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ELIOT FISKArtistic Director

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Official Sponsor of GuitarFest 2008 PRESS KIT

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Artistic DirectorEliot Fisk Founder and Director (USA)

A creative innovator linked to the great romantic tradition of the past, guitarist Eliot Fisk is one of the most exciting and unique artists before the public today. Known world wide for his adventurous repertoire and willingness to take art music into unusual venues (including schools, senior centers and even prisons!) he belongs, as his great mentor Andrés Segovia once wrote, “at the top line of our artistic world.”

In June of 2006, by order of King Juan Carlos of Spain, Eliot Fisk was awarded the Cruz of Isabel la Catótlica for his service to the cause of Spanish music. Earlier recipients of this rarely bestowed honor include Andrés Segovia and Yehudi Menuhin.

Eliot Fisk has performed to dazzling critical and public acclaim in re-cital, as soloist with major orchestras and in a wide variety of chamber music combinations in most of the great concert halls of the world and in 1996 in a command performance in the Palacio de los Cordova in Granada, Spain, for then U.S. President Bill Clinton and King Juan Carlos of Spain and their families.

Eliot Fisk has expanded the repertoire for the guitar enormously through countless ground breaking transcriptions of works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Paganini, and others as well as through com-missions from leading composers as varied as Luciano Berio, Leon-ardo Balada, Robert Beaser, Wiliam Bolcom, Xavier Montsalvatge, Nicholas Maw, George Rochberg and Kurt Schwertsik. His numerous transcriptions and editions are published by Universal, Presser, Ricordi and Guitar Solo Publications.

Eliot Fisk’s numerous recordings for the Musical Heritage Society, DGG, Arabesque, and EMI have elicited unqualified praise and even entered the Billboard charts as bestsellers. Most of these recordings include repertoire never before performed on the guitar such as his legendary reading of the 24 solo violin Capricci, Op. 1 of Paganini (“Has to be heard to be believed!” — Ruggiero Ricci), his record-ings of contemporary works by Berio and Rochberg or his recording with Paula Robison of Robert Beaser’s Mountain Songs, which was nominated for a Grammy. Guitar Review wrote that his versions of the complete Bach unaccompanied violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV

1001-1006 “place him alongside Casals and Gould as one of this century’s greatest interpreters of Bach.” On a lighter note, Gramophon Magazine described his transcriptions for violin, cello and guitar of Bach’s Violin Sonatas BWV 1014 – 1019: “If exploring the instrumen-tal potential of the continuo is Baroque music’s equivalent of exploring Star Trek’s final frontier, then guitarist Eliot Fisk may be its Captain Kirk and his transcription of Bach’s Six Violin Sonatas its Starship Enterprise”.

Eliot Fisk’s forays into unconventional territory have included collabora-tions with chanteuse, Ute Lemper; Turkish music master, Burhan Öçal; jazz guitar legend, Joe Pass; flamenco great, Paco Pena; and master of castanets, Lucero Tena. 2006-2007 season upcoming projects include four major premieres: Leonardo Balada’s “Caprichos” (seven movements after songs of Federico Garcia Lorca for guitar and string quartet), Kurt Schwertsik’s 25 minute “Ein Kleines Requiem” for solo guitar; Daniel Bernard Romain’s concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (“We March”); and Eliot Fisk’s transcription of Mark O’ Connor’s violin concerto movement entitled, “Winter” for guitar and orchestra.

In 2008 he begins a long anticipated collaboration with legendary virtuoso Angel Romero in a program to include a newly commissioned work for two guitars by Leonardo Balada as well as new Fisk transcrip-tions for two guitars of works by Scarlatti and others.

Eliot Fisk is founder and director of Boston Guitar Fest, an annual event held in the month of June at the New England Conservatory. This festival is dedicated to exploring cutting-edge possibilities of the guitar in an interdisciplinary cross-cultural context.

Eliot Fisk was the last direct pupil of Andrés Segovia and also studied interpretation under the legendary harpsichordist, Ralph Kirkpatrick, at Yale University from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1976. Called by one New York Times headline “A Fiery Missionary to the Unconverted,” Eliot Fisk devotes considerable energy to teaching. He is Professor at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, where he teaches in 5 different languages, and in Boston at the New England Conservatory. His students have come from all corners of the earth. Many have gone on to become important performers and teachers in their own right.

Eliot Fisk lives in Boston, Salzburg, and (whenever possible) in his beloved Granada, Spain, with his wife, acclaimed guitarist Zaira Meneses, and their six year old daughter, Raquel. His website is www.eliotfisk.com.

More Information: Arthur Rishi [email protected] or 617-373-2671 Download this presskit at: www.bostonguitarfest.org

Ricardo GallénGuitar (Spain)

Ricardo Jesús Gallén García was born in Linares (Spain) in 1972. He started to learn the guitar at the age of four and made his debut with his father Manuel Gallen when he was only five. At ten he entered the Conservato-rio deMúsica de Linares where he received his first official music lessons with the founder (and by then direc-tor) of the Conservatorio, composer Tomas Villajos Soler. He continued his studies in the conservatoires of Jaén,

Córdoba, Madrid o Granada, under the guidance of Victor Valls, Miguel Barbera, Demetrio Ballesteros and Carmelo Martínez. He took Master classes with such personalities as Miguel Angel Girollet, José Tomás, Manuel Abella, Jose Luis Rodrigo, Flores Chaviano, Francisco Ortiz, Joaquín Clerch, Antoni Spiri, Jurgen Hubscher and Christoph Eglhuber.

Adam HolzmanGuitar (USA)

For more than twenty years, Adam Holzman, recording artist, concert per-former, soloist and educator, has been at the forefront of a generation of gui-tarists. Born in New York City in 1960 Adam began the guitar at the age of 7 as a student of his older brother Bruce and continued his private study with Albert Valdes Blain and Eliot Fisk. He returned to work with his older brother Bruce Holzman at Florida State Uni-versity where he received his Musical

Degrees. In addition he studied in the master classes of Oscar Ghiglia in Siena at the Academia Musicale de Chigiana and at the Aspen music festival. Twice he was chosen to perform in the historic master classes of the legendary Andres Segovia.

Angel RomeroSpecial Guest (USA/Spain) Hailed for his superior artistry as the Spanish maestro of the guitar, Angel Romero’s eminence in the music world as soloist and conductor is heralded by audiences and critics alike. One of the most sought-after musicians of his generation, Angel Romero has appeared in the major cultural centers throughout the world including those of London, Paris, Ber-lin, Vienna, Madrid, Munich, Zurich, Chicago, Los Angles and New York

among others. As conductor, he has led numerous orchestras world-wide including the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Royal Philharmonic, Germany’s NDR Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Symphoniker, the Beijing Philharmonic, the Euro-Asia Philharmonic, the Shanghai Symphony, the Bogotá Phil-harmonic, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Orquesta de Baja California, the Santa Barbara Symphony, the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra among others. Regardless of his role on stage, his driving intensity and flawless control mark him as a true master of the arts. www.angelromero.com

Dominic FrascaGuitar (USA)

Meet the anti-Yngwie. Personally tapped by minimalist godfather Steve Reich to debut his “Electric Guitar Phase” and recent winner of Guitar Player’s Guitar Hero competition, Dominic Frasca arrives fully with Devi-ations. A rebel at every turn, the man Entertainment Weekly called “Eddie Van Halen for eggheads” transmu-tates formal beauty into elegant atmo-sphere that can make conversation equally with Philip Glass, post-rock

legends Tortoise, or late underground acoustic legend John Fahey.


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Guest Artists

US and Europe the International Guitar Festival in Gargnano, Italy, Guitar Foundation of America Festival and the National Guitar Summer Workshop.tern, David Robertson and the Kronos Quartet.

David TanenbaumGuitar (USA)

Recognized internationally as an outstanding performing and recording artist, a charismatic educator, and a transcriber and editor of both taste and intelligence, David Tanenbaum is one of the most admired classical guitarists of his generation. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, the former Soviet Union and Asia, and in 1988 he became the first American guitarist to be invited to

perform in China by the Chinese government. He has been soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, the Oakland Symphony, Vienna’s ORF orchestra, with such eminent conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano and John Adams.

Wu ManPipa (China)

Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa virtuoso, cited by the Los Angeles Times as “the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World.” The pipa is a lute-like Chinese instrument with a history of more than two thousand years. Having been brought up in the Pudong School of pipa playing, one of the most prestigious classical styles of Imperial China, Wu Man is now recognized as an outstanding

exponent of the traditional repertoire as well as a leading interpreter of contemporary pipa music by today’s most prominent composers such as Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Bun-Ching Lam and many others. Wu Man continually collaborates with some of the most distinguished musicians and conductors performing today, such as Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman, Yuri Bashmet, Cho-liang Lin, Dennis Russell Davies, Christoph Eschenbach, Gunther Herbig, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Stern, David Robertson and the Kronos Quartet. www.wumanpipa.org

Other Guests Acsadi, Daniel, guitar (USA/Hungary) Dunn, Alexander, guitar (USA/Canada) Gibbons, John, harpsichord (USA) Goryachev, Grigory, guitar (Russia) Levin, Adam, guitar (USA) Lin, Steve, guitar (USA) Madiedo, Cristina Pérez, guitar (Cuba) Meneses, Zaira, guitar (Mexico/USA) Mouffe, Jérôme, guitar (Belgium) Row, Peter, sitar (USA) Via, Moisès Fernàndez, piano (Spain) Ward, Robert, guitar (USA)

Bruce HolzmanGuitar (USA)

Bruce Holzman, Associate Professor of Guitar at Florida State University, Tallahassee, is a graduate of the High School of Performing Arts and New York University. His teachers have included Gustavo Lopez (Mexico), Rodrigo Riera (Venezuela), and Albert Valdes Blaine (Cuba). He has been a performer in the master classes of Oscar Ghiglia at the Aspen Music Festival and at the Academia Chigi-anna, Sienna, Italy. He has also been

a performer in the master classes of Alirio Diaz at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada; and in Caracas, Venezuela. He has been an auditor in the master classes of Jose Tomas and Pepe Romero. Mr. Holzman’s students have won many awards and prizes, and hold positions at numerous universities and colleges.

Luis OrlandiniGuitar (Chile)

Born in 1964 in Santiago of Chile, he studied at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile with Professor Ernesto Quezada. In 1987 he obtains a scolarship from the German gov-ernment to study with Professor Eliot Fisk, at the Superior School of Music of Colonia, Germany. He also at-tended classes with Hopkinson Smith and Oscar Ghiglia and Eduardo Fernández’s masterclass. In 1989 he obtained the First Prize at the Interna-

tional Music Competition in München, Germany. From that moment on, he began a brilliant, successful international career. He has performed in important Concert Halls, among them: Berlin, Rome, Venice, Paris, Madrid (Reina Sofía Arts Center), Rotterdam (De Doelen), Danzig, München (Herkules Saal), Geneva, Moscow (Tchaikowsky Conserva-tory), Tokyo, Houston, London (Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room), La Habana, Montevideo, Buenos Aires (Colon Theatre), Lima. He has also performed with orchestras from Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Poland, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Richard SavinoGuitar (USA)

Guitarist/Lutist Richard Savino has been a featured performer and con-certo soloist with many groups and on many concert stages including the Frick Collection, Cloisters (Metropoli-tan Museum of Art, NY), Boston Early Music Festival International Series, Tage Alter Musik, Regensburg, Lon-don Early Music Network, Shrine To Music Museum, San Francisco/Se-attle/ Vancouver/Victoria Early Music Societies, and the Portland and Los

Angeles Baroque Orchestras. In recent years he has been a featured artist, faculty member and judge at numerous festivals throughout the


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ScheduleTuesday, June 10, 20081-8 p.m. Check_in4 p.m. Concert – Boston GuitarFest 2007 Competition Prize Winners; First Prize: Cristina Pérez Madiedo (Cuba); Second Prize: Jérôme Mouffe (Belgium); Third Prize: Adam Levin (USA)6-8 p.m. Opening Night Welcome Reception8 p.m. Concert, “Music of Spain: Past, Present and Future”-Ricardo Gallén (Spain); Richard Savino (USA) and El Mundo

Wednesday, June 11, 20089 a.m.-12 p.m. Competition in progress; Master Classes-Ricardo Gallén, Adam Holzman, Robert Ward12-1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK2-3 p.m. Seminar/Workshop-Peter Row, sitar (USA), “West Meets East: An Introduction to Indian Music for Guitarists”3-4 p.m. COFFEE BREAK and TALK – Jerald Harscher, “What Every Guitarist Needs to Know About the Body”4-5 p.m. Concert, “Music of Eastern Europe”-Dan Acsadi (USA), Alexander Dunn (USA/Canada), Adam Levin (USA), Steven Lin (USA)8 p.m. Concert, “India and China”-Peter Row, sitar (USA); Wu Man, Chinese pipa (China/USA)

Thursday, June 12, 20089 a.m.-12 p.m Competition in progress; Master Classes-Eliot Fisk, Robert Ward, David Tanenbaum12-1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK2-3 p.m. Seminar/Workshop-Wu Man, pipa, “West Meets East: An Introduction to the Chinese pipa for Guitarists”3-4 p.m. COFFEE BREAK and TALK – Frederick Sheppard, “The Archives of Agustin Barrios”4-5 p.m. Concert, “Voice(s) and Guitar”-Alexander Dunn (USA/Cana-da), Luis Orlandini (Chile), Steven Lin (USA), Jon Yerby (USA)8 p.m. Concert, “North Meets South”-Adam Holzman (USA); Luis Orlandini (Chile)

Friday, June 13, 20089 a.m.-12 p.m. Competition in progress; Master Classes-Adam Holz-man, Alexander Dunn, Luis Orlandini12-1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK2-3 p.m. Seminar/Workshop-Angel Romero (USA/Spain), “Tips on Technique”3-4 p.m. COFFEE BREAK4-5 p.m. Concert, “Minimalism and Beyond”-Dominic Frasca (USA); Robert Ward (USA); Alexander Dunn (USA/Canada)8 p.m. Concert, “Modernity Past and Present”-David Tanenbaum (USA); John Gibbons, harpsichord (USA)

Saturday, June 14, 20089 a.m. Youth Competition in progress all day9 a.m.-12 p.m. Competition in progress; Master Classes-David Tanenbaum, Luis Orlandini, Adam Holzman12-1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK2-3 p.m. Seminar/Workshop-John Gibbons, harpsichord (USA), “Baroque Performance Practice in Bach and Scarlatti”3-4 p.m. COFFEE BREAK4-5 p.m. Concert, “Music of Takemitsu”-Steve Lin (USA); Alexander Dunn (USA/Canada); Robert Ward (USA); David Tanenbaum (USA)8 p.m. Concert, “Boston GuitarFest Feature Concert”-Angel Romero (USA/Spain); Eliot Fisk (USA)

Sunday, June 15, 20089 a.m.-12 p.m. Competition in progress; Master Classes-TBA12-1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK2-3 p.m. “The Future of the Guitar: Musical and Economic Survival in the 21st Century”, Anthony De Ritis (moderator)3-4 p.m. COFFEE BREAK4-5 p.m. Concert-Moisès Fernández Vía, piano (Spain); Grigory Goryachev (Russia/USA); Zaira Meneses (Mexico/USA)8 p.m. Concert-GuitarFest 2008 Competition Finals

Master ClassesEliot Fisk, Adam Holzman, David Tanenbaum, Alex Dunn, Ricardo Gallén, Luis Orlandini, Robert Ward, and more will teach masterclasses in classical guitar performance and technique during the festival. Boston based guitar technique guru Dmitri Goryachev will offer special private lessons open to guitarists of all levels who prefer working one on one.

SeminarsIn addition to events strictly related to the art of the classical guitar, Boston GuitarFest 2008 aspires to provide a mind and spirit expanding global musi-cal perspective. To this end Boston GuitarFest 2008 is delighted to present afternoon concerts, workshops and symposiums on the music of Filipino co-lonial Spanish music, Benjamin Brittenís Songs from the Chinese; and works for guitar and non Western traditional instruments. On Sunday afternoon, the music of the Boston GuitarFest 2008 Competition Finalists will be featured.

ConcertsBoston GuitarFest 2008, ìWest Meets East (Occidente y Oriente)î will feature music born of the artistic currents that have flowed back and forth between Asia and Middle Eastern cultures and our own that have given us great cultural enrichment. Featuring the music of Spain, Turkey, China, Japan and the United States, Boston GuitarFest 2008 will include the music of Britten, Takemitsu, Turkish inspired works and the minimalist masters Riley and Reich, in addition to paying tribute to the great master composer for guitar, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco.

Event Information Please check www.bostonguitarfest.org for the latest information.

CompetitionThe 2008 Boston GuitarFest Competition will run concurrently with the festival. The competition is open to all registrered master class participants, but it is also possible to register for the competition alone.

Youth Competition- June 14, 2008Co-sponsored by the Boston Classical Guitar Society(Subject to change)

Eligibility* Contestants must be younger than 19 years of age as of June 14, 2008.* Contestants must not be enrolled in a post-secondary institution as of June 14, 2008.* Contestants cannot hold a post-secondary degree of any kind.

Prizes* 1st prize: $ 750* 2nd prize: $ 500* 3rd prize: $ 250

Required Pieces* Preliminary round: 8-12 minutes of music, including at least 2 pieces from Leo Brouwer’s Etudes Simples (Estudios Sencillos), 1-20.* Final round: 15-20 minutes of music. Free choice. Preliminary round pieces may be repeated, including the required pieces.* Individual movements from major works are acceptable.* No concertos or chamber music will be permitted.

Instrumentation* All pieces must be performed on a nylon-string, classical guitar.

Memorization* All works must be performed from memory.

Copies of Scores* Contestants must bring with them one copy of each score for use by the judges.

Adjudication* The judges’ decisions are final. The judges reserve the right to hear all or part of the prepared works. Performances going over the time limit may be stopped at no penalty to the contestant.

Application and Scheduling Information* All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.* Boston GuitarFest has the right to limit the number of participants based on a first come, first serve basis.* Performance times will be determined by a random drawing. Special requests cannot be accommodated.* Failure to appear at the appointed time will result in disqualification.

Questions?* Please contact Dan Acsadi, Boston GuitarFest Director of Competi-tions, at [email protected]

Adult Competition- Entire WeekEligibility* Contestants must be at the outset of their careers and may not have professional representation.* Previous winners of the Boston GuitarFest competition are not eligible.* There is no age limit.

Prizes* First prize: $2500, concert in 2009, CD recording (at discretion of the jury)* Second prize: $1500* Third prize: $500* Interpretation prize for music with West-East cross-cultural influ-ences: $250* Interpretation prize for Rochberg Caprice Variations: $250 (At least 4 Variations must be performed) Download online George Rochberg Caprice Variations (PDF)- Courtesy of ECS Publishing (from Archive!)

Required Pieces* Preliminary round: not to exceed 10 minutes. Free choice.* Semifinal round: not to exceed 15 minutes. Free choice.* Final round: not to exceed 25 minutes. Contestant must play a tremolo piece by Barrios or Tárrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra.* The required piece may only be performed in the final round.* Individual movements from major works are acceptable.* No concertos or chamber music will be permitted.

Instrumentation* All pieces must be performed on a nylon-string, classical guitar.

Memorization* All works must be performed from memory.

Copies of Scores* Contestants must bring with them one copy of each score for use by the judges.

Adjudication* The judges’ decisions are final. The judges reserve the right to hear all or part of the prepared works. Performances going over the time limit may be stopped at no penalty to the contestant.

Application and Scheduling Information* All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.* Boston GuitarFest has the right to limit the number of participants based on a first come, first serve basis.* Performance times will be determined by a random drawing. Special requests cannot be accommodated.* Failure to appear at the appointed time will result in disqualification.


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New England Conservatory and Northeastern University’s Department of Music

announceBoston GuitarFest 2008 – West Meets East

“Occidente y Oriente”An intense week of cultural & musical discovery; Featuring world

renowned guitarists Eliot Fisk and Angel Romero and Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man

Boston GuitarFest 2008, a collaboration between The New England Conservatory and Northeastern University will feature a series of outstanding guitar concerts. GuitarFest is a concentrated guitar institute consisting of concerts, master classes, workshops, lectures, guitar competition, and a composition competition, attracting aficionados and professionals from around the world. The Festival is led by Artistic Director Eliot Fisk, and Administrative Director Anthony Paul De Ritis, of Northeastern University.

The highlight of the 2008 festival will be a gala concert on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 8:00 pm, featuring world renowned guitarists Eliot Fisk and Angel Romero, at NEC’s Jordan Hall. Details for all events, including information on purchasing tickets may be found at www.bostonguitarfest.org.

All concerts are at New England Conservatory

Tuesday June 104:00 pm Boston GuitarFest 2007 Competition Prize Winners Cristina Pérez Madiedo, Jérôme Mouffe, and Adam Levin. (Williams Hall); including music of Walton, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Turino.

8:00 pm “Music of Spain: Past, Present, and Future” With Ricardo Gallén (Spain), Richard Savino (USA) and El Mundo (Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory)

Wednesday June 11 4:00 pm “Music of Eastern Europe” with Dan Acsadi, Scott Borg, Alexander Dunn, Jérôme Mouffe, Steven Lin, Jennifer Ashe, soprano, Robert Meyers, flute; featuring music of Stravinsky, Bartok and Ligeti. (Williams Hall)

8:00 pm “India and China” with Peter Row, sitar and Wu Man, Chinese pipa. (Williams Hall)

Thursday June 12 4:00 pm “Voices and Guitar” with Alexander Dunn, Luis Orlandini, and Jon Yerby, Jason McStoots, tenor, Megan Taylor, soprano, and the NEC Choirs directed by Amy Liebermann. Music of Briten, Gorina, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. (Williams Hall)

8:00 pm “North Meets South” with Adam Holzman and Luis Orlandini; including music of Mertz, Tansman, Pujol., and Takemitsu. (Williams Hall)

Friday June 13 4:00 pm “Minimalism and Beyond” with Dominic Fracsa, Robert Ward, and Alexander Dunn; music by Reich, Harrison, and Fracsa. (Williams Hall)

8:00 pm “Modernity Past and Present” with David Tanenbaum, John Gibbons (harpsichord); music by Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Roand Bruce Smith. (Williams Hall)

Saturday, June 144:00 pm “Music of Takemitsu” with Steven Lin, Alexander Dunn, Robert Ward, and David Tanenbaum (Williams Hall)

8:00 pm “Boston Guitar Fest Featured Concert” with Angel Romero and Eliot Fisk (JORDAN HALL)

Sunday, June 15 4:00 pm Moisès Fernández Via (piano), Grigory Goryachev, and Zaira Meneses; music by Albéniz and de Falla (Williams Hall)

8:00 pm GuitarFest 2008 Competition Finals—featuring the winners of our week-long guitar competition (JORDAN HALL)

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JORDAN HALL CONCERTS $20 Floor and $10 Balcony ($8 for students with ID) Available at the Jordan Hall Box Office (617) 585-1260. The Box Office is located at 30 Gainsborough Street, in the lobby of Jordan Hall, and is open from 10:00 am-6:00 pm Monday-Friday, and from 12:00 pm-6:00 pm on Saturdays. The Box Office is also open 90 minutes before the start of any ticketed Jordan Hall performance for sale of that event only.

WILLIAMS HALL CONCERTSEvening Concerts: $20 Floor and $10 Balcony (evening concerts); $8 for students with ID; All Afternoon Concerts: $8Available at the Northeastern University Box Office in advance, or at the door (cash and check only at the door). The NU Box office is located in the lobby of the Blackman Auditorium, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, or you may call 617-373-4700 or visit http://www.gonu.com/tickets/index.shtml on the web.Both venues are handicapped accessible.

PASSESDiscounted passes to multiple events are available, ranging from $210 to audit all festival events, to day passes for $80 each. Full information is available at www.bostonguitarfest.com

About New England ConservatoryRecognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 750 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.

The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, contemporary improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Collaboration Programs, it provides

training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes—thereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz. NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year in Jordan Hall, its world-renowned, 100-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NEC’s opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.

About NortheasternFounded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern is a leader in interdisciplinary research, urban engagement, and the integration of classroom learning with real-world experience. The university’s distinctive cooperative education program, where students alternate semesters of full-time study with semesters of paid work in fields relevant to their professional interests and major, is one of the largest and most innovative in the world. The University offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in six undergraduate colleges, eight graduate schools, and two part-time divisions. For more information, please visit www.northeastern.edu.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Arthur Rishi (617) [email protected]

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Official Sponsor of Boston GuitarFest 2008

The Robert E. Davoli and Eileen L. McDonagh Charitable Foundation

Sponsors

More information about sponsoring: Arthur Rishi [email protected] or 617-373-2671 Download this presskit at: www.bostonguitarfest.org

Sponsors list last updated 5/13/08

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