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Concerts
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THURSDAY, May 26, 8:00 PM at the Missouri Western Leah Spratt MC Building.
Isaac Bustos (Nicaragua) —solo classical guitar—1st Prize Winner of the 2004 Competition and numerous other international competitions. Read more here. |
FRIDAY, May 27, 8:00 PM at the Missouri Western Leah Spratt MC Building.
Robert Trent (USA) 10-string classical guitar — famed international performer / recording artist and Prize Winner of the International Toscanini Competition (Italy), etc.. Read more here. |
SATURDAY, May 28, 8:00 PM at the Missouri Western Fine Arts Theater.
Tango Lorca One of the leading Tango ensembles featuring musicians and dancers from Eastern Europe, North and South America. http://tangolorca.com Read more here. |
SUNDAY, May 29, 3:00 PM at The Dome (12th & Felix, St. Joseph)
Final Competition Rounds (open to the public). Read more here. |
There will be Jam Sessions / Parties at various locations throughout St. Joseph following each concert (beginning Wednesday evening through Sunday evening), hosted by famed jazz / classical / rock guitarist, Jason Riley. Click here for locations.
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CONCERT TICKETS: General Public...$15. - Students/Seniors...$10.
(All general public tickets available at the door the evening of the concert - limited/open seating - all tickets on a first come basis.)
Information via: Missouri Western Department of Music: (US) + (816) 271-4420
More ticket information is here.
THURSDAY, May 26, 8:00 PM at the Missouri Western Leah Spratt MC Building.
Isaac Bustos (Nicaragua) —solo classical guitar—1st Prize Winner of the 2004 Competition and numerous other international competitions.
Born in Managua, Nicaragua, Isaac Bustos began playing popular Latin-American music on the guitar when he was 11. By age 12, he was accepted into the Conservatorio Nacional De Musica in Managua where he received top honors in guitar performance.
Isaac immigrated with his family to the United States in 1988 and continued his studies with the late Cuban guitar virtuoso Juan Mercadal.
An extensive performance career has brought Bustos from Boston to Texas where he has gained critical acclaim and quickly became recognized as one of the top young guitarists of his generation.
"Soulful and virtually flawless", hails the Portland Oregonian and the Boston Globe wrote, "In warm, round tones, the notes of Bach cascaded from the guitar, every note correct and played without hesitation."
First Prize winner in numerous international competitions, including the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and Competition, Bustos has premiered many contemporary works for guitar. Most recently, those by composers Andrew Dickinson (for four guitars), a work for two guitars and electronic sound effects by Jeremy Cumbo and "After Sylvius," a solo guitar work written for Isaac by composer/guitarist Frank Wallace.
Having studied with some of the world’s leading guitarists, Isaac holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin where he is currently the teaching assistant working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Guitar Performance under the tutelage of world-renowned guitarist Adam Holzman.
Isaac’s appearance in St. Joseph is part of his prize as First Prize Winner in the 2004 St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and Competition
After the concert, join us for a Jam Session/Party at:
Cafe Acoustic, 2605 Frederick Ave. - http://www.cafe-acoustic.com/
FRIDAY, May 27, 8:00 PM at the Missouri Western Leah Spratt MC Building.
Robert Trent (USA) 10-string classical guitar — famed international performer / recording artist and Prize Winner of the International Toscanini Competition (Italy), etc..
As a soloist, performer of chamber music and concerti, Robert Trent has performed on the continents of North and South America and in Europe. He has performed and recorded with the Grove Guitar Quartet. Dr. Trent also performs frequently on an original instrument from the early 19th-Century both in solo recital and with fortepianist Pamela Swenson annually in Europe (as Duo Firenze) and as lutenist.
Dr. Trent has been a first prize winner in the Webb National Guitar Competition and the Masterworks Young Artist Competition. Duo Firenze was the Prize winner at the Concorso Internazionale "Arturo Toscanini" in Italy.
Committed to teaching as well as performing, Dr. Trent, at the age of 21, was formerly director of guitar studies at Westminster Choir College-Conservatory and Trenton State College. In past summers he and Pamela Swenson Trent have been in residence as performers and teachers in period instrument performance practice at the "Accademia L'Ottocento" in Rome and Verbania. He was one of fifty Fellows selected internationally to participate in the 1994 Aston Magna Academy.
Dr. Trent is the first and only recipient of the Doctor of Musical Arts in Guitar at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University where he studied guitar with Julian Gray and Manuel Barrueco and lute with Ronn McFarlane. He is currently Director of Guitar and Lute Studies at Radford Univeristy in Radford, VA.
Duo Firenze is the only early music ensemble and the only ensemble to include classical guitar, to have been invited to perform at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts as part of it's Millennium Series. Dr. Trent's debut CD with Duo Firenze, entitled Italian Nocturnes: Early Music for Guitar and Fortepiano, is on the Dorian Label (DIS 80156). This recording is distributed worldwide and has received accolades as far as the Asian continent.
For further information, see: http://www.radford.edu/%7erstrent/
After the concert, join us for a Jam Session/Party at:
Julio's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, 2317 N. Belt Hwy.
SATURDAY, May 28, , 8:00 PM at the Missouri Western Fine Arts Theater.
Tango Lorca One of the leading Tango ensembles featuring musicians and dancers from Eastern Europe, North and South America.
If you merge Old World Argentinean Tango aesthetics with a sinuous texture of jazz, flamenco and classical music, you MIGHT begin to understand the violent, seductive and distinct sound of Tango Lorca.
Founded in 1999, this fiery ensemble has created a fresh and expansive body of original compositions and arrangements which they have presented world-wide both in the traditional Tango dance hall, on the concert stage and at select Tango competitions in Europe.
Members of Tango Lorca (who rotate concerts depending on who is in what country at what time...) includes musicians and dancers from Eastern Europe, North and South America as well as one member who currently resides in Hong Kong.
Their commitment to the art of Tango has included work throughout virtually every continent on earth and their concerts, recordings and presentations have been hailed by the press world-wide.
While paying homage to their undeniable Argentine roots with classics from the South American "Golden Age of Tango," Tango Lorca has expanded that traditional genre to a new, innovative sound with a timeless sense of beauty and sensuality for which Tango music and dance is so famous.
The music of Tango Lorca infuses a profound understanding of tradition with an obsessive passion to evolve their art to new horizons.
For further information, see: http://tangolorca.com
After the concert, join us for a Jam Session/Party at:
The Felix Street Pub, 516 Felix Street - http://www.felixstpub.com/
SUNDAY, May 29, 3:00 PM at The Dome (12th & Felix, St. Joseph)
"Final Competition Rounds" (open to the public). The three finalists in the competition will present a joint concert. Audience members (over 18) will have the opportunity to vote for competitor’s final ranking and their cumulative score will be tallied as one vote along with the judges. The Award Ceremony and a reception will follow the presentation of prizes.
"The Dome" performance space provided through the courtesy of Owners and Directors, Ed and Linda Hood.
Join us for a Jam Session/Party at:
The Hi-Ho, 1817 Frederick Ave, Linny's House Band - 7:30 pm
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