Past Events
October 2019
Carl Straussner, Classical Guitarist
Carl Straussner is a Classical Guitarist, Composer, and Audio Engineer originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Performance and Composition from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a Master's Degree in Classical Guitar Performance under Eliot Fisk at The New England Conservatory. He is both a soloist and an avid chamber musician ... Read more
Find out more »Jose Lezcano Clinic and Concert
Jose Lezcano will present a clinic on Cuban and Brazilian rhythms from 2:30-3:30pm and a solo guitar performance from 4:00pm – 5:30pm Twice Grammy-nominated composer and guitarist José Manuel Lezcano has composed many works for solo guitar, guitar in chamber music, and concertos for solo guitar and guitar with wind instruments. He has been described ... Read more
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A Tribute to Frank Wallace and his Music
This very special concert will weave the magical spells of the eclectic music of composer, guitarist, vihuelist, lutenist, baritone, director, and teacher, Frank Wallace. Join us for this evening as we create positive energy from a half-century of creativity by our friend and former BCGS Director, who has stage four cancer. Proceeds from this concert will go toward Frank's Dance with Cancer GoFundMe campaign.
Find out more »November 2019
David Newsam (classical guitar) and Margaret Herlehy (oboe)
Music from South America for oboe and guitar. Margaret Herlehy is an active chamber musician and performer. She is a resident artist in music at UNH and performs with the UNH faculty trio Sospiri. David Newsam, guitar, is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston but also completed his studies in the Modern ... Read more
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Brasil Guitar Duo
Brasil Guitar Duo, a 2006 winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and hailed by Classical Guitar magazine for its “maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity,” is equally at home on a classical or a world-music series or performing a concerto with orchestra. João Luiz and Douglas Lora met in São Paulo as teenage ... Read more
Find out more »December 2019
TJ Wheeler, Blues & Jazz guitarist
TJ Wheeler is a treasure of American Roots music performing a gumbo of Blues, Jazz, and Ragtime on a wide variety of instruments. He has been a staple around the Seacoast for over 30+ when we used to run into one another in the early days of Pressroom. His reputation as a blues artist and ... Read more
Find out more »Luca Duo, Guitar and Voice
LUCA is known as the Last Universal Common Ancestor. All life derived from this single cell organism who had the ability to translate information between DNA and proteins. This form of communication led to more advanced life forms, and since then mankind has used many mechanisms to communicate including language and music. Vocalist Meng-Chieh (Mavis) ... Read more
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