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Beau Benson with the Houston Civic Symphony
3:00 at Houston Comunity College Northwest, Theater I
Community Arts program featuring Georges Bizet, Beau Benson, and Antonín Dvorák. Premeire of guitarist Beau Benson's "Elegiac Fangtasy" for guitar and chamber orchestra. More information about the show:
Civic Symphony Web Site
BIO:
Beau Benson began his study of the guitar at the age of five, learning first from his father. At the age of nine, he began his study of classical music with guitarist and composer Brian Clement-Foreman. Beau currently attends the Meadows School of the Arts of Southern Methodist University on scholarship where he studies with Robert Guthrie. He has attended several master classes including those with such artists as Carlo Pezzimente, Duo Cuypers and Lop, Earnesto Garcia de Leon, Lucio Dosso, Nikita Koshkin, Juan Carlos Laguna, Mateo Mela, Roland Dyens, and Pepe Romero. In addition to his studies in the U.S. Beau has also received scholarships from Fleur de Son Classics and the D'Adarrio Foundation for the Performing Arts to study in Europe with the Castellani-Adriaccio Duo as part of the Guitar in Orvieto Festival. He won second place in the 2000 Hubbard Chamber Music Series Solo and Ensemble Competition as a soloist. In addition to teaching privately, Beau has given numerous performances in the U.S. and Italy appearing not only in solo recital, but also in concert with ensembles ranging from the J.J. Pearce Chamber Orchestra to the Guitar Orchestra of the United States and Mexico.
The program will be:
| Unruhe | - Mertz |
| Fingal's Cave | - Mertz |
| Variations on a Theme by Mozart | - Sor |
| Capriccio Diabolico | - Castelnuovo-Tedesco |
| Reverie | - Regondi |
| Capricho Arabe | - Tarrega |
| Tango en Skai | - Dyens |
| Usher Valse | - Koshkin |
Jeremy Garcia
Saturday, February 9th at 8:00 pm
Jeremy Garcia 2/9/02 Clear Lake
Bayou Theatre at the University of Houston's Clear Lake campus.
GH member Jeremy Garcia obtained his Master's degree (guitar) from Southern Methodist University with Robert Guthrie and is
"Professor of Guitar" at San Jacinto College South.
Jeremy is presenting a solo guitar recital featuring the music of Sanz, Barrios, Morel,
Regondi, and more. The price of admission to this performance is $10.
For more information, visit www.jeremysgarcia.com.
Concert: Simon Garfield
When: March, 1998, TBA
Where: TBA
Simon Garfield is a Houston-based teacher and guitarist.
Valerie Hartzell & Kelly DeVany
Concert, Sunday, February 18th, 7:30p.m. at Montgomery Community College, The Woodlands
Please join fellow Guitar Houston members and guests after the Stanley Yates Master Class for a dinner social at Guadalajara Mexican Grille & Bar and then attend the Hartzell & DeVany concert. See details regarding the dinner social in the Stanley Yates section above.
The DeVany-Hartzell Flute and Guitar Ensemble will perfom at Montgomery
College in the Fine Arts Building (Bldg D) at 7:30pm on Sunday, February
18th. Tickets will be $5 for children and Montgomery students,
$8 for GH members and $10 for the general public.
This concert will feature several solo classical guitar works plus several duets with flute.
Valerie will play solos in the first half of the program, including works by Barrios, Villa-Lobos,
Ponce & Dyens. Kelly will join Valerie in the second half of the program for a duo including works by
Iber, Granados, Ravel, and Giuliani.
Directions to Montgomery County College, The Woodlands: I-45 North to 242 on the North side of The Woodlands. Make a right onto the 242 exit ramp from I-45. Make a left on 242 at the light. Montgomery College is just on the right - follow the signs.
Ample free parking is available.
For more information, call David Englert at 936-273-7270 or David Barfield
at 281-367-9060 or at texselect@aol.com.
BIO: Valerie Hartzell
Valérie Hartzell began her classical guitar studies on a half-size Ramirez at the age of three. At the age of six, she studied with maestro Alexandre Lagoya at the Académie Internationale d'Eté de Nice, France. She has participated in master classes with several internationally acclaimed artists, including Ako Ito, Castellani-Andriaccio Duo, David Russell, and Elena Papandreou.
In 1991, Ms. Hartzell made her debut performing Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "Concerto for guitar and orchestra" with the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving, Texas. She made her international debut in San Mamete, Italy at the Festival del Piccolo Mondo in August 1994. In May of 1998, she was a guest artist at the Arts Festival in Montagnola, Switzerland. Ms. Hartzell was re-invited to the Arts Festival in May of 1999, and was also invited to perform in Nice, France by the "Ars Antonina Association." Additionally, she won first prize at the Concours de Guitare Classique Heitor Villa-Lobos in Nice, FR and was a prizewinner at the ECU Guitar Competition in Greenville, NC.
At the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Ms. Hartzell was awarded the highest undergraduate scholarship for the classical guitar and studied with Manuel Barrueco and Julian Gray earning her Bachelor's Degree in 1997. She was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Radford University and was placed as Adjunct Faculty while studying for her Master's Degree in Music. She received her performance degree in May of 1999 and currently, she is Adjunct Faculty at Montgomery College. She is performing in the U.S. and Europe as a soloist and is performing in the Houston area with her flute partner Kelly DeVany.
BIO: Kelly DeVany
Kelly DeVany earned a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She has performed solo recitals in Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri and as a soloist with the Luther College Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the Concerto Competition. She has studied with Aralee Dorough, Steve Geibel, Carol Hester, Kaye Sahlin, and Caroline Ulrich and performed in a masterclass presented by Trevor Wye. She performs in the flute and guitar duo of DeVany & Hartzell.
Concert, Sunday, Feb. 20, Texas Select Music, 2 p.m.
Reception with free beer and wine provided
Recital Hall on 18-acre private property in Magnolia
Recitalist and artist teacher: Valerie Hartzell is gaining recognition in the Houston area as a solid
performer and instructor. Valerie is presenting a concert program in preparation for major international
guitar competition performance.
Texas Select Music will host this event at their facility in a beautiful, secluded 18-acre setting. The
recital hall has limited seating but has hardwood throughout with great acoustics.
Enjoy a day away from the city in a natural setting. Free beer and wine will be provided, with a
reception following the concert. This event is only $6, and is a great opportunity to meet others and
enjoy the scenery.
Seating is limited. For reservations and information call: 281-367-9060 .
Directions:
HWY 249 (Tomball Parkway) northwest.
Right (north) on 149 at Pinehurst.
Right on spur 149
Just past the railroad tracks, look left for a small Texas Select Music sign at the intersection of 149 and
Huffsmith Dobbin Road, with a blinking yellow caution light.
OR.......
North on I-45.
West on 242 just north of the Woodlands.
West on Highway 1488 (left)
Go about 8 miles.
Left on Spur 149.
Look left for a small Texas Select Music sign at the intersection of 149 and
Huffsmith Dobbin Road, with a blinking yellow caution light.
If you hit railroad tracks, you've gone too far.
Valérie Hartzell Concert Recital
Saturday, October 12 at 7pm
Montgomery County College Concert Hall / Theatre
The Woodlands - Exit 242 from I-45
Directions to Montgomery County College, The Woodlands: I-45 North to 242 on the North side of The Woodlands. Make a right onto the 242 exit ramp from I-45. Make a left on 242 at the light. Montgomery College is just on the right - follow the signs. Drive to the end of the road and park. The concert hall is at the end.
Ample free parking is available.
Tickets $5 for children and $10 for adults
Valerie Hartzell's new release 'Fuoco!' will be available for purchase for $10 at the recital.
Program:
Choros No. 1 Heitor Villa-Lobos
Etude No. 1 (1887-1959)
Sonata III Manuel M. Ponce
I. Allegro moderato (1882-1948)
II. Chanson
III. Allegro non troppo
An Alm for the Love of God Augustin Barrios
(1885-1944)
Cinco Preludios Maximo Diego Pujol
1. Preludio Rockero b. 1957
2. Preludio Triston
5. Candombe en Mi
Etude No 4 Jim Boitnott
After Elena b. 1975
Fuoco from Libra Sonatine Roland Dyens
b. 1955
Concert, St. Dunstan's Church.
University of Houston, Moores School of Music Presents:
Close Encounters: Chamber Music for Voice and Guitar
Texas Music Festival
Katherine Ciesinski, Director
Valerie Hartzell, Co-Director
June 1 - June 6, 2003
Don't forget about the UofH,
Moores School of Music, Guitar and Voice Festival.
Auditing is $10 a day. There is still room another
intermidiate to advanced guitarist to participate.
Tuition is $225 for the week (includes lunch,
lectures, classes, concerts, and master classes).
The festival is offering a special ticket offer to
members of Guitar Houston for the two Texas Music
Festival concerts that feature Celino Romero.
Tuesday-June 3, 7.30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TMF Faculty Chamber Music
Saturday-June 7, 7.30 p.m, Moores Opera House
TMF Orchestra, Franz Anton Krager, cond., Celino
Romero, guitar soloist.
They are offering "two tickets for the price of regular
admission ($10)" to GH's members. They should
identify themselves as members of GH at the box office
the night of the concert, or can purchase tickets by
phone, by calling 713-743-3313. They don't have an ID
card for being members, but have them mention they
heard about this at the last GH meeting.
If anyone wants more info on the festival they can
call 713-444-5665 or email
valeriehartzell@yahoo.com
By popular demand, we are pleased to offer this week of intensive study of repertoire for voice and guitar. Under the leadership of institute directors Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano, and Valérie Hartzell, guitar, participants will explore this rich area of repertoire with private coaching and topical course offerings. Tuition, which is $225, includes all classes, lessons and lunch.
Katherine Ciesinski, founder and director of Close Encounters, is a world-renowned performer of opera and oratorio. As a recitalist, she has performed an extensive repertoire of chamber music, from traditional lied to contemporary works for a variety of instrumental combinations. She is Professor of Voice and chair of Vocal Studies at the Moores School.
Since her solo debut with orchestra in 1991, guitarist Valérie Hartzell has performed throughout Europe, the US, and Canada, including a television appearance in France. A prizewinner in major international guitar competitions, she is on the faculty at Montgomery College.
Anyone interested in participating must receive approval by sending either a tape or cd (solo repertoire acceptable). We encourage intermediate and advanced students to participate. Students should arrive in June prepared with music written for voice & guitar. If you need advice, contact Valerie Hartzell at (281) 259-6374. For vocal advice contact Katherine Ciesinski at (713) 521-9932.
Please send tapes or cd's, along with application fee to:
Close Encounters
Texas Music Festival
120 School of Music Bldg
Houston, TX 77204-4017
Deadline is May 5th.
Out of town musicians, welcome! University of Houston, located in downtown Houston, offers on-campus housing and meals. Reservations must be made in advance. If interested contact Alan Austin at (713) 743-3167 or tmf@uh.edu.
Guest Artist Masterclass: Celino Romero
Texas Music Festival Orchestra Concert
JUNE 7
"Spanish Treasures," Franz Anton Krager, conducting Celino Romero, guitar soloist
Moores Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
de Falla: Suite from Three Cornered Hat; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Albeniz: Suite from Iberia
Guest artist, Matthew Hinsley will join the festival on Tuesday, June 3rd for a lecture on the song cycle 'Vogelweide' by Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Email Contact:
Katherine Ciesinski: ciesinski@uh.edu
Valerie Hartzell: valeriehartzell@yahoo.com
To reach the University of Houston from I-45 southbound, take the Cullen exit. From I-45 northbound take the Elgin/Cullen/Lockwood exit. Use UH Entrance 16, off Cullen to reach the Moores School of Music building and the Moores Opera House.
Texas Music Festival
University of Houston
120 School of Music Bldg.
Houston, TX 77204-4017
Concert: Matt Hinsley and Jennifer Rhyne
Guitar and flute duo
Saturday, August 5th, 8pm
Cullen Hall
Tickets are $8 for GH members, and $12 for non-members
Directions to Cullen Hall - 4001 Mt. Vernon St., Houston, TX 77006-4824:
I-45 south to 59 South.
Right on Shepherd.
Right on Richmond.
Left on Mt. Vernon (small side street; if you hit Montrose you passed it).
Cullen hall is on the right, next to the Library at St. Thomas University.
Campus Map
Many of you recall Matt Hinsley's outstanding performance at a recent Guitar Houston meeting.
Matt is a graduate student with Adam Holzman at U.T. of Austin. This year he won the "Music Teacher's
National Association" guitar competition. Matt has published 4 articles in Soundboard magazine, and his
new CD, "Live, In Austin" is available from the artist and from Amazon.com.
Flutist Jennifer Rhyne completed her master's degree in music and additional studies on scholarship in
Paris. Jennifer is pursuing a doctorate degree, and has won several competition finalist placements.
The guitar and flute mix very well, and a great deal of repertoire has been written for this combination
of instruments.
Alejandro Montiel
Our featured performer is Alejandro Montiel, who will give his senior college recital under the tutelage of Dr. Adam Holzman at UT-Austin. Following the scheduled performance, walk-on performances are welcome.
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Alejandro Montiel BIO: A Guitar Major at the University of Texas in Austin, Alejandro has spent a great deal of his life honing his skills with the instrument he loves most. Focusing mainly upon 20th Century classical music, Alejandro has studied and performed pieces by composers such as Lauro, Brouwer, Berkley, and Verdery. In addition, he has been fortunate to perform in numerous master classes from outstanding performers and teachers such as David Russel, Ricardo Cobo, Bruce Holzman, Julian Grey and Eliott Fisk.
Alejandro has also cultivated an impressive list of credits to his professional portfolio.
· In 1998, he achieved the highest score in the Texas University Interscholastic League state competition.
· In 2001, he was named a 'Regional Competition Alternate' by the Music Teachers National Association, and toured Washington DC with the St. Luke's United Methodist Church youth choir.
· Collaborated with the Taylor Davis Trio in two recordings of Christmas songs and jazz standards.
· More recently, he led a sight reading class at the National Guitar Summer Workshop in Connecticut, in addition to acting as an assistant to Ricardo Cobo.
Scholastically, Alejandro's achievements are equally impressive. He has twice been a recipient of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and is also a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Junior College Honors Society and the Golden Key National Honors Society. In winter of 2002 Alejandro will graduate UT with high honors.
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Program
Six Arias from "Die Zaüberflote" Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839)
1. Marche Religieuse
2. Fuggite o voi beltá fallace
3. Giu fan ritorno I Genÿ amici
4. O dolce harmonia
5. Se portesse un suono
6. Grand Isi grand' Osiri
Sonatina Lennox Berkley (b. 1903)
1. Sonata
2. Lento
3. Rondo
Some Towns & Cities Benjamin Verdery (b. 1954)
1. Capitola, CA
2. Milwaukee, WI
INTERMISSION (5 minutes)
El Decamerón Negro Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
1. La Arpa del Guerrero
2. La Huida de los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos
3. Ballada de la Doncella Enamorada
Tres Tangos
1. Milonga del Angel Astor Piazzola (1921 - 1992)
2.Muerte del Angel
3. Tango en Skaï Roland Dyens (b. 1955)
Mark Moore
Master's degree with Adam Holzman, U.T. Austin. College instructor and local performer.
Concert Saturday October 17, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 5200 Fannin. GH members $5, non-members $8.
William Riley
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Will Riley is active as both performer and teacher. He holds a Bachelor of
Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with
Adam Holzman. Currently, Mr. Riley is pursuing his Master of Music degree on
scholarship at the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of
world-renowned virtuoso Eliot Fisk.
Concert, Friday, March 19th, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
St. Dunstan's Church, 14301 Stuebner Airline, just north of FM 1960
Admission is FREE. Donations are encouraged.
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Concert: Russell Sarre
When: Feb. 21, 1998, 8 p.m.
Where: Rice University Duncan Hall
Russell Sarre is a Houston-based composer, teacher and guitarist.
University Classical Guitar Recital
TIME: Sunday December 19, 1999 2:00 PM.
PLACE: Cullen Hall, University of St. Thomas, 4001 Mt. Vernon, Houston, Tx 77006.
PROGRAM:
Fernand Vera with Olga
Amelkina, Terry Gaschen (classical guitar).
Justin Smith (classical guitar) and Jennifer
Sotolongo (soprano). Performing works of
Bach, Desprez, Milan, Mompou, Tarrega,
Telemann, and others.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.
Mitch Weverka
Professional guitarist Mitch Weverka, graduate of Robert Guthrie, will play a 40 minute set of classical guitar works. Walk-on classical guitar performances after the scheduled performance.
Mitch Weverka is from Fort Worth, Texas where he began playing the guitar at age seven, receiving most of his instruction from Bolivian guitarist/artist Oscar Valdez. He holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Southern Methodist University, and studied in Cremona, Italy where he lived for three years. His principal teachers were Robert Guthrie, Giovanni Puddu, Matteo Mela, and John Holmquist. As a student, he also performed in master classes for a long list of touring artists.
Mitch has been a finalist in numerous international competitions, winning top prize at four; the 6° Festival Internazionale della Chitarra (2001 Siracusa, Italy), The East Carolina Guitar Competition (2001 Greenville, North Carolina), The Oswald Rantucci Guitar Competition (1997 Buffalo, New York), and the Rovere d’Oro International Music Competition (1997 San Bartolomeo, Italy). While living in Italy he received a Diploma of Merit from the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena where he studied with Oscar Ghiglia.
Currently, Mitch lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He is adjunct faculty at Tarrant County College, and maintains a private studio. He is pursuing a master's degree at Texas Christian University, where he is part of a unique program in Educational Foundations directed by Sherrie Reynolds, Ph.D. Mitch is also a founding member and director of The Fort Worth Guitar Guild, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing guitar activities in North Texas, USA.
Program for June 29, 03
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Le Rossiniane No. 5 Op. 123 (1824)
Joan Manen (1883-1971)
Fantasia-Sonata Op. A22(1929)
Ernesto García de León (b. 1954)
Sonata IV "Lejanías" (1992)
I. Allgro non Troppo
II. Lejano
III. Son
Though the six Rossiniane by Giuliani are well known amonst guitarist only the first two are frequently performed. The fifth, op.123, contains themes themes from "The Barber of Seville" and "Cinderella" ingeniously set on the guitar with the skill and refinement typical of the great italian virtuasos. Joan Manen's Fanasia-Sonata was comissioned by Segovia and subsequently recorded by him. It is a large scale work concevied in roughly three tempos meant to be performed without pause. Ernesto Garceia de León is a leading figure in the exciting contemporary guitar culture in Mexico City. He has composer well over seventy works for guitar. "Lejanias" is the fourth of eight multimovement sonata's that he has composed for solo guitar.
Email:
guitarhouston@houston.rr.com