the 15th new york guitar seminar at mannes mannes school...

The 15th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes

Mannes School of MusicNew York City

June 26 – July 1, 2015

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The 15th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, Artistic Directors Mariano Aguirre, Festival Director and Administrative Coordinator

Mannes College of Music, 150 West 85th Street, New York, New York 10024 www.mannesguitar.com telephone: 212-580-0210, ext. 4883 [email protected]

TIME FRIDAY June 26

SATURDAY June 27

SUNDAY June 28

MONDAY June 29

TUESDAY June 30

WEDNESDAY July 1

9:00 -10:00 am

Performance Class / Open Stage




Wrap-Up & Feedback Forum/

Faculty Q & A: Breakfast Discussion

10:30 am -12:00 pm

Registration And

Orientation

Hands-On Forum Applied Guitar Theory: Develop Ear, Fretboard &

Theory Skills for Sight Reading

Mariano Aguirre

Ensemble Rehearsals

Ensemble Rehearsals

Ensemble Rehearsals

Hands-On Forum The Poised Guitarist:

Fine Tune Your Playing for Maximized Outcome

Rene Izquierdo

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch on your own Lunch on your own Lunch on your own Lunch on your own Lunch on your own Lunch on your own

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Master Class Jorge Caballero

Master Classes James M. Day

João Luiz Elina Chekan

Rene Izquierdo

Master Classes Leighann Narum

Laura Oltman Michael Newman

João Luiz

Master Classes Laura Oltman Scott Tennant

Rene Izquierdo Jorge Caballero

Master Classes Scott Tennant

Mariano Aguirre Michael Newman

Master Classes Scott Tennant

Mariano Aguirre Laura Oltman

Michael Newman

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Hands-On Forum In the Brazilian

Groove João Luiz

Hands-On Forum The Positional Principle:

Theory & Practice Jorge Caballero

Hands-On Forum More Pumping Nylon

Live! Scott Tennant

Participants’ Concert

Guitar Soloists

Get to the East Side for Jorge’s Concert!

Ensemble Final Rehearsals

6:00 – 7:30 pm Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Dinner on your own

Participants’ Concert Featuring Solo &

Ensemble Performances Tuesday 7:00 pm

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Fri. – Mon.

7:30 pm

Concert Newman & Oltman

Guitar Duo with

Jorge Torres, guitar and

Denis Savelyev, flute

Concert Scott Tennant

Concert Rene Izquierdo

with Elina Chekan

Concert Duo Cantabile

(Mariano Aguirre with Lauri Aguirre, soprano)

with Carlo Valte

Trio Cuerdas al Aire (Luiz, Roldán, Rosado)

Concert at 7:00 PM at Americas Society:

Jorge Caballero tickets for this concert

must be purchased directly from the Americas Society

BIG BLOW OUT PARTY:

MANNES IS MOVING

All events are open to the public. All artists and schedules subject to change All events (except evening concert June 30, Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue) take place in

the Mannes Concert Hall (second floor), Goldmark Recital Hall (third floor), and Mannes classrooms. Tickets to all events available at the door or online through www.mannesguitar.eventbrite.com .

Concert Ticket: $25 ($15 student/senior); Auditor (non-performer): $15 per event; $65 per day; $260 for the entire seminar! *Tickets for the June 30 concert must be purchased directly from the Americas Society.*

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The world’s finest strings. Today’s finest artists. A classic combination.

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Michael Newman

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Friday, June 26, 2015 at 7:30 PM The Mannes Concert Hall

150 West 85th Street, New York, New York

NEWMAN & OLTMAN GUITAR DUO with special guests

Denis Savelyev, flute Jorge Torres, guitar

Guitaromanie: An Evening in Old Vienna

PROGRAM

GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) (arranged by Anton Diabelli in 1821)

Overture to the Opera La Gazza Ladra

ANTON DIABELLI (1781-1858) Gran Trio, Opus 62

I. Adagio; Allegro moderato II. Menuetto moderato; Trio III. Rondo, allegretto IV. Marcia, allegro maestoso

INTERMISSION

MAURO GIULIANI (1781-1839) Gran Duetto Concertante for Flute and Guitar, Opus 52

I. Andante sostenuto II. Menuetto Allegretto vivace; Trio

III. Rondo Militare

JOHANN KASPAR MERTZ (1806-1856) Barcarole; Verpergang; Mazurka; Tarantella

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Scott Tennant

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Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 7:30 PM The Mannes Concert Hall


SCOTT TENNANT

PROGRAM

Andrew York (born 1958) What the Sirens Sang

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Tiento antiguo Canción del Hada Rubia

En los Trigales

Pieces from the French Baroque F. Couperin (1668-1733) (trans. S. Tennant)

Les Barricades Mistérieuses

J.P. Rameau (1683-1764) (trans. S. Tennant) La Fanfarinette

J.B. Lully (1632-1687) (arr. R. de Visée / A. Dunn)

Ouverture de la Grotte de Versailles

R. de Visée (trans. A. Dunn) La Muzette – Rondeau

F. Couperin (arr. de Visée/A. Dunn)

Les Sylvains

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INTERMISSION

Bryan Johanson (born 1951) Magic Serenade

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

(trans. C. Marchione) Fantasia No.1

Largo Allegro Adagio--Allegro

Leo Brouwer (born 1939) Homenaje à Falla

Preludio Danza característica

Marco Pereira (born 1950)

Forrozal

SCOTT TENNANT USES SAVAREZ STRINGS

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CLASSICAL and FLAMENCO GUITARS IN ONE SHOWROOM

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Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 7:30 PM The Mannes Concert Hall


DUO EXAUDI ELINA CHEKAN

RENE IZQUIERDO

PROGRAM

Duo Exaudi: DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

Sonata, K. 213

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) French Suite, BWV 813

Allemande Courante

Sarabande Aria

Minuet Gigue

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Theme & Variations (from Sextet in B-flat Major)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

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FERNANDO SOR (1778-1839) Fantasy, Op. 54

INTERMISSION

Solo Rene Izquierdo:

MANUEL SAUMELL (1818-1870) Los Ojos de Pepa

La Caridad

IGNACIO CERVANTES (1847-1905) El Velorio

Adiós a Cuba Los Tres Golpes

Solo Elina Chekan:

JORGE MOREL (born 1931) Campanas

NAPOLÉON COSTE (1805-1883)

Les Soirées d’Auteuil, Op. 23

Solo Rene Izquierdo: ERNESTO LECUONA (1895-1963)

La Comparsa ANTONIO ROJAS (1921-2008)

Guajira a Mi Madre

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Currently available at The Guitar Salon in New York’s Greenwich Village:

Seminar special: All guitars reduced $500 - $2,000

2008 Geza Burghardt 2014 Sergei de Jonge 2010 Dominique Delarue 1971 Daniel Friederich 1991 Ignacio Fleta 2014 Aaron Green 2004 Hermann Hauser III 1959 Hermann Hauser II 2014 Darryl Perry 2014 Leonard Plattner (heir to Archangel Fernández) 1996 José Rubio 1998 Robert Ruck 2000 Paul Sheridan 1957 Manuel Velázquez 2010 Manuel Velázquez

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Monday, June 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM The Mannes Concert Hall


DUO CANTABILE LAURI AGUIRRE, soprano & MARIANO AGUIRRE, guitar

with guest artist CARLO VALTE, guitar

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) arr. Mauro Giuliani

Overture to La Clemenza de Tito

HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) arr. Mariano Aguirre

Songs and Airs Music for a While (Oedipus)

Man is for the Woman Made (The Mock Marriage) When I am Laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas)

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

arr. Aguirre Arias from La Resurrezione HWV 47

Ho un non so che nel cor Piangete si piangete

Risorga il mondo

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876-1946) arr. Emilo Pujol

Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve

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GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875) arr. Aguirre

Arias from Carmen Habanera Seguidilla

INTERMISSION

TRIO CUERDAS AL AIRE JoãoLuiz, Francisco Roldán, Ana María Rosado

RADAMÉS GNATTALI (1906-1988)

Invocação a Xangô Toada

Marcha Carioca Brazil

JOÃO LUIZ (b. 1979)

Todas as Manhas – Homenagem a Luiz Bonfá Brazil

EDUARDO MARTÍN (b. 1956)

Hasta Alicia Baila Cuba

JOÃO LUIZ

Capullito de Alelí “Guaracha Boricua” (2015) after Rafael Hernandez(1892-1965)

World Premiere Performance

PAULO BELLINATI (b. 1950) Baião de Gude

Brazil

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 7:00 PM Special Location: Americas Society

680 Park Avenue, New York, New York

JORGE CABALLERO

PROGRAM

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750) Partita, BWV 1013

Allemande; Corrente; Sarabande; Boureé Angloise

ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (1860 – 1909) Chants d'Espagne, Op. 232

Prelude; Orientale; Sous le Palmier; Córdoba; Seguidillas

INTERMISSION

MODEST P. MOUSSORGSKY (1839 – 1881) Arranged by Kazuhito Yamashita

Pictures at an Exhibition 1. Promenade – Gnomus

2. Promenade – Il Vecchio Castello 3. Promenade – Tuileries

4. Bydło 5. Promenade – Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens

6. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle 7. The Market at Limoges

8. Catacombæ – Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 9. The Hut on Fowl’s legs (Baba-Yaga)

10. The Bogatyr Gates in Kiev

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Colin Davin, and Ian O’Sullivan.

At the heart of New York City’s classical guitar community

Attend monthly educational events to improve your playingEvery month, our guitar society meetings include special presentations by top artists, followed by

Open Mic performances in a supportive environment.

Join the New York City Guitar OrchestraThis ensemble, directed by Jason Sagebiel, is open to players of all levels. We are dedicated to

commissioning and performing new music for guitar orchestra, with new works to be premiered in

2016 by composers Eleonor Sandresky, Jason Sagebiel, and Marco Oppedisano.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Mariano Aguirre marianoaguirre.com Mr. Aguirre is an international concert artist and teacher. He is a winner of the Artist International Award and the Greorgy Award for Excellence in Performance. He has performed extensively in the United States and Latin America, including at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, The Noon Concert Series at Trinity Church, The Americas' Society, Music from Good Shepherd and Music in Chelsea.

In Mexico, Mr. Aguirre has performed at the National University, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Conservatorio de las Rosas, Universidad de Xalapa, Museo Rufino Tamayo and Templo del Carmen, among many venues. Mr. Aguirre has appeared at many festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, Bach and the Baroque Festival, Warwick Music Festival, and the Latin American Cultural Week in NYC. In addition, Mr. Aguirre performs regularly with the Duo Cantabile for voice and guitar and is a cofounder of the Six Hands Guitar Trio. Recordings on the Vienna Modern Masters label.

Mr. Aguirre is also a strongly committed guitar and music theory professor. He has taught master classes and workshops at many festivals and universities, including the GFA Symposium, the New York Guitar Seminar, the Arts Now Festival at the Baryshnikov Center, La Semana de la Guitarra at UNAM, and the Paracho Festival. He has been invited to be in the jury panel of international guitar and concerto competitions.

Mr. Aguirre is currently on faculty of Mannes College, Hunter College and The Brooklyn Music School. His students have won 1st prizes at major guitar competitions and have been awarded full scholarships at prestigious conservatories. Jorge Caballero jorgecaballeroguitar.com

Guitarist and composer Jorge Caballero is the youngest musician and the only guitarist to win the Naumburg International Competition Award, one of the most prestigious and coveted awards given to performers of any instrument, and comparable to the Pulitzer Prize for musicians. He is known for his dazzling virtuosity, his intense musicality and his spellbinding performances. Widely regarded as one of the finest guitarists of his generation, Allan Kozzinn of the New York Times called him a "superb young guitarist" and praised his rare combination of "a deft, powerful technique and a soft-spoken interpretive persona."

Mr. Caballero has performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the New York Chamber Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic and the Presidential Symphony of Ankara, Turkey, among others. His recital appearances include

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performances at New York's Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress in Washington (in the historic Great Performers Series), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles and other venues in the United States and internationally. Recent performances include recitals at the Santo Tirso Guitar Festival in Portugal, as well as concerts in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico.

Mr. Caballero was featured as the center artist for the production of "Austin Pictures," one of the largest events ever produced featuring a solo classical guitar. The production took place at the Austin City Limits Live Theater and it involved visual arts, film, and Mr. Caballero's performance of Modest Mussorgsky's iconic work "Pictures at an Exhibition." The show was broadcasted live on National Public Radio (KUT 90.5 FM Austin), and on KLRU (PBS) National Television later.

In 2009, Mr. Caballero was called at the last minute to replace John Williams at the 18th edition of the Iserlohn Guitar Symposium, one of the most important guitar festivals in Europe. Reviews of the concert state that "From the first note, [Mr. Caballero] revealed a perfect mastery of guitar and music." Another critic said: "If I had not shaken hands with him, I would not have had the certainty of having seen a human being... The guitar proved to be a universal instrument with unlimited possibilities of orchestration and better than any other instrument."

Mr. Caballero recorded Antonin Dvorak's "New World" Symphony transcribed for solo guitar, a work that he is one of only two guitarists in the world to perform. His Musical Heritage CD of Bach Cello Suites, recorded in 2000, was highly praised by critics, drawing comparisons to Casals, Rostropovich and Segovia. He recently recorded "Alba," a one-movement work by American Composer Mark N. Grant, released last year on Albany Records. A recording of Bach keyboard works is in the planning stages, as well as a recording of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata Op. 1, also arranged by Mr. Caballero, and arguably one of the most important works ever arranged for the guitar. Earlier this year, Mr. Caballero was featured playing a 1940 Hauser I guitar (formerly played by Julian Bream) in three videos produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A native of Lima, Peru, Mr. Caballero comes from a musical family. His mother is a well-known singer in Peru and as a child he spent many evenings sitting backstage at her concerts. He learned to play guitar from his father, but he had already absorbed much knowledge about the instrument from listening to his father give lessons. Growing up at a time when terrorists in Peru bombed electrical stations, he became an expert at practicing in the dark.

He began his professional training at the National Conservatory in Lima, studying with Oscar Zamora. He later studied in the United States, where he attended the Manhattan School of Music. He is the recipient of top

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prizes at the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, the Luis Sigall Competition, and the First Latin American Guitar Competition, in addition to the Naumburg, which he won in 1996 at age 19.

Mr. Caballero's repertoire is notable for its breadth and scope: When he applied to the conservatory, his teacher suggested that perhaps he should list the pieces that he did not play, since there were so few of them. It ranges from Bach to Ginastera, from Paganini to Ponce, from Scarlatti and Dowland to Giuliani and Legnani, from Renaissance pieces for the vihuela to modern composers like Carter, Berio and Ferneyhough. Elina Chekan facebook.com/ella.chekan

Elina (Ella) Chekan is currently teaching classical guitar at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she also directs the Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Program.

A native of Minsk, Belarus, Ella began studying guitar at the age of 13 with Valeriy Gromov. She graduated from Minsk Music College in 1994, and the Belarus Academy of Music in 1999 under Eugene Gridiushko with a degree in Classical Guitar Performance, Orchestral Conducting, and Guitar Pedagogy.

In the year 2000 Ella entered Yale University where she received the Louis and Anne Rosoff award and graduated with a degree in Classical Guitar Performance with professor Ben Verdery.

Combining active performance and teaching careers, Ella has appeared as a soloist, and chamber musician throughout the United States and abroad.

Some of this year's appearances include Chamber Music Milwaukee Series, Brussels Royal Museum of Musical Instrument in Belgium, Tucson Classical Guitar Society, Mannes College Guitar Festival in New York.

In her teaching Ella believes in the individualized approach to every student with tailored instruction based on student needs. Mrs. Chekan has extensive knowledge of guitar pedagogy and repertoire, and has experienced firsthand different guitar schools of thought. Ella is also a certified Suzuki instructor registered with the Suzuki Association of Americas. All this experience allows her to find unique approaches and repertoire for each of her students, giving them a solid foundation in technique and musicianship at an early stage.

Along with conducting Ella has arranged a wide variety of music for solo and chamber music. Since 2005, Ella is on the faculty at "Usdan Center for the Performing Arts" in Long Island, NY. In addition to teaching and performing at USDAN, she conducts the guitar orchestra with up to sixty performers.

In her quest for present-day student repertoire, Ella commissioned composer Jorge Morel to write a series of student repertoire solo and ensemble pieces that is published by Mel Bay. In her believe that young

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players are our future, Ella is working with musicians and composers encouraging them to write appealing and musically interesting pieces for the young generation of guitarists.

Renowned Argentinean Composer Jorge Morel dedicated to Ms. Chekan his composition "Campañas" published by Mell Bay in "The Magnificent Guitar of Jorge Morel".

Ella Chekan performs on a John Price guitar and uses Savarez strings. James M. Day music.tcnj.edu/day-james

James M. Day is Assistant Dean of the School of the Arts and Communication at The College of New Jersey. He is active as performer, scholar and teacher in Europe and the United States. His performances have included appearances at Juilliard's Paul Recital Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, SolarFest Performing Arts Festival in Vermont, The International Guitar and Lute Exposition in Vicenza, Italy, and St. James Piccadilly in London. His performances have been broadcast on public television and radio and he has received numerous awards, including a top prize in the Rantucci International Guitar Competition in Buffalo. Recent seasons include engagements in the U.S. with Harrisburg Symphony, Eastern Wind Symphony, Boheme Opera Theater of New Jersey, Car Music Project, Princeton Girl Choir, and Guitar Foundation of America International Convention in Los Angeles, and numerous collaborations with soprano Judith Bettina.

As a promoter of new music, Dr. Day has collaborated closely with composers in the creation and performance of new solo and chamber works. His recent activities include the commission and world-premiere of Eric Sessler's song cycle Good Words to You(2008), James Lentini's No Boundaries (2008) for solo guitar, Michael Karmon's Rain (2009) and the world-premiere of Paul Lansky's Preludes (2008). Additionally, he is featured in the world-premiere recording of Laurie Altman's Octet on the album On Course (Albany Records, 2008). His collaborations in new music have received grant support from the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music, Meet the Composer, Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

In the field of art song, Day's performances have been hailed as "very sensitive, technically and musically" by Soundboard(Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America). His recording, Night and Dreams: Franz Schubert Lieder with Guitar, with tenor Robert Swensen, was released by Clear Note Publications in 2008. Additionally, Dr. Day has given scholarly lecture-performances on both historical and contemporary art song with guitar at Eastman School of Music, the Philadelphia Guitar Festival, College Music Society International Conference in Madrid and Northeast Conference in Princeton, the Staatliche Hochschule for Musik und

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Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany. His research on the subject has also been published in Soundboard.

Dr. Day received his Bachelor of Music degree at the North Carolina School of the Arts under Aaron Shearer and Gerald Klickstein, and his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music under Nicholas Goluses. In addition, he has pursued advanced studies with Oscar Ghiglia at both the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and at Incontri chitarrstici in Gargnano, Italy. As a student he performed in master classes of some of the world's greatest virtuosi including Pepe Romero, David Russell, Paul O'Dette, and William Kanengiser. In 2005, Dr. Day held a three-month residency as guest artist teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2011, as recipient of a prestigious Australia Endeavor Award, he held a six-week residency at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships at the University of Melbourne to pursue his growing interest in community-based arts.

Dr. Day led guitar studies at The College of New Jersey from 1997 until 2014. In May 2012, he was appointed Assistant Dean for the School of the Arts and Communication at The College of New Jersey after serving as the Interim Assistant Dean the previous year. Duo Cantabile duocantabileny.com Lauri Aguirre, soprano Mariano Aguirre, guitar

The voice and guitar ensemble Duo Cantabile has been charming audiences since its inception in 2002. They have received great accolades for their spirited and heart-felt performances. Lauri and Mariano Aguirre perform a wide variety of musical styles ranging from Renaissance to folk. Their repertoire includes original works for voice and guitar commissioned by the ensemble as well as numerous arrangements that they are constantly realizing. They have performed in the United States and Mexico in such venues as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Templo del Carmen, St. John the Divine, St. Peter’s Church in Chelsea, America’s Society and the New York Guitar Seminar.

In addition to forming this artistic venture, both musicians have active solo careers both here and abroad. Lauri has performed in opera, oratorio and musical theater venues ranging from the Finnish National Opera Company in Helsinki to the Village Light Opera Group in New York City. She has been a frequent oratorio soloist having performed such works as Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Schubert's Mass in G and Mozart's Regina Coeli and Requiem. Her operatic performances have included Le Nozze di Figaro, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoore, Don Carlo, and Falstaff, and most recently, leading roles in Riders to the Sea (Vaughan Williams), The Impressario (Mozart) and Dr. Heidegger’s Fountain of Youth (Beeson) at the Kaye Playhouse. Currently, Lauri can be

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heard on Sundays singing in the soprano section in the choir at The Oratory of St. Boniface Catholic Church.

Mariano has performed recitals in the United States and Mexico and has appeared at many festivals, including the Young Artist Series at the Aspen Music Festival, the Warwick Music Festival, and Mexico’s National University and Centro Nacional de las Artes. His awards include the Gregory Award for Excellence in Performance given by The New School University and the Artists International Competition. Mariano has recorded on the Vienna Modern Masters label. Aside from his performing endeavors, Mariano has a busy private music studio and is on the faculty at Mannes College of Music, Hunter College CUNY and the Brooklyn Music School. He is the festival director of the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes and a sought after workshop leader and master class teacher. His students have won top prize at several international competitions.

Lauri and Mariano are graduates of the Mannes College of Music in New York City and hold bachelor and master degrees with honors from this institution. Lauri also holds a Master of Arts degree from Hunter College. Beyond their music making, the artists have also found joy as married partners and parents to their daughter Sofia.

"Duo Cantabile shines as a picture perfect example of emotional power in performance" - Classical Guitar Magazine Rene Izquierdo reneizquierdoguitar.com

Rene Izquierdo, a native from Cuba, graduated from the Guillermo Tomas, Amadeo Roldan Conservatory and Superior Institute of Art in Havana. In the United States, Mr. Izquierdo earned a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma degrees from the Yale University School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. While at Yale he represented the university in an exchange program with the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse du Paris and worked with guitarists Olivie Chassain and Roland Dyens. Rene has appeared as a guest soloist and in chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Cuba and Europe. He has shared the stage with prestigious guitarists including Eliot Fisk, Benjamin Verdery and Jorge Morel, as well as renowned flutist Ransom Wilson, soprano Lucy Shelton, David Jolley and Paquito d’Rivera. Renowned composers such as Jorge Morel and Carlos R. Rivera have dedicated works to him.

Mr. Izquierdo is a recipient of numerous awards. He is a winner of JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Competition in 2004, Extremadura International Guitar Competition, Schadt String competition, Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition among others.

He is currently a professor of classical guitar at the Wisconsin State University in Milwaukee and an active solo performer and chamber musician. Rene has studied with Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Shin-Ichi

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Announcing the 2nd Lanciano International Guitar Seminar, hosted by Estate Musicale Frentana (EMF). August 19-24, 2014.

Located beside a beautiful

medieval fortress 2 hours from

Rome by car or bus, this new

international guitar seminar

offers 6 days of high-level solo

and ensemble/chamber music

training . A final concert will

feature selected participants in

solo and ensemble performances.

This year’s faculty includes Isabella

Abbonizio, Gaëlle Solal, Massimo

Delle Cese and the Newman & Oltman

Guitar Duo.

www.lancianoguitar.com

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Fukuda, Eli Kassner, Pepe Romero, Angel Romero, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, David Starobin, Eduardo Fernandez, Jorge Morel, Robert Beaser and Anthony Newman among others. João Luiz Rezende Lopes brasilguitarduo.org

The guitarist, arranger and composer João Luiz began to play the popular music of his native Brazil professionally during his childhood and was later trained in classical guitar by his mentor Henrique Pinto. As a performer and composer João is equally at home with classical, Brazilian and world music; his solo guitar and guitar ensemble repertoire cover all the main works in the guitar literature from Dowland to Carter and Brazilian rhythms from choro to baião.

While studying with Henrique Pinto, with whom he recorded two albums as a member of the Violão Camara Trio ensemble, the Brasil Guitar Duo with Douglas Lora was born. In 2006 the Brasil Guitar Duo won the prestigious Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York, resulting in a full global touring schedule and numerous critically acclaimed recordings. For five years João also performed and recorded with the classical guitar quartet Quartenaglia, one of Brazil's most important chamber music ensembles. Musicians such as Sergio Abreu, Paulo Martelli, Fabio Zanon and Alice Artzt have also been very important in his development as a guitar player.

João has recorded more than ten CDs playing solo, in duo, in trio and in quartet, all of which have featured his arrangements of classical or Brazilian works. He has recorded for Avie, Naxos, CAG and Guanabara Records. Quaternaglias’s Presenca (2004) and Estampas (2007) feature Joao's interpretations of Tom Jobin and Alberto Ginastera’s compositions. Brasil Guitar Duo’s Bom Partido (2004), the first duo’s first CD of all-Brazilian repertoire, was the first recording produced by Concert Artists Guild. The Brasil Guitar Duo’s debut for the Naxos label features two CDs of the complete works for two guitars by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Just one of many stellar reviews includes the American Record Guide, which wrote, “It would be hard to imagine a better performance … this is wonderful music played at the highest interpretive level.” The duo’s latest release features the complete Bach Flute Sonatas with flutist Marina Piccinini released on Avie in 2010. For this collaboration, João and Douglas transcribed all of Bach’s sonatas for flute and harpsichord to flute and two guitars. Neblina, his first solo CD featuring Spanish composers, is due to be released in July 2012. The duo has also recently recorded Edu Lobo Songbook, a CD of João’s arrangements of one of Brazil’s most important popular music (MPB) composers.

As a soloist and teacher, he is on the faculty of important music festivals such as Festival Eleazar de Carvalho and Santa Marcelina College in Brazil and the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes. João holds a

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master’s degree in classical guitar from Mannes College of Music in New York as a student of Michael Newman and is currently doing his DMA at Manhattan School of Music with scholarship from The Augustine Foundation studying with David Leisner.

His arrangements have been recorded and played by Marina Piccinini, Fabio Zanon, Paulo Martelli, Marco Pereira, Na Ozzetti, Paquito DãRivera, Clarice Assad, Parker String Quartet, Sybarite 5 and The Newman & Oltman Duo. Currently he is working on the edition of his arrangements, the first of which will be printed by the fall of 2013. In addition to his career as a performer, he writes guitar methods for beginners, designs the guitar curriculum and trains instructors for an important music education initiative for underprivileged children in São Paulo, Guri Santa Marcelina.

João made his debut at the Aspen Festival in July 2010 as a member of the Brasil Guitar Duo. Previous summers have included concerts at New York’s River to River Festival, The Gran Teton Music Festival, Chautauqua Institution, Bermuda Guitar Festival, Tirol’s Outreach Festival (Austria), and Two Moors Festival (UK). Recently featured New York City recital engagements include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY Guitar Seminar at Mannes College, Symphony Space and New York Guitar Society. In addition, the duo has performed for the Orange County (CA) Performing Arts Center, Lied Center (University of Kansas), Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Chicago, Spivey Hall, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Purdue University Convocations, Daytona Beach International Festival, Virginia Arts Festival, CityFolk Festival in Dayton, OH, the Santa Barbara Symphony's Guitar Festival and for Miami Guitar Festival and the Asociacion Nacional de Conciertos in Panama City, Semana de La Guitarra in Colombia and the Classical Guitar Societies of St. Louis, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Tucson and Upstate New York.

He has premiered works by composers such as Leo Brouwer, Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira, Frederic Hand, Egberto Gismonti and Marlos Nobre and is currently preparing Brazilian and Cuban music for the duo collaboration and tour with Paquito D’Rivera beginning in September 2011. He collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma and Carlos Prieto on a project in Havanah, Cuba, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the composer Leo Brouwer.

Joao teaches guitar at New Jersey City University and is also the head of the guitar department at Purchase College. Leighann Narum leighannnarum.com

Described as "a fiery performer" by Oscar Ghiglia, American guitarist Leighann Narum has returned to the New York area after four years of living in and performing throughout Spain, where she was one of just two American soloists in the prestigious Foro Madrileño de la Guitarra Clásica II, held in Madrid's Centro Cultural de la Villa, and where she performed as

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a soloist in the Madrid concert series sponsored by the Fundación Juan March. "Having lived and studied in Spain, she displayed understanding of the music and the history that produced it," according to McClatchy Newspapers. Ms. Narum -- who frequently performs throughout Europe and the United States -- returned recently from touring Peru, where she performed and gave master classes at Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA) for the XVII Festival International de Guitarra del ICPNA.

Other engagements have included Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, as well as appearances in Kaufmann Concert Hallwith the New York Chamber Symphony of the 92nd Street Y, playing Rodrigo's famous Concierto de Aranjuez. She performed as a guest of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yalein the world premiere of the opera Burning Bright. In addition, she has performed as soloist and ensemble player on numerous live radio and television broadcasts, including National Public Radio and Radio Sweden.

In prior seasons, Ms. Narum has been a selected member of the South Carolina Arts Commission's Community Tour, receiving Touring Fee Support Grants from the commission to perform and teach in South Carolina. She has also received numerous other honors, including nine consecutive Superior Solo awards and two concerto awards by the National Federation of Music Clubs competition. Additionally, Ms. Narum has performed in masterclasses with noted classical guitarists Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Leo Brouwer, Eduardo Fernandez and Robert Guthrie, among others.

A devoted teacher as well as performer, Ms. Narum has taught students at the International Institute in Spain and the International College of Spain. She has also been a member of the guitar faculty of Brooklyn Music School and the Classical Guitar Summer Workshop at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She is currently teaching classical guitar at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J. She also teaches classical guitar at Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus for the Mason Gross School of the Arts Extension Division, where she serves as a College faculty member.

Ms. Narum was born in Madison, Wisconsin, where she gave her first public performance at the age of eight. She studied with Jeffrey Van at the University of Minnesota and Clare Callahan at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She received her Bachelor of Music degree, cum laude, in 1985 and a Master of Music in 1987 from CCM, where she also served as a Graduate assistant in classical guitar. Ms. Narum, whose post-graduate study included a year with José Tomás in Alicante, Spain, continued in Italy at Siena's famed Accademia Musicale Chigiana with Oscar Ghiglia, who awarded her the coveted Diploma di Merito for her "brilliant participation" in his master classes.

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The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo www.guitarduo.com Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, guitars

Ensemble-in-Residence at Mannes School of Music and hailed as a “revelation to hear” by The Washington Post, the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo’s phenomenal musicianship places them solidly at the top of their field. Their innovative programming, matchless technique and ensemble precision, combined with their commitment to expanding the repertoire for guitar duo, make Newman & Oltman a world class chamber ensemble.

Newman and Oltman’s concert tours have taken them to cultural capitols and premier venues across five continents. The Duo has demonstrated extraordinary stylistic breadth in their collaborations with such diverse artists as composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, pianist Clarice Assad, fiddler Eileen Ivers and violinist Tim Fain.

Through their groundbreaking New Music Commissioning Program, Newman & Oltman have built a unique repertoire of works for two guitars by composers such as Roberto Sierra, Paul Moravec, Augusta Read Thomas, Lowell Liebermann, Dušan Bogdanovic, and Arthur Kampela. Their artistry has also been captured on nearly a dozen acclaimed recordings and has been recognized by grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America and ASCAP, among others.

Recent highlights include the world premiere of “Concierto Buenos Aires” composed for the Duo by Nuevo Tango master Daniel Binelli with l’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Reims in France and with the Virginia Symphony (JoAnn Falletta, music director), as well as performances at the Volterra Guitar Project in Tuscany and the Iserlohn Guitar Symposium in Germany. The Duo has served as Ensemble-in-Residence at New York’s Mannes College the New School for Music since 1987. They are Artistic Advisors to the D’Addario Foundation Performance Series at Carnegie Hall and served as Artists-in-Residence at Lafayette College. Michael and Laura are founders and artistic directors of the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes (www.mannesguitar.com), Raritan River Music (www.RaritanRiverMusic.org), and, with New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes alumna Isabella Abbonizio, the new Lanciano International Guitar Seminar in Italy (www.lancianoguitar.com).

Michael Newman serves on the faculties of Mannes College and The College of New Jersey. Laura Oltman serves on the faculties of Princeton University and Lafayette College. They play Thomas Humphrey guitars (1978 and 1981) and use D’Addario EXP Strings. For more information visit: www.guitarduo.com.

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo is represented by Genevieve Spielberg Inc., 908-608-1325, [email protected]

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More information is available on the duo’s website, www.guitarduo.com. Francisco Roldán www.franciscoroldan.com www.zigzagquartet.com Colombian-born guitarist Francisco Roldán played last year, among other concerts, at the Dominican Republic Guitar Festival and at the Mannes College Guitar Festival, NYC. This year, he will perform in concerts for Lincoln Center Local Live in NYC, for ArtsQuest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and for Latin American Cultural Week in NYC.

He has performed in Russia, Spain, Colombia, Lithuania, Argentina, and Paraguay. He has also played throughout the United States at Merkin Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall and CAMI Hall in New York, the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, Harmony Hall in Maryland, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee, for the Philadelphia Guitar Society, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, the Puffin Gallery, the Colombian Consulates in New York and in Boston, the Smithsonian Library in Washington, D.C., the Museum of the City of New York, Round Top Music Festival, the Spanish Institute, Gracie Mansion, the Americas Society, and various universities and libraries.

In the summer of 2007 he participated in a recital as an Invited Artist at the Interpretation of Spanish Song Festival in Granada, Spain. He was invited back to the 2008 Festival in Granada as a Guest Artist to teach and play a concert and he was invited to play a solo recital in southern Spain in the city of Berja. In 2008 he also played a concert at the Mannes 2008 Guitar Festival in New York City with his quartet, Zigzag. During the summer of 2006 Mr. Roldán played a recital in Bogotá at the Fernando Sor School of Music and was immediately invited back to teach in their annual Guitar Festival in November, 2006, and to perform another recital.

He has played various concerti and has participated in numerous chamber music recitals with choruses, singers and instrumentalists. He accompanied acclaimed flamenco dancer Pilar Rioja at the Repertorio Español theatre in NYC for 8 seasons. In 1999 he was invited to perform Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in two performances with the Celebrate! orchestra under the direction of Laurine Fox and was received with much public and critical acclaim. In the 2000 season he played a solo recital at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall under the auspices of the Aranjuez Guitar Strings Series. In 1996 Mr. Roldán was invited to play a recital at the United Nations for the Colombian Consulate Independence Day Celebration. In 2010 he released 2 recordings: Interweaving, with soprano Gretchen Farrar, and ZigZag Quartet, with his ensemble. In 2005 he released his second CD titled Almost All Bach in which he interprets the music of Bach and Scarlatti. His first CD of solo music, titled Latin Guitar (in which he

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interprets the music of Barrios, Lauro, and which contains the World Premiere recording of the Dominican composer Rafael Landestoy's complete works for guitar), was released in 2003. They can all be heard and purchased at cdbaby.com.

Francisco Roldán has been entertaining audiences since his early years at the Mannes College of Music. He received annual scholarships and attained the Master's Degree in Performance from the Mannes College of Music. Mr. Roldán subsequently supplemented his studies by playing in master classes for Manuel Barrueco, Sharon Isbin, David Russell, and Paul O’Dette. In the spring of 1993 he gave a solo New York debut recital at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall that launched his career as a soloist.

Francisco Roldán is currently on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music Extension and Preparatory Divisions, New Jersey City University and at Lehman College, City University of New York. Ana María Rosado www.anamariarosado.com Guitarist Ana María Rosado is a dynamic interpreter of classical and contemporary music who has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Far East. Prominent composers have written works for the Puerto Rican artist, including Jorge Morel, Tania León, Laura Kaminsky, David Fetherolf, Roque Cordero, Rafael Aponte-Ledée, Francis Schwartz and Edmundo Vásquez. Her interpretations of Twentieth-Century music have been widely praised, noting “carefully shaded readings of Falla’s Homenaje and Ponce’s Theme, Varie et Finale,” and that “she rose to the challenges of Francis Schwartz’s We’ve Got (Poly)Rhythm” [The New York Times]. Her debut solo compact disc on the Albany Records label, We’ve got (poly)rhythm, was critically acclaimed, and her interpretations praised for “each cunningly placed note, chord and expression mark” — Classical Guitar, U.K. Her second solo CD, independently released on CDBaby.com: Salsa and other beats (2010) has been hailed as exquisite by discerning listeners. Another CD release in 2010, The Beauty In America by flutist Carla Auld on the MSR Label, features AMR with Ms. Auld in a selection of Robert Beaser’s Mountain Songs. Ana María’s playing has been heralded as having “great style and zeal” [The San Juan Star, Puerto Rico], with “total command both technically and musically of the guitar” [La Nación, Costa Rica]. Appearances in chamber music have also garnered acclaim: “Arrangements for guitar rather than piano gave a more vernacular grounding to the accompaniment, sensitively played by Ana María Rosado.” — The Washington Post New York appearances have included featured performances in solo and ensemble works at Merkin Hall, Town Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Symphony Space and at the New School, among other venues. Recital

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presentations have included New Jersey City University, Rutgers University at Newark, Farleigh Dickinson University, Touro College and at the Brooklyn College/Conservatory of Music. She has participated as performer and master class instructor in several festivals; the Mannes Guitar Seminar in NYC, the Inter-American Music Festival, the Ibero-American Arts Festival, and the Guitar Festival, in Puerto Rico, the Tenth International Guitar Week in Denver, Colorado, and the International Youth Music Festival in Bulgaria. As an Artistic Ambassador for the USIA, she toured México, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Perú, Bolivia and Argentina. Of these performances, critics commented that “(Rosado) is especially gifted in transmitting traditional and folk essences through her guitar. She possesses technique and expository elegance in her musical articulations…” — La Nación, Buenos Aires. Legendary Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia personally selected Rosado to perform in a concert given in his honor at the Manhattan School of Music, from among the participants in his last master classes. Ana María Rosado currently serves as Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Guitar and Graduate Studies at the New Jersey City University. She taught guitar and chamber music at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division for many years. She has also been a Guest Lecturer at Rutgers University for the Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies Department in the Livingston campus. She received her Doctorate in Musical Arts Performance from the Stony Brook University. Other studies include Professional Studies at the Manhattan School of Music and Diplôme d’Execution at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and degrees from the University of Paris VIII and the University of Puerto Rico. She has studied guitar with Juan Sorroche, Alberto Ponce, Sharon Isbin and Jerry Willard, and in master classes with Andrés Segovia and Manuel Barrueco. Denis Savelyev, flute soundcloud.com/savelyev-denis

Denis Savelyev is a student at Mannes College The New School for Music, where he studies with Judith Mendenhall in the first year of his Master of Music program.

Denis Savelyev was born in Lviv (west of Ukraine). At the age six he began study in flute class with Pavlenko Olena, after which he was awarded a place at the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, where he studied with Professor Albert Gofman.

Savelyev’s first position was Principal Flute with the Opera Studio in Moscow. He also taught at Gnessin Academy of Music. In 2013, he was appointed to the Principal Piccolo and Flute position with The Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theater in Vladivostok, Russia.

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Denis Savelyev is very active as a soloist and orchestra player in the New York City area and in Europe.

Scott Tennant scott-tennant.net

SCOTT TENNANT is considered to be one of the world’s premiere guitar virtuosos, and is a favorite guest artist with orchestras, on music series and major guitar festivals around the world. He is a founding member of the Grammy®-winning ensemble L.A. Guitar Quartet, now in their 30th year. He has made numerous recordings as a soloist on the GHA and Delos labels, and with members of the LAGQ he has recorded for GHA, Delos, Sony Classical, Windham Hill, Deutsche Grammophon and Telarc labels. Their Telarc release “LAGQ LATIN” was nominated for a Grammy®, and it was their Telarc title “LAGQ’S GUITAR HEROES” which won a Grammy® as the best classical crossover recording of 2005.

Mr. Tennant is well known as a teacher and author, currently with eight books to his name. His first book, Pumping Nylon, is an advanced book on classical guitar technique and is used by students and teachers alike in most of the world’s major guitar programs. It has attained a kind of “cult status”, being hailed as the only book of its kind. He lives in the Los Angeles area, and is on the faculties of the USC Thornton School of Music, and the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. Jorge Torres, guitar music.lafayette.edu/people/jorge-torres

Jorge Torres holds a PhD in Musicology from Cornell University, where he completed a dissertation on 17th-century French lute music. He is Associate Professor of Music at Lafayette College, where he teaches courses in music history and popular music. Mr. Torres is the director of the Marquis Consort, which performs music of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. His publications have appeared in the Journal of the Lute Society of America, American Music, Notes, and Symposium. His article on the bolero romántico is included in the collection From Tejano to Tango. He has taught at St. Lawrence University, where he directed the Caribbean and Latin American Studies program, and at Grinnell College where, along with teaching courses in music history and world music he founded the Latin American Performance Ensemble.

His teachers include Don Amori at the Los Angeles School of Music and Art, and Stuart Fox at California Institute of the Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music. In 1984 he attended the Banff Centre for the Arts and studied guitar with Oscar Ghiglia, and later with David Grimes at California State University, Fullerton.

Jorge Torres has released a recording with flutist Rebecca Stuhr, Music for Flute and Guitar for Centaur Records (CRC 2839) in 2007. With Stuhr, he has also released an arrangement of Erik Satie's Six Gnossiennes for Flute and Guitar for Trillenium Music (2007). He has taught at St.

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Lawrence University and Grinnell College, and he is currently Associate Professor of Music at Lafayette College, where he teaches courses in music history and world music, as well as (of course) guitar. Trio Cuerdas al Aire

The Trio Cuerdas al Aire is comprised of members of the Guitar Faculty at the Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre of New Jersey City University. Francisco Roldán of Zig-Zag Quartet, a faculty member since 2011, and JoãoLuiz of the acclaimed Brasil Guitar Duo, at NJCU since 2012, are both very active performers. The coordinator of the program and founding member of the trio, Ana María Rosado, at NJCU since 1989, also combines her teaching career with an active presence as a performer locally and internationally. Carlo Valte, guitar and oud albaconsort.com

Carlo Valte is an active performer and teaching artist in New York and abroad. Some notable past performances include Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, L’Auditori de Barcelona, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors series, University of Chicago's Howard Mayer Brown international early music series, and The United Nations.

Projects and collaborations include Oudist for the groups Alba Consort, Adufera and Sendebar and performances with Hesperus on classical guitar, oud and percussion for the live music with silent film project The Golem.

He has given workshops, master classes and educational programs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Queens College (CUNY), the CUNY Grad Center, The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, Northern Illinois University, and many public and independent schools in NYC and abroad in Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona, Lleida and Reus in Spain. In 2008 he received Harlem's Youth at Union Partnership award for creating opportunities in east Harlem with 2 years of weekly hand drumming workshops for 6-12 year olds.

His recordings are with One Soul Records, Vienna Modern Masters, and N. Y. Collegium.

Carlo is currently a faculty member of Mannes Prep teaching guitar, Bass guitar, ensembles and techniques of music classes. His own education started on the Guitar and Bandurria with C.O.S. conductor Michael Dadap. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Science and Master of Music degrees at the Mannes College of Music as a student of Frederic Hand. Jazz guitar and arranging studies were with Howard Morgen. His interest in Medieval and Near Eastern Music led him to study the Oud with Simon and Najib Shaheen in New York and Nasser Houari in Rabat, Morocco.

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ABOUT GUITAR AT MANNES

Mannes was the first college in America to offer a guitar major (1956) and the first to appoint a guitar ensemble as Ensemble-in-Residence (1987). Mannes guitar graduates have won top prizes in major international competitions, teach at America's leading universities and conservatories, record for major labels, and perform at the world's leading festivals and concert halls. Frederic Hand and Michael Newman are instructors for guitar majors, classes, and chamber music coaching. Terry Champlin teaches guitar courses. The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo serve as Ensemble-in-Residence at Mannes.

Now entering its 15th season, The New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes (www.mannesguitar.com) is a premier international event. All Mannes guitar students receive coaching in chamber music ensembles with other instrumentalists and singers. All perform in concert as soloists and in ensemble at venues throughout the New York City metropolitan area. All participate in guest master classes each year. All receive career guidance through Mannes entrepreneurship training courses.

Born as the David Mannes School of Music and known for decades as The Mannes College of Music, Mannes provides a well-rounded musical education for all ages and levels: college, graduate, continuing, and pre-college.

Mannes School of Music is dedicated to advancing the creative role of music in all aspects of a rapidly changing society. Mannes seeks to develop citizen artists who engage with the world around them in and through music, in traditional, new, and emergent forms of practice.

Nearing its 100th anniversary, Mannes School of Music is a music conservatory dedicated to providing a comprehensive, world-class education to aspiring musicians via its undergraduate and graduate programs. The Mannes Preparatory and Mannes NEXT programs serve children and adults throughout the community. The faculties for those divisions comprise guitar instructors Mariano Aguirre, Stanley Dorn, Joe Ravo, Francisco Roldán, and Carlo Valte. MANNES SCHOOL OF MUSIC www.newschool.edu/mannes www.mannesguitar.com

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Participants Stefano Armestar Christian Berrigan John Bogan William Braunstein Martin Brounstein Nicholas Brown Benjamin Byrd Eliza Carrington Saul Castellanos Elizabeth J. Coleman Milton Evertz Liz Fauré David Feld Camilla Fiore Thiago Fratuce Pimentel Lucas Gisonti Justin Goodlow Fabio Grieco Jeff Griesemer Malcolm Hazel Elizabeth Hogg Andres Jimenez Christopher Joseph Christopher King

Stella Kosim Joseph Landi Matthew Leece Jacob McConnaughy Mark Mendelowitz Andrew Moyseowicz Hannah Murphy Andrew Nahm George Nahm Daniel Nenart Addison Perkins Matthew Pidi Quiara Polanco Sarah Pollack Vivian Richardson Jeffrey Rojo Giancarlo Romo Sam Rubinstein Penelope Shvarts James Toomey-Wilson Ian Tuski Eric Vanderzee David Bruce Wolf Joy Zelada

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The Team Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, Artistic Directors Mariano Aguirre, Festival Director and Administrative Coordinator Michael Gilsinan, Web Manager Alexandria Smith, Social Media Manager José Gabriel Maldonado, Administrative Assistant Paul Herzman, Manager of Merchandise Operations Robert Olmsted Recordings, Audio and Video Recording Ray Nuñez, Graphic Design PrintPlus of Stewartsville, New Jersey, Program Booklet Printing Fernando Helguera, Logo Design Toni Rhatican, Genevieve Spielberg, Inc. Publicity Matthew Pidi, Liz Fauré, Liz Hogg, Joe Landi, Thiago Fratuce Pimentel, Matthew Leece, Christian Berrigan, Hannah Murphy: Mannes Worker Bees

For Mannes College The New School for Music Richard Kessler, Dean Matthew Sullivan, Assistant to the Dean Valerie Feuer, Associate Dean for Administration Michael Seabrook, Business Office Manager Erik Bestmann, Director of Concert Operations, Summer Institutes Joe Ravo, Director of Computer Services Hong Tao Sun and Max Turpin, Audio/Visual Services David and Amy, Mannes Room Scheduling Joshua Gleich, Academic Affairs Coordinator Georgia Schmitt, Director of Admissions Jonathan Engle, Assistant Director of Admissions Rafael Gutierrez, Maintenance Supervisor Edwin Lozano, Porfirio Ramirez, Aldemar Sanchez, Kevin Sanchez, Maintenance

For The New School Kasia Broussalian, Communications Manager Ron Gaskill, Blaze Zidell & Associates Dennis Scott-Torbet, Asst. Dir., Summer Programs & Housing Services For Americas Society Sebastian Zubieta, Music Director Martha Cargo, Assistant to the Music Director

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