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23rd Annual Long Island Guitar Festival 2015 Music Performance and Pedagogy |
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at Long Island University in Brookvil;le, Nassau County, Long Island, New York |
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April 22, 2015 - April 26, 2015 |
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Long Island University at CW Post |
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720 Northern Boulevard |
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Brookville, NY 11548 |
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23rd Annual Long Island Guitar Festival 2015 Music Performance and Pedagogy at Long Island University in Brookvil;le, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
To date, artists scheduled to appear include Composer/Guitarist Carlo Domeniconi, Classical Guitarist Jason Vieaux (nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo), The Amaryllis Project (Liu Fang, Pipa & Harris Becker, Guitar) performing a program of world premieres for Pipa & Guitar, Mare Duo (Annika Hinsche, Mandolin & Fabian Hinsche, Guitar) and Douglas Back, Guitar/Banjo with a lecture/concert on American Guitar Music of the 19th Century.
Also scheduled are the Artesian Guitar Quartet, Jazz Guitarist Mark Marino, Guitar Trilogy, Emerging Artists George England and Jonathan Bodian (First Prize, Festival 2014 High School Classical Guitar Competition.)
Groups scheduled to appear in this year's Ensemble Showcases include the Bishop McGuinness High School Honors Guitar Ensemble (Kernersville, NC), the Brentwood High School Guitar Club (Brentwood, NY), the Susan E. Wagner Guitar Ensemble (Staten Island, NY), the POBJFK Guitar Nation (Planview-Old Bethpage, NY) and the Centreville High School Wildcat Guitar Ensemble (Clifton, VA.)
In a very special event on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. students from Mahidol University, Thailand and Ho Chi Minh Conservatory, Vietnam are scheduled to perform via live video stream from Southeast Asia.
Also planned for Festival 2015 are workshops by James Erickson (Fingerboard Harmony) and Mark Marino (Jazz Improvisation) and Master Classes given by Carlo Domeniconi and Jason Vieaux.
The Festival again will host a high school classical guitar competition, this year open to residents of all 50 states. Find out more about our National High School Classical Guitar Competition on the Guitar Competition page.
New in 2015 will be the Long Island Guitar Festival Guitar Orchestra for high school students and others, conducted by Alan Hirsh. The Orchestra will have two rehearsals and will perform in concert on Sunday, April 26 at 2:00 p.m. Find out more on the Guitar Orchestra page.
About Long Island Guitar Festival
The Long Island Guitar Festival is an annual international festival presented by the Department of Music of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at LIU Post at Long Island University. The Festival represents the continuing commitment of Long Island University to reach out to the artistic community and continue an established tradition of excellence in guitar performance and pedagogy.
The Long Island Guitar Festival presents master classes, concerts and workshops by the world's most outstanding guitarists and teachers. Workshops have included Computer Music Notation for Guitarists, Composers and Arrangers, High School Guitar Ensemble Workshops, Fingerboard Harmony and Chamber Music Workshops. Special concerts have included the "Legacy of Segovia" with Segovia protege Michael Lorimer, the U.S. debut of renowned guitarist composer Carlo Domeniconi, LIU Post alumni concerts and new music concerts including world premieres. The festival has established partnerships with high schools including Greenwich High School and the United Nations International School, as well as local community colleges. |
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516-299-2900 |
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