MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES
THE NEW YORK GUITAR SEMINAR
"EAST COAST MEETS WEST COAST"
JUNE 25 - 29, 2003
Michael Newman and Laura Oltman, Artistic Directors

(New York, NY – May 12, 2003) New School University’s Mannes College of Music announces the third annual New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, "East Coast Meets West Coast," from June 25 – 29, 2003. The Guitar Seminar brings together a distinguished faculty of guitar masters and guest speakers from New York and California for five days of intensive study and performance. This year there will be two evening faculty concerts with several New York premieres on each program. The New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes is open to students, aspiring professionals and classical guitar lovers of all ages seeking to broaden their music horizons. The seminar takes place at Mannes College of Music (150 West 85th Street, NYC). For more information on the program, please call (212) 580-0210, ext. 285 or visit the Web site at http://www.mannes.edu/guitar.

The New York and California-based faculty includes: The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo (Ensemble-in-Residence at Mannes); David Tanenbaum (chairman of the guitar department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music); William Kanengiser (faculty at the University of Southern California and member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet); Dusan Bogdanovic (faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music); Frederic Hand (faculty at Mannes College of Music, Bennington College, and the State University of New York); Michael Newman (faculty of Mannes College of Music); and Laura Oltman (guitar instruction at Princeton University). Other guests are expected to attend.

Concerts take place on Thursday, June 26 at 8:00 p.m and Saturday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m. The program on Thursday, June 26 features The Newman & Olton Guitar Duo, Frederic Hand, and David Tanenbaum. The concert on Saturday, June 28 features Srdjan Berdovic, Dusan Bogdanovic, and William Kanengiser. Tickets are $15 per concert or $40 for all four evening events—two concerts (June 26 and 28) and two panel discussions (June 25 and 27). For more information, call (212) 580-0210, ext. 285.

The New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes is made possible in part with support from Mel Bay Publications, Inc., Albert Augustine, Ltd., and by a grant from The D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts with support from J. D'Addario & Company, Inc., D’Addario Strings, Evans Drumheads, Vandoren Reeds and Mouthpieces, and Planet Waves Musical Instrument Accessories.

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Mannes College of Music, founded in 1916, is one of the world’s major conservatories of music. A division of New School University, Mannes offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a Professional Studies Diploma program. Notable alumni from Mannes include soprano Frederica von Stade, pianists Murray Perahia and Richard Goode, and conductors Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, JoAnn Falletta and Julius Rudel. Joel Lester is Dean of the College. For further information on Mannes, call (212) 580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu.