 | Renowned guitarist Dominic Frasca will perform as part of the School of Music's "Guitar Extravaganza." |
Guitar players and guitar makers will be showcased during a day-long program being presented by the School of Music on Saturday, Nov. 11.
The fifth annual "Guitar Extravaganza" -- organized by Benjamin Verdery, assistant professor (adjunct) at the School of Music -- will take place 9 a.m.-10 p.m. in two adjacent buildings: Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH), corner of College and Wall streets, and Sudler Recital Hall (SRH) on College Street.
The program will include concerts, master classes, lectures and exhibits by guitar makers and music publishers.
The first concert, at 10 a.m. in Morse Recital Hall (MRH) of SMH, will feature the Suzuki Guitar Ensemble of the Hartt School of Music, the Lake Braddock High School Guitar Ensemble and the Heritage High School Guitar Ensemble. The second, titled "Modal Kombat," featuring David Hindman and Evan Drummond with the Providence Mandolin Orchestra, will take place at 2 p.m. in MRH.
Michael Nicolella and Dominic Frasca will present a concert at 5:30 p.m. in MRH. Considered one of the nation's most innovative classical guitar virtuosos, Nicolella has received wide critical acclaim for his performances, recordings and compositions. Frasca, recent winner of Guitar Player's Guitar Hero competition, has been described as the "Eddie Van Halen for Eggheads" by Entertainment Weekly.
The Eden/Stell Duo will present its American debut concert at 8 p.m. in SRH. Mark Eden and Chris Stell, who play Christopher Dean guitars and use D'Addario strings, have performed on television and radio and in concert halls throughout the world. Composers Stephen Dodgson, Adam Gorb, Dusan Bogdanovic and Gerald Garcia have dedicated works to them.
"Guitar Extravaganza" will feature master classes by Nicolella and the Eden/Stell Duo, as well as a "Rhythm Master Class" by John Marshall, virtuoso hand drummer, who will accompany three students playing classical guitar repertoire. There will also be lectures/demonstrations by Frasca, who will discuss some of the techniques used in his music; Verdery, who will talk about arranging for the classical guitar; and Thomas Offerman, whose talk "Integrative Guitar Technique, Considering Biomechanic Investigations," will look at the medical background of movements, compensations, position and interpretation.
The event is supported by the D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts.
The public can attend both the 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. concerts for $10 ($5 for students). Registration for "Guitar Extravaganza," including admission to all concerts, is $40 for the general public ($30 for students) and $30 for members of the Connecticut Classical Guitar Society ($20 for student members).
A complete program may be found online at www.yale.edu/music/guitar.
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