Guitar Soundings a Publication of the Seattle Classic Guitar Society
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Guitar Soundings A PUBLICATION OF THE SEATTLE CLassIC GUITAR SOCIETY Volume 58, Number #1 Established 1958 January/February 2017 SCGS 2016–2017 INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS MicHAEL PARTINGTON All performances take place at the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, 7:30 PM MICHAEL PARTINGTON (UK) – SAT. MARCH 4TH, 7:30 PM Michael Partington is one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players. Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his “lyricism, intensity and clear tech- nical command,” this award-winning British guitarist has performed internationally as a soloist and with ensemble to unanimous critical praise. Audiences are put at ease by his charming stage manner and captivated by his musical interpretations. His innate rhythmic understanding and sense for tonal color combine to form some of the most memorable phrasing to be heard on the guitar. He began playing guitar at age 6 while growing up in Wales, gave his first public per- formance at age 7 and won his first competition at age 9. He has trained with many of the world’s greatest guitarists, including Oscar Ghiglia, Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernandez, Manuel Barrueco and David Russell, who commented on his “exquisite good taste and fluid perfection.” Mr. Partington has appeared throughout the USA, UK, Canada, Russia and Scan- danavia in solo recital, with orchestra and in chamber ensembles. His North American appearances include the first solo guitar recital in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, as well as Town Hall and Meany Theater in Seattle, Austin, Los Angeles, New Haven, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, San Francisco, Vancouver and many others. Concerts in England and Wales have included Blackheath Halls, the Royal College of Music, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James’, Piccadilly in London; the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff; St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings; Bristol Music Club; Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth; Brewery Arts Centre, Kendall; Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells; Nottingham; Carlisle; Derby; and others. He has performed live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Wales and Great Western Radio in the UK, as well as St. Paul Sunday on National Public Radio in the US, KUOW, KING FM, KZAZ, and KAOS in Washington, JPR in Oregon, KUT in Texas, and cable television in California, Montana and Washington. Continued on page 2 >>>> 2016-2017 INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES March 4, 2017 – Michael Partington TABLE OF CONTENTS Michael Partington plays International Series...............1–2 May 6, 2017 – Antigoni Goni Michael Partington Master Class.....................................2 Frye Art Museum Guitar Series.......................................3 SCGS Holiday Concert Photos, Guitar Orchestra...........4 Tickets for the International Guitar Concert Events Calendar, PLU Guitar Festival Info..................5–6 Series may be purchased at Rosewood Guitar Open Mic Info................................................................7 Store: 206-297-8788, Benaroya Box Office: 206- 215-4747 or online at: www.seattleguitar.org F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F cont. from page 1 An advocate of new music, he has commissioned and premiered works by Stephen Goss, Bryan Johanson, Toshio Hosokawa, Angelo Gilardino, Tom Baker, Kevin Callahan and others. He is a frequent performer and teacher at festivals, including the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, Llantilio Crossenny Festival, Portland Guitar Festival, Northwest Guitar Festival, Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Cascadia Festival and Chelan Bach Fest. He has also performed with Orchestra Seattle, Seattle Chamber Players, Seattle Creative Orches- tra, Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Rainier Symphony, Portland State University Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Choral Company, and flutist Paul Taub in the duo Dinamici. Mr. Partington is frequently invited to adjudicate or sit on the jury for local, national and international competitions in the US and Canada, including the Guitar Foundation of America competition, the National finals for the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals, the Music Teachers of North America national finals and the Portland Guitar Competition. His recordings are available on the Rosewood Recordings, Present Sounds and Cadenza Music labels. He currently lives in Seattle where he is director of the Guitar Program at the University of Washington. MICHAEL PARTINGTON MASTER CLASS SUNDAY, MARCH 5H, 2017 - 10:00 AM - BRECHEMIN HALL - UW MUSIC DEPARTMENT The Michael Partington Master Class will be held Sunday, March 5th, 2017 at the University of Washington Music Department, in Brechemin Hall at 10:00 AM. We will be scheduling 4 performers. The performance fee is $40 per player. If you are interested in performing in the master class and/or applying to the David Marshall Scholarship Fund to cover the fee, please submit an online application form at: www.seattleguitar.org, or send a completed application form (PDF or Email Text) to: [email protected]. The cut-off date to apply for both the Master Class and the David Marshall Scholarship is Monday, February 20th, 2017. Selected players and scholarship recipients will be notified by Monday, February 27th. SCGS website: www.seattleguitar.org The Master Class will be open to auditors and the fee to attend is $10.00. University of Washington students are free. F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F Many thanks toTh everyone awho nperformed, k Yoattended uand volunteered! for the SCGS Annual Holiday Concert in December. We had a fantastic concert and delicious treats provided by the Vennetti sisters. We look forward to seeing and hearing everyone again next year! F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F 2016–2017 Frye Art Museum Guitar Series January 28, 2017 – Martha Masters February 11, 2017 – Marc Teicholz April 22, 2017 – Lily Afshar F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F Page 2 Seattle Classic Guitar Society January/February 2017 2016–2017 Frye Art Museum Guitar Series: MARTHA MASTERS – SATURDAY, JAN. 28TH, 2017, 2:00 PM Martha Masters is on the guitar faculty of California State University Fullerton and Loyola Mary- mount University in Los Angeles. Masters is also the President of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA). In October of 2000, Martha won first prize in the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Solo Competition. In November of 2000, she also won the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competi- tion in Linares, Spain and was a finalist in the Alexandre Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities in Lodz, Poland. Masters was a prizewinner or finalist in many other competitions, includ- ing the 1999 International Guitar Competition “Paco Santiago Marín” in Granada, Spain, the 1998 Tokyo International Guitar Competition and the 1997 GFA International Solo Competition. Martha’s Naxos recital disc has sold over 10,000 copies worldwide in the first year of its release. Her recordings of Italian music and and early 20th Century Spanish music have been released on the GSP label. Masters has published books with Mel Bay and Alfred, and has received critical acclaim as an author and pedagogue. MARC TEICHOLZ – SATURDAY, FEB. 11TH, 2017, 2:00 PM Marc Teicholz was awarded first prize at the 1989 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Solo Competition and was also a prize winner at the 1991 New York East-West Artists Competition. Marc’s perfor- mances throughout the world include tours of the United States, Canada, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, South- east 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 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. He has recorded solo CDs for Naxos, Sugo, Menus & Music, and Guitar Salon Inter- national. His latest CD, Valseana, presents works performed on historic guitars of the period of each musical selection. Teicholz, currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory, teaches in the Summer at the California Summer Arts Festival and the Weatherfield Music festival in Vermont. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Yale School of Music, and holds a J.D. from the University of California Berkeley Boalt School of Law. LILY AFSHAR – SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2017, 2:00 PM Originally from Tehran, Lily is known internationally for her virtuoso performances, master classes, recordings, DVDs and music publications. Her prodigious skill and love of music led her to the Boston Conservatory, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in music, and to the New England Conservatory, where she received her Master of Music degree. At Florida State University she studied with the renowned Bruce Holzman and became the first woman in the world to be awarded the Doctor of Music degree in guitar performance. Lily studied extensively with Oscar Ghilglia and was selected to play for Maestro Andrés Segovia in his master classes held at the University of Southern California. As a tenured professor and head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, Afshar received the 2000 Board of Visitors Eminent Faculty Award and the 2008 Alumni Associa- tion Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2011 she was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Boston Conservatory. Visit SCGS online at: www.seattleguitar.org SCGS Membership and Member Renewals available online now! (Go to the SCGS website and click “Join SCGS”. It’s quick and easy!) Donate Online to SCGS! (Go to the SCGS website, click “Donations”, and then click the “Make a Donation Online” button.) Visit SCGS on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/seattleclassicguitarsociety/ Follow SCGS on Twitter! | https://twitter.com/SeaGuitarSoc January/February 2017 Seattle Classic Guitar Society Page 3 SCGS 2016 HOLIDAY CONCERT PHOTOS photos by Jessica Papkoff © 2016 GUITAR ORCHESTRA OF SEATTLE - WINTER 2017 SESSION Get your guitar and come join the Guitar Orchestra in 2017 with great music and fun people! We start rehearsals at St.