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SUMMARY:Richard Savino with Matthew Dirst & Cecelia Duarte
DESCRIPTION:Richard Savino – Theorbo & Baroque Guitar\n \n  \nMatthew Dirst – Harpsicord\n \n  \nCecelia Duarte – Mezzo-Soprano\n \n  \nHouston Classical Guitar Festival Orchestra
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/richard-savino-with-matthew-dirst-cecelia-duarte/
LOCATION:St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary\, 4807 San Felipe\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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SUMMARY:Concert - David Chapman - Romantic Guitar & Lute\, Ibison Guitar Duo
DESCRIPTION:David Chapman – Guitar & Lute\n \n  \nIbison Guitar Duo
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/guitar-lute-concert/
LOCATION:St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary\, 4807 San Felipe\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Romantic Saturday Evening - Classical Guitar & Piano in Concert - Jay Kacherski & Lina Morita
DESCRIPTION:Romantic works and musical landscapes from Spain\, Italy\, Paraguay\, Brazil and America \nJay Kacherski & Lina Morita
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/classical-guitar-piano-in-concert-jay-kacherski-lina-morita/
LOCATION:St Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church\, 18300 Upper Bay Road\, Nassau Bay\, TX\, 77058\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music for a Sunday Afternoon - Jeremy Garcia & The Bellaire High School Varsity Guitar Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Garcia\nNationally recognized Flamenco guitarist and composer\, Jeremy García dazzles audiences with his arrangements of works by Isaac Albéniz and Francisco Tárrega plus García’s own compositions. García will join the orchestra with the exciting Malagueña by Ernesto Lucuona. \nThe Bellaire High School Varsity Guitar Orchestra (Mark Moore – Conductor)\nFirst Place at the 2023 Hill Country Classical Guitar Ensemble Festival with compositions by Michael Praetorius\, Jeremy Sparks and Jurg Kindle
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/music-for-a-sunday-afternoon-jeremy-garcia-the-bellaire-high-school-varsity-guitar-orchestra/
LOCATION:St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary\, 4807 San Felipe\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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SUMMARY:Grammy winner Jason Vieaux\, The Festival Guitar Orchestra with Sarah Medwick\, clarinet
DESCRIPTION:Grammy winner Jason Vieaux\n\n\nThe Festival Guitar Orchestra with Sarah Medwick\, clarinet\n  \n  \n•Competition winners will be announced after the concert.
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/grammy-winner-jason-vieaux-the-festival-guitar-orchestra-with-sarah-medwick-clarinet/
LOCATION:St Philip Presbyterian Church\, 4807 San Felipe St\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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SUMMARY:Juan Carlos Laguna\, JIJI\, Samuel Hines
DESCRIPTION:Juan Carlos Laguna\n\n\nJIJI\n\n\nSamuel Hines
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/juan-carlos-laguna-jiji-samuel-hines/
LOCATION:St Philip Presbyterian Church\, 4807 San Felipe St\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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SUMMARY:Package Price: Friday & Saturday ticket purchase discount
DESCRIPTION:Discount for purchasing for both nights!\nFriday Night:\nJuan Carlos Laguna\nJIJI\nSamuel Hines\n\nSaturday Night:\nGrammy winner Jason Vieaux\nThe Festival Guitar Orchestra with Sarah Medwick\, clarinet
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/package-price-friday-saturday-ticket-purchase-discount/
LOCATION:St. Philip Presbyterian Church Sanctuary\, 4807 San Felipe\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Garcia\, Clara McLain
DESCRIPTION:  \nJeremy García is a classically trained guitarist and noted composer who successfully transitioned to flamenco. As Associate Artistic Director of the Houston Classical Guitar Festival\, he works with the Artistic Director and Education Director in the planning of each festival\, including selection of guest artists and festival programming. At the festival he has conducted many workshops in composition and flamenco technique. He performs often as a soloist and with Solero Flamenco for festival and preview concerts. \nIn addition to many solo guitar pieces\, García also is known for his composition\, ”Suite Andaluz\,” which evokes the influences of Andalusian folklore in three movements. Composed and arranged for full orchestra with flamenco song\, guitar and dance\, “Suite Andaluz” was recently performed by Solero Flamenco and the Helena Symphony Orchestra in Montana\, as well as by the Brazosport Symphony and Grace Symphony Orchestra in Texas. “Concierto Nuevo Flamenco” is another original concerto he co-composed for two guitars and orchestra. As a soloist\, García performed Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” with the Helena Symphony (2017)\, Fort Bend Symphony (2006) and again with the Brazosport Symphony (2007 and 2016). His recordings of original music include Baile del Sol and Distancia. \nGarcía earned a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Guitar Performance from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and a Masters degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. As Professor of Music\, García founded the guitar program at San Jacinto College that he directed for 20 years. He has an active performance schedule as soloist and with Solero Flamenco\, and he is working on new compositions and other innovative projects. (jeremygarcia.net) \n  \n \nClara McLain serves as Communications Director and as faculty for the Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition\, teaching guitar technique to beginning and intermediate students and advertising the Festival and other performances. \nShe was a featured guest artist and teacher at the Summer Guitar Conservatory\, a project of Guitar Initiative\, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free guitar education opportunities for students throughout Houston.  McLain formerly was faculty member at the “Classical Minds” Guitar Festival and Competition when it was in Houston. \nMcLain attended Brookhaven College\, studying with Rodger Bennett\, where she performed the Vivaldi Guitar Concerto No. 1 with the Brookhaven College String Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Matson Topper\, and where she also received the Alice Jones Berding Award in Music. Clara then transferred to Southern Methodist University\, receiving the Honor Transfer\, Veritas\, and Artistic Scholarships\, and where\, under the tutelage of Robert Guthrie\, she earned her Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance.  Pre-college\, She studied with the acclaimed guitarist and composer David Brandon at Texas Tech University in Lubbock; and privately with Robert Guthrie\, Professor of Guitar at Southern Methodist University’s renowned Meadows School of the Arts. \nMcLain performed in masterclasses taught by many of the worlds’s most famous classical guitarists: Ana Vidovic\, David Russell\, Manuel Barrueco\, Adam Holzman\, Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli (Solo Duo)\, Rene Izquierdo\, Edel Muñoz\, Matt Palmer\, and Gohar Vardanyan. \nIn competitions\, she was a Finalist in the Professional Division at the 2018 Mountainview Guitar Festival and Competition in Dallas.  Earlier\, she placed in the High School Division of many competitions including: the 2013 University of Texas Dallas Guitar Festival and Competition\, the 2013 Classical Minds Guitar Festival and Competition in Houston\, the 2013 Indiana University International Guitar Festival and Competition in Bloomington and the 2011 West Texas Guitar Festival and Competition in Odessa. \nMcLain currently performs and teaches in the Houston and Galveston areas.  (claramclain.com) \n  \nTickets are available on-line or at the door. Children under 12 are free. \n 
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/classical-guitar-concert-2/
LOCATION:St Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church\, 18300 Upper Bay Road\, Nassau Bay\, TX\, 77058\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music for a Sunday Afternoon
DESCRIPTION:Music for a Sunday Afternoon\nSunday\, February 27\, 2022 2:30 pm\n\nAn Inspiring Program of Classical Guitar Solo & Piano-Guitar Duo\n\nArtists\n\n\nJay Kacherski – Guitar \nLina Morita – piano \n\n\nYou are in for an extraordinary treat of beautiful music for classical guitar and piano. \nJay Kacherski will play selections from his new CD Synthesis: 20th and 21st Century Music from Mexico. This album is representative of his work in Mexico City as a Fulbright Scholar\, researching and promoting new music for guitar by Mexican composers. \nWith Lina Morita\, they will play piano-guitar duos from their upcoming CD\, Landscapes. One of these\, Étoiles Par Grand Vent by Olga Amelkina-Vera\, is based on the book Wind\, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It interprets his plane crash in the Sahara and 10-day survival before being found\, delusional\, by nomads. \nThe concert will also include composers Tamez\, Diego\, Ritter\, Merlin\, Villa-Lobos\, Colonna/Bigazzi\, Mitchell. Come\, enjoy\, relax and let these beautiful notes take you to far-away places. \nNOTE: Masks required by venue. \nConcert proceeds support scholarships & activities of The Houston Classical Guitar Festival & Competition \n\n\nhcgfrest.org \n\nSt. Philip Presbyterian Church\n4807 San Felipe St\nHouston\, TX 77056
URL:https://www.gcguitar.org/event/music-for-a-sunday-afternoon/
LOCATION:St Philip Presbyterian Church\, 4807 San Felipe St\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, United States
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