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The website of the Seattle, Washington Classic Guitar Society 2004 CONCERTS Michael Partington will accompany the Seattle Choral Company's Fiesta de Navidad!, Fred Coleman, Conductor, performing Navidad Nuestra by Ariel Ramirez, Carols and Lullabies by Conrad Susa and Villancicos de Navidad by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla. At Meany Theater, University of Washington, reserved seating; call 206-3363-1100 (M-F 11-6pm). On the web: www.seattlechoralcompany.org.  Benevolent Order for Music of the Baroque (BOMB), Elizabeth Brown (lute, archlute and baroque guitar) and August Denhard (lute and therobo) perform in Winter Solstice & Holiday Concert. Featuring international vocal virtuoso Laurie Monahan, performing medieval and baroque music for the season. Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N. $15/20, 206-328-2614 The SCGS HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER CONCERT  with a variety of soloists, groups (including the Rosette Quartet, Robert Vierschilling, Colt Valenti and Bryan Stone) and the Guitar Orchestra. Donation suggested: $8/6 with a contribution of a non-perishable food item for Northwest Harvest. Ticket sales support the non-profit Seattle Classic Guitar Society. Last year's concert was memorable (see the Reviews section of this website). Seattle Mennonite Church, 3120 NE 125th near Lake City Way. 206-297-8788. Pacific Lutheran University Guitar Ensemble under the direction of Elizabeth Brown will give a holiday concert at Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center, PLU. Free admission. 253-535-7787. Michael Partington and the Walton String Quartet will play the famous (infamous?) Boccerini Fandango Quintet involving castenets and soprano, and a duo with cellist called Homemade Music, by Brian Johansen. This is a one-hour program, sponsored by the Ladies Muscial Society, at Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, on Capitol Hill. Visit Michael's website.  Michael Lefevre joins the Choir of the University Bapist Church plus mirimba and harp under Jeff Thriloway, in a performance of the Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest written by Conrad Susa. This same intensely rhythmic Latin music brought down the house when performed on December 13th by the Seattle Choral Company and Michael Partington. University Baptist Church, corner of 12th Ave NE and NE 47th St. in the University District, Seattle. Elizabeth Brown (lute) and Kathryn Smith Derksen (viola da gamba and voice) perform a Renaissance Christmas program. Admision by donation. Evergreen Mennonite Church at the Northwest Arts Center, 9825 NE 24th St., Bellevue. 425-452-8007. Elizabeth Brown (lute) and Kathryn Smith Derksen (viola da gamba and voice) perform a Renaissance Christmas program. Holden Village, Lake Chelan (bring your kayak otherwise only accessible by ferry). www.holdenvillage.org. 
Randall Avers performs in the Sunday Series at the Frye Museum. See Frye Series on this site for details. A biographical sketch with exciting, extensive Quicktime cuts of music by Piazzola, Albeniz, Ian Krouse, Bach and Sergio Assad can be found in Guitarra Magazine. Also, Mr. Avers' website.Corner of Cherry and Terry, on First Hill, Seattle. The program consisted of: La Muerte del Angel by Astor Piazzolla, En los Tirgales by Joaquin Rodrigo, Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998 by J.S.Bach, Three Preludes (arr. by Morel) of George Gershwin, Cancion y Danza Nrs. 5 and 6 (arr. Avers) of Fedrico Mompou and Rossiniani #1 by Mauro Giuliani.  The Romeros Guitar Quartet and The Seattle Symphony perform in Benaroya Hall's Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. The Romero family has a towering presence in the guitar world, through performance and composition, ranging from early baroque to modern Spanish music. Here they will play music of de Falla, Romero, Vivaldi, Piazzolla and Rodrigo's Concierto Andaluz. Visit them (and listen to some extensive sound clips). See the Seattle Symphony Guitar Series elsewhere on this site for details. 206-215-4747. 
Andrew York, Pierre Bensusan, Brian Gore and Guinga, in International Guitar Night. Guinga is a dynamic Brazilian guitarist, Bensusan is a French fingerstyle master, Gore is a steel string guitarist and York is a Los Angeles Guitar Quartet member...a bit of everything! At the historic Lincoln Theatre, 712 South 1st St. Mount Vernon, WA, 360-336-8955. Click here for more. $25-18; for $25 arrive at 7.00 pm and drink wine with an opening act, Wyatt Winston of Anacortes.  Stephen Novacek and John Novacek, piano, perform in the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, in Seattle Classic Guitar Society's series. Steven has long been a leader of Seattle's 'guitar Renaissance', and his students at University of Washington include many well-known performing guitarists Click here for details. Call Rosewood Guitar, 206-297-8788 for tickets. 
Mark Hilliard Wilson in a solo recital of Bach, Barrios, Hetu and Legnani at the Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University. Suggested donation $15. The Chapel is located west of 12th Avenue at East Marion. 206-296-5587 Paco de Lucia, flamenco guitar, performs in Vancouver, BC, on his 2004 North American tour. Visit him at www.pacodelucia.org."Lucia is a legend, whose performances are exhilerating, cathartic and unforgettable" (Coastal Jazz and Blues Society). "With his 7-piece band he explores the primal connection between the guitar, and the cantor, the flamenco singer. A passionate and sensuous experience." Orpheum Theater, Smithe and Seymour, Vancouver, BC. Tickets $49/39/34 (Canadian $) available at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. 
Michael Partington with Seattle Chamber Players and the choir Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas, conducting. This is a part of the Icebreaker 2 Festival presented by Seattle Chamber Players, who are members of the Seattle Symphony and Cornish College of the Arts. It is a three-day festival (13-15 Feb.) of concerts and symposia of contemporary music from the countries that surround the Baltic Sea: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Seden. In the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, 206-286-5052 or visit www.seattlechamberplayers.org for details. {Tech. note: this SCP URL comes up nicely on Internet Explorer but seems to have problems with Netscape} Sunday, February 22, 2004, 3.00 pm, Elizabeth Brown (baroque guitar and archlute) with August Denhard (baroque guitar and theorbo), along with members of the Benevolent Order of Music for the Baroque, perform with Correo Aereo in Music of the "New" World: Who Discovered Whom? Featuring 16th-18th century music of Spain and the Americas and traditional music from Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina and Peru. Behany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N. Ticketss $15-20. 206-328-2614. Sunday, February 22, 2004, 3.00 pm, Michael Partington with Rainier Symphony, David Waltman, Director, plays the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquim Rodrigo. The February 21 concert is at the IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton WA; the February 22 concert is at the Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA. 206-781-5618; or visit the Symphony's website. Elizabeth Brown, lute and baroque guitar, performs music of 17th Century France, with works by Besard, Ballard, Ballet, de Visee and Corbetta. Presented by the Early Music Guild, Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. NE (Greenlake). Tickets $10-12, call 206-325-7066. Michael Nicolella, performs 20th and 21st Century music for classical and electric guitars. West Coast premiere of Dutch composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis' Grab It, music of Steve Reich, Astor Piazolla, Elliot Carter, Tom Baker, Michael Nicolella, Christopher Delaurenti, Leo Brouwer and Julian Orbon. $6. Polestar Music Gallery 1412 19th Ave. at East Union, near Capital Hill.206-329-4224, www.polestarmusic.org. 
Portland (OR) Guitar Festival. The Festival is organized by the composer Brian Johansen, and takes place at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall in the heart of downtown Portland, OR (a mere 3 hour drive or better, an idyllic train ride, from Seattle). For a view of this remarkable event, see www.guitarfestival.pdx.edu, and Johansen's description of the 2002 festival, under Reviews on this site. The 2004 Festival features concerts by
For tickets contact the PSU Box Office, 503-725-3307, and for additional information, Brian Johansen, Artistic Director, johansonb@pdx.edu. Deadline for entering the competition is February 2, 2004. The Brouwer Quartet, from the University of Southern California, performs in the Sunday 'Free at the Frye' series presented by the SCGS. Enjoy fine art before the concert begins. Pick up your free ticket at the information desk by the entrance, available from 1.00 pm. To read more click here. Sunday, March 21, 2004, 3.00 pm, Elizabeth Brown, featured artist, with the Northwest Chamber Chorus, conducted by Shiela Bristow, in a performance of music of the Spanish Renaissance. Saturday performance at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 75th and Greenwood Avenue, Sunday Performance at Plymouth Congregational Church, 6th and University, downtown Seattle. $14-20, 206-523-1196. Visit the chorus' website. 
David Tanenbaum appears in the SCGS Benaroya Hall series. Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, 3d and Union, downtown Seattle. See our Benaroya Series page for more. $22/28. The following afternoon, Sunday, Tanenbaum will give a Master class, which is an exceptional opportunity to learn from him at close range. Details will appear in the Saturday night concert program. 206-297-8788. Tanenbaum's program for this concert included Suite No. 9 of Robert de Visee, 4 Pieces by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Allemande, Bouree, Tombeau sur la mort de M.Comte de Logy and Fantasie); Scenes from Nek Chand 2001-2 by Lou Harrison played on a National Steel guitar; Royal Winter Music (selections from sonatas on Shakespearian characters: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Gloucestor and Oberon) by Hans Werner Henze and Fandanguillo and Sevillana by Joaquin Turina. His Master Class is described under Reviews.
Elizabeth Brown, archlute and baroque guitar, appears in Culture clash, music from Italy and France, with BOMB, Benevolent Order of Music for the Baroque. Music of Corbetta, Hottetiere and others. Wedgewood Presbyterian Chuch, 8008 35th Ave NE, Seattle. $15 suggested donation. 206-328-2614. Northwest Guitar Festival in Boise Idaho, featuring various artists including Michael Partington, Tom Baker, Tom Berghan. On the web click here. 
Michael Nicolella performs at Grace Lutheran Church, 6202 South Tyler, Tacoma WA. Works of J.S. Bach, Albeniz, Ponce, Piazzolla, Brouwer, Bryan Johanson, Julian Orbon and Michael Nicolella. 253-472-7105. 
Nuccio d'Angelo, Italian composer and guitarist, appears in the SCGS Frye Art Museum series. We regret that Mr. d'Angelo was unable to come to the US because of visa problems, which are being experienced by many foreign artists. In his place James Reid, the head of the guitar program at University of Idaho and founder of the Northwest Guitar Festival, presented a fine concert, including works of Brouwer, Tarroba, Cutting, Dowland, Pujol, Morel, and Reid himself. 
David Russell, a favorite with Seattle audiences, appears in the final concert of this year's SCGS Benaroya Hall series. Listen sample MP3s from his most recent CD, Aire Latino, at Telarc records. Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, 3d and Union, downtown Seattle. See our Benaroya Series page for more. $22/28. 206-297-8788. David Russell, will present a Masterclass at Seattle Mennonite Church, 3120 NE 125th St. (close to Lake City Way). Tickets are $10 for auditors. This is an opportunity both to hear performances by talented Seattle guitarists, and to experience Russell's critique and musical philosophy. 206-297-8788. 
Michael Partington appears in the 'Season Finale' of Orchestra Seattle, with George Shangrow conducting, in a performance including the Concierto de Aranjuez of Rodrigo. Also Aaron Copland's In the Beginning, the premiere of Robert Kechley's Trumpet Concerto with Brian Chin, and Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor,K. 550. Visit the OSSCS website here. Town Hall, 8th and Seneca, one block east of I-5, just south of Freeway Park, Seattle. 206-682-5208. 
Christopher Parkening performs in the Seattle Symphony guitar series at the 'big' Benaroya Hall, 3d and Union, downtown Seattle. See the Seattle Symphony website for this series. Parkening is known for his volumes of transcriptions for guitar as well is performances: visit him here. 
Daniel Corr appears with Auburn Symphony, Stewart Kershaw Director, in a performance including the Concierto de Aranjuez of Rodrigo. Also music of Handel, Rossini and Delius. Daniel received the 2001 Eliot Fisk Prize as an outstanding graduate in guitar from Yale School of Music, where he received a Master's degree with Benjamin Verdery. He also studied with Steven Novacek at Cornish College for his Bathelor degree. For a reveiw of his Frye Museum concert in 2002 see the Reviews sidebar on this site. Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 East Main Street, Auburn WA. 253-939-8509, or here on the web. Michael Nicolella appears at St. Thomas Church, 8398 NE 12th St, Medina WA, performing works by J.S. Bach, Albeniz, Ponce, Piazzolla, Brouwer, Bryan Johanson, Julian Orbon and Michael Nicolla. Suggested $10 donation. 425-454-9541. Stephen Howland performs classics, less-known treasures, and original compositions, in company with northern Italian cuisine. Acorn Eatery and Bar, 9041 Holman N.W., 206-297-0700. Admission is free. www.acorneatery.com. Brian Dunbar and Sean Hopps appear in a fund-raising concert for De Colores Multicultural Guitar Center at St. Mary's Church, 611 20th Ave S. For information about this teaching center contact Sean Hopps at 206-938-5273, or cetrodeguitarra@hotmail.com. See Sean's description of this new teaching activity in the SCGS Newsletter, May/June 2004. Elizabeth Brown (baroque guitar and archlute) with August Denhard (baroque guitar and theorbo), Kim Pineda, baroque flute and Ronnee Fullerton, viola da gamba, perform a family-style educational concert in the morning ($4-5), and formal concert in the evening ($16-18), as part of the La Conner "Summer Water Music Festival". Visit www.laconnerarts.com. 360-466-4778. 
Elizabeth Brown (baroque guitar and archlute) with August Denhard (baroque guitar and theorbo), perform a lecture/demonstration ($5, in the morning), and formal concert ($10-12, 4.00pm) in the afternoon, as part of the La Conner "Summer Water Music Festival". Visit www.laconnerarts.com. 360-466-4778. Mark Wilson leads the Guitar Orchestra with the opportunity to work with string players from three other string orchestras. Wilson will perform duo and solo concerts during the week which will feature bass and guitar duos and violin and guitar duos of Bach, Barrios and Jiri Laburda. Email info: info@victoriastringorchestracamp.com. In Victoria, BC. 
Matthew McColl performs an evening recital of solos and duets with oboist Taina Karr, in St. James cathedral Chapel (South Annex). Music by Mozart, Schutz, Rodrigo and Portland composer Bryan Johanson's beautiful Fantasy on a Plain Chant (originally involving bassoons!). This chapel has the wonderful acoustics of stone and wood. Suggested donation $15, come early!. The Cathedral Music Office is at 206-382-4874. 804 9th Ave, on 'Pill Hill', just east of I5 freeway, downtown Seattle. Matthew was joined by Taina Karr (oboe d'amore, English horn, oboe> in this concert. The material was unusual! El Bailador Solitario by Juergen Schwenkglenks, a German composer born in 1956 with a distinctive Latin interest; Sonatina No.1 K229 op. 9 by Mozart (originally for two clarinets and bassoon); Eine geistliche Konzerte, op. 9 of Heinrich Schuetz (1585-1672), Triptico para guitarra by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999), and Fantasy on a Plainchant by Bryan Johanson (b.1951). Stephen Howland performs classics, less-known treasures, and original compositions, in company with northern Italian cuisine. Acorn Eatery and Bar, 9041 Holman N.W., 206-297-0700. Admission is free. www.acorneatery.com. 
ANNUAL SCGS MUSICAL PICNIC!! Come and enjoy food, conversation, guitar music; bring an instrument if you like. There will be an SCGS Board meeting at 2.00 to which all are welcome. 1221 NE 140th St. Seattle (from 15th Ave NE turn west onto NE 140th St. 
Stephen Stubbs, lute and early guitar specialist, will lead a voice and accompaniment workshop featuring plucked instruments at the first annual Icicle Creek Early Music Festival. Solo Song, cantata and opera and oratorio excerpts from the 17th and early 18th centuries are the repertoire for this course. Participants will be solo singers and a variety of accompaniment instruments (lute, keyboard, viola da gamba) being coached together in prepared repertoire. Modern guitarists are welcome. Stephen Stubbs has had a 30-year long career in every aspect of this art, from lute song to fully staged opera. (One of his instruments is from Barber and Harris Luthiers, see the frontispiece to this site.) Leavenworth WA, 800-281-8026, icicleearlymusic@hotmail.com or here on the web. 
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Mark Wilson performs at the Port Gardner Bay Chamber Music Society, music of J.S.Bach, and then Romantic and Latin works. Hartley Mansion, 2320 Rucker Avenue, Everett, Washington. 425-353-7311 or visit Mark here.
Michael Partington and Paul Taub, perform music for flute and guitar, opening the 2004-5 Frye Museum SCGS Series. Program includes music of Bach, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Robert Beaser and Daugherty. Frye Art Museum, corner of Cherry and Terry on First Hill, Seattle. Info at The Rosewood Guitar, 206-296-8788. Michael Partington and Paul Taub, perform music for flute and guitar. Program includes music of Bach, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Robert Beaser and Daugherty. Merc Playhouse, Twisp WA. 509-997-7529. Michael Partington and Paul Taub, perform music for flute and guitar. Program includes music of Bach, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Robert Beaser and Daugherty. Battelle Auditorium, North Richland, WA. For more visit www.cameratamusica.com. 
The SCGS International Concert Series opens with Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. These concerts are brought to you subsidized by concert grants to the SCGS. Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Third and Union, downtown Seattle. Single Tickets $25 (members, students, seniors)/$30, series tickets range from $60 to $90, and other concerts in the series are priced at $28 ($22 for students, seniors, SCGS members). Call Rosewood Guitar at 206-297-8788. Michael Partington and Paul Taub, perform music for flute and guitar. Program includes music of Bach, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Robert Beaser and Daugherty. Woods House Conservatory of Music, 323 First Streeet, Wenatchee, WA. 509-664-0412. Baroque Northwest (Elizabeth Brown archlute and baroque guitar, with August Denhard (baroque guitar and theorbo), Kim Pineda, baroque flute and Ronnee Fullerton, viola da gamba), in their season opener, Baroque without borders: A Musical Tour of Europe. Varied music in a tour of the great courts of Europe plus the world premiere of a newly commissioned piece Rouge by Matthias Maute. Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N. Tickest $10-22. Cal 206-328-2614 or visit www.baroquenorthwest.com. March Teicholz plays waltzes from around the world by Chopin, Prokofiev, Joplin, Bogdanovic, Garoto, Barrios, Assad and Nougaro in the 2004-5 Frye Museum SCGS Series. Frye Art Museum, corner of Cherry and Terry on First Hill, Seattle. Info at The Rosewood Guitar, 206-296-8788. Michael Nicolella will be a featured showcase artist at the 2004 Arts Northwest booking conference at the Meydenbauer Center. Contact Arts NW at 360-457-9290, or here. The SCGS International Concert Series continues with Ana Vidovic; click here for more. These concerts are brought to you subsidized by concert grants to the SCGS. Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Third and Union, downtown Seattle. Single Tickets $25 (members, students, seniors)/$30, series tickets range from $60 to $90, and other concerts in the series are priced at $28 ($22 for students, seniors, SCGS members). Call Rosewood Guitar at 206-297-8788. Elizabeth Brown solo lute, with Svend Ronning, violin, Paul Tegels, organ and Kathryn Habedank, harpsichordist and director. Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Pacific Luthean University, Tacoma. Tickets are $3-$8. Call 253-535-7787, or click. Elizabeth Brown early guitars, with Baroque Northwest and Correo Aereo, in a program featuring 16th-18th Century music of Spain and the Americas and traditional folk music from Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina and Peru. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University Street. Tickets $15-20. Call SAM at 206-654-3100. Sergio & Odair Assad, in solo concert, as part of the Seattle Symphony Guitar Series. In the 'big' Benaroya Hall, Third and Union, Seattle. Call the Symphony ticket office at 206-215-4747. Elizabeth Brown and Gus Denhard perform 'From London to Guanajuato: Duos for lutes and guitars.' Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance lute dutes as well as Baroque guitar music from the court of Louis XIV and the New World. Grace Lutheran Church, 1408 Washington Street, Wenatchee, WA. Suggested donation $8. (509) 663-1289. On the web: www.plu.edu/~brownec. Mark Hilliard Wilson, in solo concert, plays music of Bach, Wilson and others. Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park shopping center, 17171 Bothell Way NE. Admission is free. Mark Hilliard Wilson and Brian Wharton, cello, performing Suite Espagnaole by de Falla. Messiah Lutheran Church, Tacoma Washington. Admission is free. Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mark Wilson, performs music of Ginistera, de Falla and Wilson. Espresso American Cafe, Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Avenu, Everett Washington. Admission is free. Mark Hilliard Wilson directs the Guitar Orchestra, Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, The Blue Building, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Admission is free. Michael Nicolella and the Seattle Choral Company at Meany Hall, University of Washington campus. PLU Ensemble under the direction of Elizabeth Brown, and the Solvvinden Flute Choir under the direction of Rae Terpenning, perform music of Spain and Latin America. Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Pacific Lutheran University,, Tacoma Washington. Admission is free. 253-535-7787, or visit here. 
Colt Valenti,will play a concert of solo guitar works at Music Works Northwest. Repertoire includes Ravel, D'Angelo, Brouwer, Sor, Valenti and more. 14360 SE Eastgate Way, Suite 102, Bellevue. 425-644-0988 or www.coltvalenti.com. Through the marvels of MP3 you might want to click on My MP3s and listen to some of Colt's original and intriguing compositions: atmosfero, landscapes (from his CD of the same name), alllatitudesEQmix. And, visit Music Works Northwest, where Colt Valenti is a faculty member: it is a community music school, at www.musicworksnw.org. Baroque Northwest (Elizabeth Brown, Kim Pineda, Ronnee Fullerton) perform music from the Iberian Peninsula and the New World, by Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde, Santiago de Muria, Gaspar Sanz and others. Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N. $10-22. 206-328-2614. Visit Baroque Northwest.  SCGS Holiday Concert, featuring Michael Partington and Paul Taub (flute), Michael Lefevre, Elizabeth Brown and Gus Denhard (lutes), Duo Palissandre (guitar and oboe), the Guitar Orchestra and others. Suggested donation $8 or $6 with a canned food item for Northwest Harvest. Seattle Mennonite Church, 3120 NE 125th Street, 1/2 block east of Lake City Way. 206-297-878. Elizabeth Brown and PLU Choral Union, directed by Richard Nance, perform choral music for the Christmas season, with works for guitar and choir by Conrad Susa and Jeffery Van. Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. Admission $5-15. 253-535-7787, or visit here. |