Concert - Stephen Lochbaum, Solo Guitar ♦ String Time Duo
2024-06-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
NOTE: Tickets are emailed.
Stephen Lochbaum, Solo Guitar
Stephen Lochbaum performs works by Tárrega, Pastorius, Rodrigo, Weiss, Scarlatti, Mussorgsky, Castelnuovo-Tedesco

String Time Duo (Marina Alexandra, Guitar & Angelina Reed, Domra)
String Time Duo performs works by Piazzolla, DuFord, Beaser, Pujol

Concert - Benjamin Verdery ♦ Festival Guitar Orchestra
2024-06-15 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
NOTE: Tickets are emailed.
Benjamin Verdery, Solo Guitar
The Festival Orchestra plays “Scenes from Ellis Island,” for guitar orchestra. Benjamin Verdery – Composer and Conductor
Benjamin Verdery performs works by Flippin, Carulli, Marshall, Verdery

Hammered and Plucked Strings
2024-10-26 19:30 - 21:30 | St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
C O N C E R T
October 26, 2024
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
TICKETS:
NOTE: Tickets are not mailed, check in at the door
General Admission: $40
Seniors: $35
Students: $10
Plucked and Hammered Strings
Jay Kacherski – guitar & Lina Morita – piano

Polyphonia – Clarice Assad (Texas Premiere, commissioned)
Fantasy in Blue – Jefferson Todd Frazier
Formentera – Luciana Bigazzi and Maurizio Colonna
Additional guitar and piano solos

Fernando Vilchis Garcia
Classical Guitarist, Mexico City

Andante & Rondo – Dionisio Aguado
Sonata I – Leo Brouwer

Combo Concert Ticket for •Friday (Marc Cruz, Bokyung Byun) & •Saturday (Bill Kanengiser, The Festival Guitar Orchestra)
2025-06-13 19:29 - 2025-06-14 21:30 | St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
Combo Concert Ticket – 2 Nights
for
Friday, June 13, 2025
Marc Cruz

Professor of Instruction, Texas State University School of Music
Composer, Performer, Teacher, Recording Artist, Publisher
Bokyung Byun

Assistant Professor of Guitar, University of North Texas (UNT)
Performer – Traditional & Contemporary Repertoire
DMA from USC
Founder Sounding Board: The New Music Initiative for Guitarists and Composers
AND
Saturday June 14, 2025
Bill Kanengiser

Professor of Practice, USC Thornton School of Music
Founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Recording Artist

The Festival Guitar Orchestra

Conductor, Bill Kanangiser

Marc Cruz & Bokyung Byun
2025-06-13 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
Friday, June 13, 2025
Mark Cruz

Professor of Instruction, Texas State University School of Music
Composer, Performer, Teacher, Recording Artist, Publisher
Original composition with a Spanish influence,
Italian Tarantella, neo-classic and some rock

Bokyung Byun

Assistant Professor of Guitar, University of North Texas (UNT)
Performer – Traditional & Contemporary Repertoire
DMA from USC
Founder Sounding Board: The New Music Initiative for Guitarists and Composers
Works by Guastavino, Ascensio, Rivera, Sainz de la Maza

Bill Kanengiser & The Festival Guitar Orchestra
2025-06-14 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX, 77056, United States
Saturday June 14, 2025
Bill Kanengiser

Professor of Practice, USC Thornton School of Music
Founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Recording Artist
Performs works by
Turnia, Dunne, Clearfield, Bogdonavic, Hand, Headt

The Festival Guitar Orchestra

“Concierto de Los Angeles”
Movements I and III
Shingo Fujii – Composer
Eddie Healy – Conductor
Bill Kanengiser – Solo Guitar

A Beckoning - Ovations 2025-12-06
2025-12-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Ovations Night Club, 2536 Times Blvd, Unit B, Houston, 77005, United States
A Beckoning

W O R L D P R E M I E R E
Commissioned by and dedicated to
The Kacherski-Morita Duo
Alex Nazaretski, composer
Jay Kacherski, guitar
Lina Morita, piano

Ovations Nightclub
December 6, 2025
7:30 pm
(doors open 6:30 pm)

Have YOU ever felt beckoned?
…to a place, a person or a period in time?
Let Alex Nazeretski‘s hypnotic and dreamy
A Beckoning
refresh your memories.
Commissioned by and dedicated to
The Kacherski-Morita Duo
— Alex Nazaretski —
plays additional original works on
both guitar and piano,
plus guitar gems by
Debussy and Dyens.
— The Kacherski-Morita Duo —
will dazzle with
Formentera by Bigazzi and Colonna,
Polyphonia by famed Brazilian composer Clarice Assad,
Díptico Granadino II by Spanish composer
José Galeote.
— Jay Kacherski —
Big Blue Sky by Taylor Counce (world premiere),
Elegía and Tocata – two new works
by Mexican composer and rock/jazz guitarist
Miguel Ordóñez.
You can also count on some
chestnuts by Tárrega and Barrios.
Sit back with a glass of wine and ENJOY!

Alex Nazaretski
guitar and piano solos

Jay Kacherski
solo guitar and guitar/piano duos

Lina Morita
solo piano and guitar/piano duo
— ABOUT OVATIONS —
Ovations is a 2-level space.
A wide staircase in the center
leads to the bar and additional seating
on the Second Level.
A server can take beverage order
from any table.
Sorry – There is no elevator.

NOTE: There is no elevator
in the building
Seating chart
— Downstairs —
VIP – Middle 4 tables – $45 per seat (16 seats)
Stage Level – Downstairs walls – $40 per seat (28 seats)

— Upstairs —
Bar & Balcony – $30 per seat (44 seats)

— Stairs —
Stair seating – $10 per seat (10 seats)
NOTE: Only for students, music faculty
or others in the performance industry.
— PARKING —
Street parking & paid lot to the east
within easy walking distance.
Allow for extra time on a Saturday night.

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