WEEK 1: LOS ANGELES GUITAR WEEK 2: COMMUNITY QUARTET: COVERING THE WORLD STRING MONDAY TO FRIDAY AUG. 18 ‘’Music Blast” mini-concerts. Visit Los Angeles Guitar Quartet travels the musicalscape — from jazz, 8 p.m.: Chamber Music Concert, skanfest.org, Facebook or Twitter Latin, Irish, African, Far East to folk and classical. Its Skaneateles Festival First Presbyterian Church, $18 each morning. program will be heavy on the Spanish, but just as varied. Audiences will to $24, free for children 12 and younger. WEDNESDAY hear everything from Coltrane, to Boccherini, de Falla and “Hyperscore Community Celebration,” Debussy. THE PROGRAM: Handel-Halvorsen, First Presbyterian Church, $10 all The quartet usually throws in de Falla and Passacaglia on a Theme from seating, free for children 12 and “Carmen” for festival performances, says guitarist PERFORMANCE Handel for Violin and Viola; under, free. Arensky, Quartet No. 2 in A minor Scott Tennant in a phone interview from his home 8 p.m. Aug. 19 at 7 p.m.: “Behind the Scenes: Pre- near Pasadena, Calif. for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, concert Chat.” Meet composer First Presbyterian Op. 35; Brahms, String Sextet No. 1 He offered a preview of the program: Church, 97 E. Stacy Garrop and learn about the Luigi Boccherini’s Introduction and “Fandango” in B-flat Major, Op. 18. Hyperscore II Project. Genesee St., is by an Italian composer but a “very, very Spanish Skaneateles. THE MUSICIANS: Members of ECCO 8 p.m.: Selections from Mozart String piece.” He comes from the more classical period. (the East Coast Chamber Orchestra). Tickets: $18 to $24, Quartet in G Major, K. 387, Stacy Peter Warlock’s “Capriol Suite” is contemporary AUG. 19 Garrop String Quartet No. 2, “Demons free for children 12 classical by a British composer. “It’s done in the old years and younger. 8 p.m.: Chamber Music Concert, and Angels,” Stacy Garrop “Little Bits” style, his tipping of the hat to early music.” First Presbyterian Church, $18 for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and , Bizet’s “Carmen Suite” is a favorite LAGQ to $24, free for children 12 and and Brahms String Quartet Op. 51 No. younger. 2 in A minor. recorded for its “Latin” CD (2002). After intermission, the guitarists jump in another direction with three THE PROGRAM: Luigi Boccherini, THE MUSICIANS: The Chiara Quartet; post-bop jazz arrangements by LAGQ’s Matt Greif. They will perform Introduction and Fandango; Peter community composers of all ages; ’s “Giant Steps” and Miles Davis’ “Blue in Green” and “So Warlock, “Capriol Suite;” Wayne Stacy Garrop, composer; video images; What.” Siegel, “East L.A. Phase;” Bizet, Alan Kay, clarinet; David Ying, cello; Carmen Suite. Three Post-bop Elinor Freer, piano. “Those work out so well. They’re a blast to do. They add a really nice color to the program because they’re completely different from anything Classics: John Coltrane, “Giant THURSDAY else in the program,” Tennant says. “They’re the shot of espresso after the Steps;” Miles Davis, “Blue in Chamber Music Concert, First meal.” Green;” Miles Davis, “So What.” Presbyterian Church, $18 to $24, free Debussy, La Soire dans Granade; de The program continues and closes with more of its Spanish homage with Falla, El Amor Brujo. for children 12 and younger. Debussy’s “La Soire dans Granade” and de Falla’s “El Amor Brujo.” 7 p.m.: Prelude concert. Meet and Besides its sweep of repertoire, LAGQ also has the musicianship of THE MUSICIANS: The Los Angeles hear the 2011 Robinson Award winner. John Dearman and his seven-string guitar. Tennant, Greif and William Guitar Quartet. 8 p.m.: Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet Kanengiser all play six-string guitars. AUG. 20 and Piano, Haydn: String Quartet Dearman’s extra guitar string and extra frettes in the high end make a 7:30 p.m.: “ECCO at Brook Farm,” in G Major, Op. 54, No. 2 Messiaen: difference. “It adds just enough wider range for us to be able to do some $20 and $26, free for children 12 Quartet for the End of Time. pretty neat things,” says Tennant. For example in the Debussy piece, and younger. THE MUSICIANS: The Chiara Quartet; Tennant says Dearman’s guitar can do an “accurate” job of hitting the low THE PROGRAM: Mozart, Alan Kay, clarinet; David Ying, cello; note for the part written for the piano. Divertimento in F Major K 138; Elinor Freer, piano. Elgar, Serenade for FRIDAY Strings in E Minor, 8 p.m.:“From Piano to Politics,” First Opus 20; Jennifer Presbyterian Church, 97 E. Genesee Higdon, String St., Skaneateles. $18 to $24, free for from Concerto for children 12 and younger. Orchestra; Bartk, THE PROGRAM: Solo piano works Divertimento for by Paderewski, Gottschalk, Moritz String Orchestra; Eggert and others mixed with political Corelli/Geminiani, La anecdotes and commentary; Dvorak: Follia Variations. Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87. THE MUSICIANS: The THE MUSICIANS: Andrew Russo, piano East Coast Chamber and the Chiara Quartet. Orchestra. SATURDAY “Community Extravaganza at Brook Farm,” $20 and $26, free for children 12 and younger. 6:30 p.m.: Brass Quintet Prelude Concert. 7:30 p.m.: Lee Actor, Divertimento for Small Orchestra (world premiere); Beethoven, Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra; Mendelssohn, Verleih’ uns Frieden (Grant Us Thy peace); Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian.” THE MUSICIANS: Andrew Russo, piano; Syracuse Vocal Ensemble; Festival Chamber Orchestra and Robert Moody, conductor. LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET Courtesy of the Skaneateles Festival