the Hartt School. He has taken Suzuki training with Frank Longay, Bill Kossler, and David Madsen. He enjoys working with students and families to make music a rewarding part of their lives.
{ { Hartt Suzuki Guitar Ensemble David Madsen, director Jim Rickevicius, coordinator West Hartford, Connecticut The Hartt Suzuki Guitar program, led by David Madsen and Jim Rickevicius, is presenting students from all levels of the program. Along with the private lesson and group class, children in Book 2 and up also receive a reading/ensemble class. The students you will hear today represent most of those ensemble classes. David Madsen founded what is now the Hartt Suzuki Guitar Program in 1990. He is Chair of the Guitar and Harp Department of the Community Division at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford. David graduated with a B.M. in guitar performance from the University of Connecticut, and has since studied with David Leisner and Pepe Romero. He became a registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas in 2000, and has conducted courses throughout North America and in Singapore, Peru, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Mr. Madsen is a member of the SAA Guitar Committee. Jim Rickevicius has been an active member of the Suzuki community since 1996. Jim received a B.A. in Music, a B.S. in Elementary Education from Central Connecticut State University, and a M.M. in guitar
Heritage High School Dr. Kevin Vigil, director Leesburg, Virginia Dr. Kevin Vigil (Dr. V.) holds degrees from the University of Memphis, Yale University, and Shenandoah University. His interest in secondary school guitar programs began when he met John Graham (Lake Braddock Secondary School, Fairfax County Public Schools) in 1991. Over the years he performed for, coached, and traveled with Graham’s students. They published their first book, Guitar 101 (Clear Note Publication), in 2008 and are now writing a new book that should be available in in 2016. Over the last several years, Dr. Vigil has become a leader in the field of guitar education. He has presented lectures on the subject at Yale University, James Madison University, for the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA), and elsewhere. He has also presented a lecture titled “The Brain, Intelligence Theories, and Teaching Guitar: Creating Pathways for Student Success” for the GFA Conference in Los Angeles and the Philadelphia Guitar Society. His latest article, “How Things Work,” was recently published on the GFA’s education website, www.guitareducation.org.
About the Performers
Dr. V. has organized several district and statewide events that have brought the LCPS guitar program to international attention. Under the support and guidance of Jim Harmon, Vigil organized the 2012 world premiere of Shiki: Seasons of Japan by Shingo Fujii, in which LCPS guitar students and faculty performed with the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Vigil’s review of this performance was published in Gendai Guitar Magazine (Japan). LCPS-TV created a documentary of this event at vimeo.com/40965900. Vigil also organized the world premiere of Cascade by Omid Zoufonoun, which was commissioned by the Guitar Foundation of America. After the performance, GFA president Martha Masters presented LCPS with a plaque in recognition of LCPS leadership in guitar education. The LCPS-TV documentary of this event is online at vimeo.com/63195971. The Heritage Guitar program has been honored to perform for every Yale Guitar Extravaganza since 2006. The 2009 performance brought international attention to the group in a review published in Classical Guitar Magazine (UK). The 2014 Yale Guitar Extravaganza was documented by LCPS-TV at vimeo.com/89619886. Today’s program highlights compositions and arrangements that represent the field of guitar education. Chris Lee’s arrangement of In the Hall of the Mountain King is published by the Austin Classical Guitar Society’s GuitarCurriculum.com. Pictures on a Train was composed by Matthew Denman, the Director of Education for the Guitar Foundation of America. The Vivaldi Concerto was arranged by Dr. Alan
Hirsh, who recently conducted the 2015 All-Virginia Guitar Ensemble. We are especially proud of our Loudoun County composers and teachers Romana Hartmetz, Jeffrey Tanner, and Dr. Miroslav Lončar, with their pieces Summer Suite, Divergent Rondo, and Winter Salsa. { Max Zuckerman, guitar Max Zuckerman is a multifaceted guitarist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He received his Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. Max is also a graduate of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he earned both a Bachelor of Music and a Graduate Performance degree in the studio of Manuel Barrueco. Prior to his enrollment at the Peabody Institute, Max studied guitar for twelve years with Scott Cmiel, in San Francisco, where he also completed the Certificate Program of the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. { Daniel Corr, guitar Described by the Hartford Courant as “a guitarist for music lovers to catch”, Seattle native Daniel Corr is active as a performing classical guitarist across North America and beyond. Highlights of his career include performances of major guitar concertos with the American Classical Orchestra of New York City, the Waterbury Symphony, Seattle Creative Orchestra at Benaroya Hall, and with the Auburn
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Symphony. He has been a featured solo recitalist at universities such as Villanova, UW Milwaukee, UK Lexington, MSU Bozeman, and the Central Conservatory in Beijing. A passionate chamber musician, Daniel can be frequently seen in concert as a member of the Apollinaire Trio (flute, viola, and guitar) and the New Haven Guitar Quartet. As a vocal accompanist, Daniel was chosen to accompany singers in a master class for the Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, which was broadcast on RTVV Spanish television, and he collaborated with the Connecticut Chamber Choir on a program of music for choir and guitar in 2016. Daniel performed on the Connecticut Style show on ABC affiliate channel WTNH in 2013. Daniel’s musicianship and artistry have been recognized at several competitions, including first prize at the 12th Northwest Guitar Competition, a top prize at the SUNY–Potsdam Crane New Music Solo Performer Competition, adjudicated by composer George Crumb, and as the recipient of Yale’s prestigious Eliot Fisk Prize in 2001. In 2006, he was honored with the Certificate of Excellence from the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. A recipient of three degrees in guitar performance, Daniel holds the Master of Music and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music under Benjamin Verdery, and the Bachelor of Music from Cornish College under Steven Novacek. Daniel has had other private studies with Rene Izquierdo and Jorge Caballero. Additionally, he has performed in scores of master classes for
nearly all of the most familiar names in the modern classical guitar world, and trained at summer programs such as Aspen and for four years at Le Domaine Forget. Daniel serves as Lecturer of Music in guitar at Gateway and Housatonic Community Colleges, and is on the classical guitar faculties of the Suzuki Music School of Westport and the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. He also founded the guitar chamber music program at the Elm City ChamberFest. As a scholar of guitar literature and pedagogy, Daniel has served on panels at Yale University and has been published in Soundboard, a periodical of the Guitar Foundation of America. His own students have won first prizes in the Columbus and Salisbury national youth competitions while under his tutelage. { Dúo Ditirambo Dúo Ditirambo was founded in 2008 while violist Noelia Gómez and guitarist Alfonso Aguirre were finishing their graduate studies at the Yale School of Music. The duo has been hailed by both general and specialized audiences ever since. Their performances include numerous recitals and concerts as featured duo with orchestras in music festivals, concert series, and TV broadcasts in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. Some venues they have performed in include the international guitar festivals of Taxco, Paracho, Ramón Noble, Sonora, the Nuntempa Festival of contemporary music, and the Festival Cultural de Zacatecas in Mexico. In the United States they were
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recently invited to perform as a featured duo with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Boudreau. In Spain the duo has performed with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Segovia under Alvaro Mendía in the main hall of the Alcazar de Segovia (Castle of Segovia), and has appeared at the Sala Manuel de Falla of the Madrid Royal Conservatory and the Teatro Juan Bravo, among others. Their repertoire is characterized by an original selection of works written for this ensemble, as well as arrangements and transcriptions of classical and traditional folk music of different cultures. The duo has premiered original works by composers Mario Gosálvez Blanco, Fernando Buide del Real, Leonardo Coral, Flores Chaviano, and Claudia Herrerías. In 2013, they made their debut CD recording, Perpetuum Mobile. Noelia Gómez, viola A native of Segovia, Spain, violist Noelia Gómez has performed widely as a recitalist and chamber musician in Mexico, Spain, Germany, Puerto Rico, and the United States. In 2008 she was awarded the Georgina Lucy Grosvenor Memorial Prize in 2008, for “the violist in the graduating class whose performances while at Yale University have exhibited the highest potential for success as a soloist or chamber musician in the field.” She was also the winner of the First Prize at the 2004 Mirabent i Magrans International Chamber Music Competition in Barcelona as a member of the Matiz String Quartet. Noelia has received both Fulbright and Alexander von Humboldt scholarships. She studied at the Yale School of Music (M.M.),
Hochschule für Musik Köln in Cologne, Germany, and at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid (B.A.). She is currently candidate for the doctoral degree in music performance at the Universidade de Aveiro in Portugal. Noelia was a member of the faculty of the School of Music of the Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas from 2009 to 2015 and has been also the artistic director of the PaaxFest Chiapas International Music festival in México. She currently lives in Segovia, Spain and is a faculty member of the Centro Superior de Enseñanza Musical Progreso Musical in Madrid. Alfonso Aguirre, guitar Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Alfonso Aguirre has established himself as one of the most outstanding Mexican guitarists of his generation. He has performed as soloist with orchestras in Mexico, Spain, and the United States, and is regularly invited as a guest artist, teacher, and juror in prestigious international guitar festivals, universities, and institutions of music education. Alfonso was awarded the Premio Pedro Sarquis Merrewe, in recognition of his artistic career. He has also been a prizewinner in numerous national and international guitar competitions. He has recorded a CD as a soloist with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and a more recent album, Perpetuum Mobile, with Dúo Ditirambo. Alfonso holds a Bachelor of Music degree and a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from Yale University, and he is a candidate for a Ph.D. in music performance at the Universidade de
About the Artists
Aveiro (Portugal). From 2008 to 2015 he was a faculty member and chair of the guitar department at the Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas School of Music. Alfonso currently lives in Segovia, Spain and is a faculty member of the Centro Superior de Enseñanza Musical Progreso Musical in Madrid.
monumental Repentance, supervised by the composer herself. Z.o.o. guitar duo has long encouraged experimental luthiers like Greg Smallman, Paul Sheridan, and Jeroen Hilhorst. They also possess a complete collection of newgeneration guitar family instruments by Graham Caldersmith.
{ Z.o.o. guitar duo Z.o.o. guitar duo was described in Classical Guitar magazine as “premiere league quality.” Comprised of Australian guitarist Peter Constant and Dutch guitarist Marion Schaap, both graduates of the Yale School of Music (’92 m.m.), the duo has built an international reputation over the past 25 years. Peter and Marion ran the guitar faculties of Melbourne University 1992 –1998 before moving to their current home, Holland. Appearances have included the Grachten Festival and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Jazz- und Klassiktage Tübingen, Staunton Music Festival, International Guitar Festival of Great Britain, Darwin International Guitar Festival, and countless other podia and festivals. The duo has added numerous arrangements to the repertoire, and composers from Australia, Canada, Britain, Estonia, and The Netherlands have dedicated works to them. Peter and Marion appear on some 20 CDs on various labels, including recent releases of Bach’s complete two-part inventions on baritone/requinto guitars, and Gubaidulina’s
Widely known for their inspirational work in the field of guitar ensembles, Peter and Marion are currently artistic directors of Stichting Gitaarorkest Nederland. They have directed both the Netherlands and European Youth Guitar Orchestras and appeared as soloists with JGO BadenWürttenburg, the Swiss Guitar Ensemble, and various other leading guitar ensembles. Their annual ‘gitaarspektakel’ concert in Almere is an established highlight on the Dutch guitar calendar. Peter and Marion led an ensemble of 1,000 guitarists in the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, during the World Culture Festival 2011. { Marc Teicholz, guitar Guitarist Marc Teicholz was awarded first prize at the 1989 International Guitar Foundation of America Competition, the largest, most prestigious contest of its kind in the United States. He was also a prize winner at the 1991 New York East-West Artists Competition. Described by Gramophone as “arguably the best of the new young guitarists to have emerged” and by Soundboard magazine as “among the best we have ever heard,” Teicholz’s performances throughout the world include tours of the United States,
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Canada, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Fiji. His recitals and master classes have received critical acclaim, and he has been featured in concert with orchestras in Spain, Portugal, California, and Hawaii. Marc Teicholz has had new works written specially for him. Most recently, he debuted Clarice Assad’s concerto for guitar, O Saci-Pererê, at the Biasini Festival in San Francisco. Teicholz tours the United States extensively with the Festival of Four. He is featured on the pilot soundtrack for George Lucas’ Young Indiana Jones, and has recorded solo CDs for Naxos, Sugo, Menus and Music, and most recently, Guitar Salon International. His latest solo disc, Valseana, presents works performed on historic guitars of the period of each musical selection. On Delos, he has recently released Open your Heart with soprano Laura Claycomb, featuring 19th and 20th century composers. For Naxos, Marc Teicholz has made his mark with two collections of Sor’s music already committed to disc. In a show of his versatility, he has also recorded the fifth volume of the collected works for guitar by the 19th-century French virtuoso guitarist and composer Napoleon Coste. Teicholz, currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, teaches in the summers at the California Summer Arts Festival and the Weatherfield Music festival in Vermont. He received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Yale University, and holds a J.D. from the University of California Berkeley Boalt School of Law.
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