LA Guitar Quartet comes February 13
he Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will perform at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts' Belding Theater on Friday, February 13, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. This will be a co-presentation of The Bushnell and the Connecticut Classical Guitar Society. Their program will include a selection entitled "Guitar Heroes" and a variety of Latin-inspired pieces. Tickets for the L.A. Guitar Quartet are $24.00-$45.00 and are available at The Bushnell Box Office, located at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford, or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets are also available online at www.bushnell.org.
About the L.A. Guitar Quartet Recognized as one of America's premier ensembles, the L.A. Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) is one of the most charismatic and versatile groups performing today. As well as performers, John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Scott Tenant and Andrew York are composers, arrangers and ethnomusicologists, expanding the boundaries of the guitar quartet repertory. The virtuosi of the LAGQ bring a new energy to the concert stage with their eclectic programs and dynamic musical interplay. Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground.
The LAGQ has given recitals in many of the world's top concert halls, including Chicago's Orchestra Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and they have toured extensively throughout Europe and Asia. Their newest release, "LAGQ: Latin" has been nominated in the category of "Best Classical Crossover Album" for the 45th Annual Grammy Awards.
About the L.A. Guitar Quartet Members John Dearman is a versatile guitarist who enriches the LAGQ by performing on a unique seven-string guitar with extended upper and lower registers. Dearman performs regularly with mandolin virtuoso Katarina Lichtenberg. A member of the guitar faculty at El Camino College and Pasadena City College, Dearman is a regular contributor to "Fingertips," a technique column on GuitarSalon.com.
First prize winner in the Tokyo International Competition in 1989, Scott Tennant is in high demand as a solo artist. He has recorded for Delos International and is currently completing a recording of the complete solo guitar works of Joaquin Rodrigo for GHA, Belgium. Tennant is the author of the best-selling book and video Pumping Nylon, a technical handbook for classical guitarists. He is a guitar faculty member at the University of Southern California.
Voted "Best Classical Album" of 1994 by Guitar Player Magazine readers' poll, Andrew York's solo CD Denouement illustrates he groundbreaking style as a composer and guitarist. York is a published composer worldwide through Alfred Publications, Hal Leonard, Guitar Solo, Ricordi in London, and Gendai in Japan.
William Kanengiser, recording artist and faculty member at the University of Southern California, is one of the few guitarists to have won the Concert Artists Guild New York Competition. He displays his unique approach to programming in solo recordings that explore the music of the Old World and the Caribbean. Kanengiser has earned critical acclaim for his imaginative arrangements for solo guitar and guitar quartet.
Ticket and Performance Information The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and the Connecticut Classical Guitar Society co-present the L.A. Guitar Quartet on Friday, February 13, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in The Bushnell's Belding Theater. Tickets are $24.00 - $45.00 and are available by visiting or calling The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900. Tickets are also available online at www.bushnell.org.
About the Connecticut Classical Guitar Society The Connecticut Classical Guitar Society is a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of all styles of guitar music throughout New England. Society membership is non-restricted and open to the general public whose support is a sustaining part of the Society's operations. For further information about tickets to this performance and membership, contact the Guitar Society at (860) 249-7041 or visit the website at www.ccgs.org.