2004 ~ 2005

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Announcing the 4th annual RU International Guitar Festival that will bring International Guitarist performers to the Norwood Room in the Bondurant Center for the Arts from April 8th through the 10th.

The International Guitar Festival has consistently drawn an audience to the New River Valley and has drawn them from Northern VA as well as beyond the borders of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
 

For more information please visit the web site of the Southwestern Virginia Classical Guitar Society.

FREE ADMISSION for the entire community and to each and every concert, workshop and masterclass (public lessons with the master musician and students).

Guitarists who wish to perform for one or more masterclasses must submit a recording to obtain a slot.

This April 8th through the10th will include a concerts and public workshops with:

Jazz/Classical Fusion ensemble The Nova Project with Anthony Glise, (classical guitar/composer) and Jason Riley.

Friday April 9th

8pm Robert Trent solo guitar with Soprano Elizabeth Curtis

Saturday April 9th

10am Glise Masterclass

12 Noon lunch

1:30 Jason Riley - Jazz Masterclass

3:30 break

4pm Julian Gray - Classical Guitar Masterclass

6pm Dinner

7:30pm Mir Ali Flamenco - Fusion Concert

8:30pm Nova Project Jazz-Classical Fusion Concert

Sunday April 10th

10am Mir Ali Masterclass

12 Noon Lunch

1:30pm Julian Gray - Concert

2:30pm - Roundtable Discussion "Career Paths for Guitarists"

Mir Ali, Julian Gray, Anthony Glise, Jason Riley, Robert Trent