WORLD'S LEADING CLASSICAL GUITARISTS TO PERFORM AT 12th ANNUAL NEW YORK GUITAR SEMINAR
AT MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC

HIGH PERFORMANCE: Preparation for Concerts, Auditions, and Competitions
June 19 - 24, 2012
Brazilian guitarist Joao Luiz leads a master class at last year's New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes
NEW YORK (May 30, 2012) - Mannes College The New School for Music presents the 12th Annual New York Guitar Seminar (June 19 - 24) featuring performances by the world's leading classical guitarists. Under the festival theme High Performance: Preparation for Concerts, Auditions and Competitions, the Guitar Seminar offers a week of master classes, workshops, and rehearsals open to classical guitarists at all levels, as well as well as public concerts by performers including the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, Denis Azabagic, Jason Vieaux, and many more.

"Playing music is ultimately about sharing, but for musicians at all levels of accomplishment, public performance is often the cause of high anxiety and not high performance," said Laura Oltman, co-founding director of New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes and member of the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo. "That's why we're thrilled to be welcoming this summer's roster, which includes some of classical guitar's finest musicians, to guide intensive hands-on learning and give world-class performances."

Along with public performances, the New York Guitar Seminar offers its first-ever après-concert open mic at Machiavelli Restaurant (June 21); solo, small, and large ensemble performance opportunities; ensemble coaching; and auditioning and competition workshops.

For information and ticket reservations, full schedule, faculty bios, audio and video clips, sponsors info, visit the New York Guitar Seminar's website, www.newschool.edu/mannes/guitar.

FOR LISTINGS:

Tuesday, June 19 at 7:00 PM
Opening Concert:
Dale Kavanagh (Canada) plays music by Dale Kavanagh, Leo Brouwer, Heitor Villa-Lobos
Mário da Silva (Brazil) plays music by Garoto, Waltel Branco, Arthur Kampela, Sergio Assad
Duo Cantabile (Mexico) plays music by Ernesto Cordero, Ernesto Garcia de Leon, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Popular Mexican Songs
The Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
For Tickets ($20, General Admission): http://bit.ly/LFPmEz

Wednesday, June 20 at 7:30 PM
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo with Daedalus Quartet: world Premiere of Binelli's Sexteto Buenos Aires (new version) plus music by Piazzolla, Liebermann, Giuliani, and Schubert
Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (entrance on East 25th Street)
For Tickets ($25, General Admission): http://bit.ly/LTiVp1

Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 PM
Cavatina Duo (Denis Azabagic, guitar and Eugenia Moliner, flute)
For Tickets ($25; $15 Students & Seniors; General Admission): http://nygsatmannes.eventbrite.com/

Friday, June 22 at 7:30 PM
Jason Vieaux plays music by Pat Metheny, Leo Brouwer, J. S. Bach, Dan Visconti, Mauro Giuliani and Isaac Albéniz
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024
For Tickets ($25; $15 Students & Seniors; General Admission): http://nygsatmannes.eventbrite.com/

Saturday, June 23 at 7:30 PM
Amadeus Guitar Duo (Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff) plays music Alfonso Montés, G. P Telemann, Gerald Garcia, Dale Kavanagh, Mario Gangi, André Jolivet and G. F. Handel
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024
For Tickets ($25; $15 Students & Seniors; General Admission): http://nygsatmannes.eventbrite.com/

Sunday, June 24 at 12 noon
Participants Concert (featuring ensemble and solo student performances)
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024
For Tickets ($15 general admission, Free for Students & Seniors): http://nygsatmannes.eventbrite.com/

Tickets will be available at the door to all individual non-concert events at Mannes (master classes, workshops, panel discussion, student open-stage) for $15 per event. Full day auditors' fee of $65 each day also includes evening concert tickets. Entire event auditors' fee of $260 available in advance: http://nygsatmannes.eventbrite.com/

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