Robert Blocker, Dean
artist diploma recital
Roberto Granados, guitar Saturday, April 20, 2022 | 4:30 p.m. | Orchestra Rehearsal Hall in the Adams Center
Roberto Sierra b. 1953
Toccata y Lamento (1987)
Hans Werner Henze 1926–2012
Second Sonata on Shakespearean Characters, from Royal Winter Music (1979) I. Sir Andrew Aguecheek II. Bottom’s Dream III. Mad Lady Macbeth
intermission
Alvin Lucier 1931–2021
On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon (2000)
Satchel Henneman b. 1995
...all there is... (2022) I. Everything we see and touch is all there is, II. but all there is is so completely out of reach; III. we can’t hold it all at the same time.
This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Artist Diploma. As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.
Artist Profile Roberto Granados, guitar Roberto Granados is a guitarist and composer from Hayward, California. First inspired by the music of Jimi Hendrix, Roberto began studying guitar at the age of six with Hungarian classical guitarist Gyorgy Vass. He has since studied privately with flamenco guitarist-composer Jason McGuire and classical guitarist-composer Sérgio Assad. Roberto holds a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Music from California State University East Bay, where he studied with Marc Teicholz, and a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. Roberto has performed widely in numerous venues in collaboration with various ensembles and artists, including the San Francisco Guitar Quartet, the California Symphony, the Santa Cruz Symphony, Jon Anderson of British progressive rock band Yes, and ukulele soloist Jake Shimabukuro. In 2009, at ten years old, Roberto was invited to perform for and meet President Barack Obama at a fundraiser for the DNC’s “Organizing for America” campaign. That same year, he was invited to represent NPR’s From the Top’s PBS series From the Top at Carnegie Hall, at the 36th Annual Emmy Awards. Other notable performances include NPR’s From the Top, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts; Linfield College; Walnut Creek Lesher Center for the Arts; San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Yoshi’s San Francisco; San Francisco de
Young Museum; Santa Cruz Kuumbwa Jazz Center; Brava Theater; Guitar Solo & Ensemble Festival; New World Flamenco Festival; Tony LaRussa’s Animal Rescue Foundation - Stars to the Rescue; La Peña Cultural Center; Ashkenaz Berkeley; West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show; Canciones 2 - Caminos Flamencos; Ukulele Jams Festival; EG5 Conference; TEDxRedmond and TEDxSanJose; and Google Zeitgeist ‘13. Roberto composes music varying from solo and ensemble works to electronics and performance art-inspired pieces, and often experimenting with elements of noise, improvisation, indeterminacy, and altered tuning systems. He has premiered and composed new works for guitar and other instruments in collaboration with the Bay Area Composers Group collective, including several concerts at the Center for New Music in San Francisco and an online livestream premiere series. Roberto has also performed extensively as a flamenco guitarist, and has released an album of flamenco music, Soñador (2018). He writes music for a solo multi-instrumental progressive metal project under the alias of The Halcyon Effect, and works in audio production and visual art in his free time. » robertogranadosguitar.com
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