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SCGS's Frye Museum Sunday Concerts 2004-5
Stroll the colorful galleries of one of the northwest's
finest art galleries, and then hear a world-class guitarist perform: we
are pleased to announce the 2004-2005 Frye Art Museum
Concert Series sponsored by the Seattle Classical Guitar Society. All
concerts are free of charge and take place in the intimate and
acoustically splendid recital hall located within the museum.
To read more about the
exceptional art work at one of Seattle's finest galleries: click here for more.
All concerts
take place at two pm; parking is free but the museum's lot fills quickly,
so that you should allow time for hunting. The Frye Art Museum is
located on First Hill (just south of Capitol Hill) in downtown Seattle at 704
Terry Ave (corner of Cherry and Terry).
- Sunday 19 September, 2003 2.00 pm
Michael Partington and Paul Taub,
flute,
These two internationally acclaimed solo artists combine to present a
program of great music for flute and guitar, including works by Bach,
Takemitsu, Rodrigo and Robert Beaser's Mountain Songs.
Since his arrival in Seattle in 1979, flutist Paul Taub has been a
leading performer of chamber and contemporary music in the Northwest of
the United States. A Professor at Cornish College of the Arts, he is a
founding member and Executive Director of the Seattle Chamber Players.
Very active in musical projects with former republics of the Soviet
Union, Paul has toured in Russia four times and has also performed in
Greece, France, Estonia, and at universities and colleges all over the
United States and Canada. His teachers include Marcel Moyse, Samuel
Baron, Michel Debost and Robert Aitken. Paul has given premieres of
works by many of today's leading
composers, including Henry Brant, Janice Giteck, George Crumb and
dozens more. His program of ten commissioned solo pieces was presented
at Benaroya Hall in May, 1999. Oo-ee, the CD of this repertoire, is
available on the Periplum label.
Michael Partington is one of the most engaging of the new generation of
concert players. Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his
"lyricism, intensity and clear technical command", this award-winning
British guitarist has performed internationally as a soloist and with
ensemble to unanimous critical praise. Audiences are put at ease by his
charming stage manner and captivated by his musical interpretations.
His innate rhythmic understanding and sense for tonal colour combine to
form some of the most memorable phrasing to be heard on the guitar.
He began playing guitar at age 6 while growing up in Wales, gave his
first public performance at age 7 and won his first competition at age
9. He has trained with many of the world's greatest guitarists,
including Oscar Ghiglia, Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernandez, Manuel Barrueco
and David Russell, who commented on his "exquisite good taste and fluid
perfection." Partington received a performance degree from the
University of Washington, where he was a Brechemin scholar and
graduated magna cum laude, studying under Steven Novacek.
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Sunday, October 17
Marc Teicholz
Program will include waltzes from around the world by Chopin,
Prokofiev, Joplin, Bogdanovic, Garoto, Barrios, Assad, and Nougaro.
Marc Teicholz, classical guitarist, is the first prize-winner of the
1989 International Guitar Foundation of America competition, a winner
in New York's 1991 "East-West Artists" competition, the 1986 Paganini
competition,and a finalist in the 1992 Pro Musicis competition. A
member of the California Council for the Arts Touring Roster, Marc
Teicholz has toured
extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, receiving
critical acclaim for his recitals and master classes. Some of the
major concert halls he has performed in include Los Angeles' Ambassador
Auditorium, Atlanta's Spivey Hall, and Columbia's Koger Center.
Mr. Teicholz has toured Russia, Poland, and Switzerland as well as
Southeast Asia, Fiji, and New Zealand under the auspices of the
U.S.I.A. Artistic Ambassador program. He has appeared as a soloist with
the Far Eastern Orchestra in Russia, the Metropolitan Orchestra in
Lisbon, Portugal, the Cordoba Orchestra in Spain, the California
Symphony, New Millennium Strings, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Oakland
Symphony, the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and the Maui Symphony. Mr.
Teicholz also toured extensively with the popular quartet, "A Festival
of Four." He has recorded several solo CD's for Naxos, Sugo, and Menus
and Music, as well as the pilot soundtrack for George Lucas' "Young
Indiana Jones." He enjoys working with composers,
including Andrew Imbrie and Dusan Bogdanovic, to produce new guitar
literature and has premiered several new works written for him.
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Sunday, January 16
Martha Masters
Program includes music of Italy, with works by Scarlatti, Giuliani,
Gilardino and others.
The Illinois Times wrote that guitarist Martha Masters "is on a swift
and certain trajectory to star territory". Masters' playing has been
described as "seductive" (Ft. Worth Star Telegram), "intelligent and
natural" (Guitar Review), and "refined and elegant" (American Record
Guide). She has received critical acclaim as a solo recitalist, as a
chamber musician with Duo Erato, and as a soloist with orchestras.
Martha's first CD, Serenade, is now in its second printing, and her
Naxos recital disc sold over 10,000 copies worldwide in the first year
of its release. Recent concert seasons have included performances on
concert series and at festivals in England,
Denmark, Spain, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and numerous US
cities.
In October of 2000 Martha won first prize in the Guitar Foundation of
America (GFA) International Solo Competition, including a recording
contract with Naxos, a concert video with Mel Bay, and an extensive
North American concert tour. In November of 2000, she also won the
Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition in Linares, Spain and
was a finalist in the
Alexandre Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities in
Lodz, Poland. Prior to 2000, Martha was a prizewinner or finalist in
numerous other international competitions, including the 1999
International Guitar Competition "Paco Santiago Marín" in Granada,
Spain, the 1998 Tokyo International Guitar Competition and the 1997 GFA
International Solo Competition.
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Sunday, March 20
Jonathan Leathwood
Born in England in 1970, Jonathan Leathwood now lives and works in
Colorado, where he teaches at Denver University and the University of
Northern Colorado.
Some of Jonathan's recent recitals include appearances at the Bolívar
Festival in London, the Lagonegro Festival in Italy, the International
Festival of the Classical Guitar at West Dean, the Nürtingen Festival
in Germany, London's Wigmore Hall (with flautist William Bennett), the
Almeida Festival, the Cheltenham Festival (with cellist Steven
Isserlis), and the Aldeburgh Festival (with the contemporary music
group Jane's Minstrels). He has performed in Germany, France, Belgium,
Holland and Italy; two summers ago he performed at the Lagonegro
Festival in Italy, and was president of the jury in its international
guitar competition.
Jonathan performs regularly with the celebrated flautist William
Bennett, and produced a compact disc with him in 1999; last summer they
recorded a new duo album together, now available on the Beep label. He
has also worked with Steven Isserlis, one of the world's leading
cellists, who invited him to be the first guitarist to attend the
Prussia Cove Chamber Music Seminar in 2000, and to perform a live
broadcast with him on BBC Radio in 2001.
Jonathan is equally noted as a teacher and writer on music. In 2001
he conceived and edited Guitar Forum, a new scholarly journal for the
classical guitar published in the United Kingdom by the European Guitar
Teachers Association (EGTA UK). The previous year, he was the British
delegate at EGTA's international conference in Cambridge, England,
where he gave a lecture on analysis and performance. He owes the
scholarly side of his background to Kings College, London, where he
both studied and served as faculty member. His principal teachers in
guitar have been Gordon Crosskey, Richard Wright, Paul Galbraith,
Ricardo Iznaola and the pianist and conductor George Hadjinikos.
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Sunday, May 8
Joel Kabakov
Program includes flamenco forms Soleares, Siguiryas, Bulerias,
Tarrantos and fusion ensemble.
As a classically trained contemporary composer whose esthetic
coordinates would seem light years from the tavernas of Andalusia,
blame for Kabakov~Rs utter devotion to flamenco music lies in matrimony.
Antonia Rojas, Joel's wife was touring as soloist with the Jose Greco
Spanish Ballet when they met and the rest is soleares, bulerias and
tarrantos.
The unique synergy of flamenco player and ensemble composer have joined
forces in Joel's career resulting in commissions by the Boston
Symphony, University of California, Methow Music Festival, Spokane
Youth Orchestra and the Boston Ballet. As a Graduate Prize Fellow at
Harvard, Joel wrote a doctoral dissertation called El Jaleo, a ballet
suite for orchestra in the Spanish idiom with embedded flamenco
guitars.
Joel has appeared in concert as guitarist and pianist with Greco,
Ravinia and Three Rivers Festivals and in numerous concerts and tours
with his wife~Rs Antonia Rojas Spanish Arts
Ensemble.
His performance will range from traditional solos for guitar influenced
by Diego del Gastor, Juan Maya and Paco de Lucia to musical evolutions
evocative of his vision of future planetary
Gypsies who inherit the Earth.
To look earlier seasons of Frye concerts, click 2003-4 or 2002-3.
For further information, contact Michael Partington at the Rosewood Guitar, 206-297-8788.
- SCGS
- PO Box 31256
- Seattle, WA 98103-1256
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