UBC GUITAR 2009 - 2010


School of Music Recital Hall



September

Wednesday 30th 12:00

Celso Machado

The Music of Brazil

Wednesday 30th 2:00

Brazilian Rhythm Workshop with Celso Machado


October

Thursday 8th 1:00

Aquizamin Garcia (Douglas College Performing Arts Theatre)

Variations on a Theme by Sor by Miguel Llobet, Escarraman by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Suite by Gentil Montana

Friday 30th 8:00

UBC Chamber Strings, Michael Strutt guest soloist

First performance of for a father, for a land a new concerto for guitar and string orchestra by Iranian composer Farshid Samandari

Saturday 31st 3:00

Paganiniana!

Student performers presenting chamber works by Paganini and his contemporaries: (guitarists Tyler Belding and Konstantin Bozhinov)

November


Friday 6th 12:00

UBC Guitar Ensembles Concert

Austin Tango by Roland Dyens, Nota Bene by Luc Levesque, Kalimba by Jurg Kindle and Toccata by Leo Brouwer

Friday 30th 12:00

UBC Contemporary Players

First performance of On the Run by Bryan Lester
Naithan Bosse and Daniel Karrasch, guitars

January


Saturday 9th 8:00 pm

Josh Pitre

Fourth Lute Suite by J. S. Bach, Water Color Scalor by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Suite en Recuerdo by Jose Luis Merlin, Sonata by J. Kreutzer (guitar and two violins) and Isiginci - Out of Africa by Banning Eyre

Wednesday 20th 12:00

Eric Wilson, cello - Michael Strutt, guitar

Istrian Motifs by Dubravko Pajalich, Hello Cello by Claude Gagnon, Pavane by Maurice Ravel, Spirit of the Hunt by Milton Barnes, Tryst by Craig Day and Raga Basant by Keon Birney

Saturday 23rd 4:00

Concerto Competition Finals

Aquizamin Garcia performing the Concerto Elegiaco by Leo Brouwer

March


Friday 12th 12:00

UBC Guitar Ensembles Concert

Elegy (for the Remnants) by Farshid Samandari, Kangogi by Jurg Kindle, Dirait – on by Morten Lauridsen and Cuban Landscape with Rumba by Leo Brouwer

Tuesday 16th 3:00 pm

Master Class with Daniel Bolshoy


Tuesday 16th 8:00 pm

Aquizamin Garcia

Concerto Elegiaco and Sonata by Leo Brouwer, Variations on a Theme of Sor by Miguel Llobet, Pavana and Continuum by John Oliver, Lob der Thränen by J. K. Mertz and Colombian Suite by Gentil Montana

April


Tuesday 13th 3:00

Luthier Douglass Scott

Student performances on three new instruments.

Saturday 17th 2:00 pm

Denise Peters

Decamarron Negro by Leo Brouwer, Suite en Recuerdo by Jose Luis Merlin and Café 1930 by Astor Piazzolla (oboe and guitar) and Danza Mora by Allan Alexander

Sunday 18th 2:00 pm

Naithan Bosse

Sonata by Alberto Ginastera, Suite by Jacques Hetu, Coastal Lines by Marc Armanini, Two Dances and Fugue by Robert Benedict and Inferno by Naithan Bosse

Saturday 24th 2:30 pm

Konstantin Bozhinov

Grand Sonata by Nicolo Paganini, Suite by Santiago de Murcia, Una Dia de Novembre and Danza del Altiplano by Leo Brouwer, Can She Excuse, Come Again and Now O Now by John Dowland (with tenor)

Sunday 25th 11:00 am

Scott Wrixon

Leyenda and Cordoba by Isaac Albeniz, Dos Aires Candomberos by Maximo Diego Pujol (with flute), Epitafios 3 and 4 by Mikis Theodorakis, Torija and Alba de Tormes By F. Moreno-Torroba and Koyunbaba by Carlo Domeniconi

Sunday 25th 8:00 pm

Tyler Belding

If, Pendant, Anniversary Song, The Lizards of Eraclea by Ralph Towner, Cinco Piezas by Astor Piazzolla, 7 Preludes by Francesco Tarrega, Serenade by Mauro Giuliani (violin and guitar) and Micro Piezas by Leo Brouwer (guitar duet with Aquizamin Garcia)




UBC GUITAR 2008 - 2009


School of Music Recital Hall



September

Saturday 13th, 7:30pm

NuBc Collective (TELUS Theatre – Chan Centre)

Michael Strutt, guitar
Eric Wilson, cello

First performance of Breath of Life by Farshid Samandari

October

Wednesday 1st, 12:00

Ali Razmi, tar and setar

Traditional Iranian music

November

Friday 7th, 12:00

Guitar Ensembles Concert

Quartets, trios and duos – music by Kleynjans, Falla, Rak, Akiva, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Domeniconi and Celso Machado

January

Wednesday 21st, 12:00

Van Jango

Cameron Wilson, violin
Budge Schachte, guitar
Finn Manniche, guitar
Doug Stephenson, bass

The music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli

Thursday 22nd, 10:00

Master Class with Michael Partington


March

Friday 6th, 12:00

Guitar Ensembles Concert

Trios and duos – music by Handel, Clarice Assad, Maximo Diego-Pujol, Smith-Brindle and Kleynjans

April

Thursday 2nd, 12:00

Naithan Bosse (3rd year recital)

El Polifemo d’Oro by Smith-Brindle, Sonata by Somers and works by J.S. Bach and Villa-Lobos (including the newly discovered Valse-Choro)

Thursday 9th, 8:00

Aquizamin Garcia-Guzman (Graduate)

Escarraman by Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Invocation and Dance by Rodrigo Concerto
in C by Vivaldi (with harpsichord) works by Legnani and Leon Cardona (with clarinet)

Sunday 12th, 2:00

Spencer Symington (4th year recital)

Decamarron Negro by Brouwer, Cri de Merlin by Shafer, Suite by Gibbon and works by Merlin, Tarrega and Banning Eyre

Sunday 19th, 8:00

Mikhael Smirnov (4th year recital)

Koyunbaba by Domeniconi Café 1930 by Piazzolla (with trumpet), Tarantella, Al Malvina and Etude by Mertz and works by Villa-Lobos and Handel (with Alexander Flock)

Thursday 23rd, 12:00

Tyler Belding (3rd year recital)

Barber of Baghdad by Hunt, Temptation of the Renaissance by Rak and movements from the Third Lute Suite by J. S. Bach

Wednesday 29th, 8:00

Peter Serravalle (4th year recital)

Suite Buenos Aires by Pujol (with flute), Etudes by Gnattali, Nostalgicos by Pereira, Preludes 2 & 5 Etudes 1 & 7 by Villa-Lobos and Valsas by Assad (with Spencer Symington).

Thursday 30th, 12:00

Daniel Karrasch (3rd year recital)

Nocturnal by Britten, Chaconne by J. S. Bach and Suite en Recuerdo by Merlin

May

Friday 1st, 6:00

Josh Pitre (non required recital)

Wind Color Scalor by Yoshimatsu, Suite en Recuerdos by Merlin and Out of Africa by Banning Eyre



UBC GUITAR 2007 - 2008


School of Music Recital Hall



September

Wednesday 19th, 2:00

Class with Jeffrey McFadden and Andre Zohn

October

Monday 29th, 12:00

Guitar Divisional Recital

Solos, duets, trios and quartets

February

Wednesday 13th, 12:00

Michael Strutt

First performance of the Lyric Sonatina by Canadian composer Jean Coulthard

March

Monday 3rd, 12:00

Guitar Divisional Recital

Solos, duets and trios

Thursday 6th, 8:00

Heather Beaty, flute and Michael Strutt

Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazzolla

Friday 14th, 12:00

Mikhael Smirnov

Elves Suite by Koshkin, Suite Espanola by Sanz and music by Albeniz and Paganini

Wednesday 19th, 12:00

Michael Strutt Guitar Music of the New World

Rondo, Fandango Anonimo (Lima 1786), Insectos, Pajaros y Nubes and Sueno con Caballos by Merlin, Etudes by Gnattali and music by Firpo, Villoldo and Piazzolla

Thursday 27th, 8:00

Guitar Divisional Recital at St John’s College

Solos, duets and trios

April

Friday 4th, 8:00

UBC Composers Concert

First performance of a new guitar quartet Fleeting Masquerade by Canadian/Iranian composer Farshid Samandari – UBC Guitar Quartet (Michael Strutt, Ryan Enns, Stanton Jack and Ruel Morales)

Wednesday 16th, 12:00

Peter Serravalle

Sonatina by Moreno-Torroba, Passacaglia by Weiss and music by Roncalli, Sanz and Maximo Diego Pujol

Saturday 19th, 8:00

Ryan Enns

Fandango and Zapateado by Rodrigo, Prelude and Gavotte BWV 1006 by J. S. Bach, Histoire du Tango by Piazzolla (flute and guitar) La Cathedrale, Waltz Op. 8 No. 3, Mazurka Appassionato by Barrios and music by Villa-Lobos and Maximo Diego Pujol

Sunday 27th, 2:00

Fernando Aguirre

Concerto Aranjuez by Rodrigo, Sonata III by Ponce and music by Tarrega and Murcia. The program will also include a flamenco set with dancers

Monday 28th, 8:00

Jeffrey Caron

Theme and Variations by Berkeley, Etudes by Gilardino and Suite del Recuerdo by Merlin. The program will also include Carillon by Henze (Mandolin, guitar and harp) and original compositions by Jeffrey

Tuesday 29th, 8:00

Scott Wrixon

Koyunbaba by Domeniconi, Epitafios by Theodorakis, Allemande, Courante and Gigue BWV 996 by Bach, Majorca, Cordoba and Sevilla by Albeniz and Dances in the Madhouse by Leisner (with flute)

Wednesday 30th, 5:30

Spencer Symington

Castles of Spain by Moreno-Torroba, Espiral Eterna, Cuban Landscape with Carillons, Un Dia de Novembre by Brouwer and music by Giuliani and Dowland

Wednesday 30th, 8:00

Josh Pitre

Suite by Haug, Sonata-Fantasia by Moreno-Torroba (both from the new Segovia Archive) Canticum by Brouwer and music by Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla