Knoxville Classical Guitar 2020-2021 Season Concerts and Events
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Knoxville Classical Guitar will continue to facilitate quality, in-person concerts with excellent conversations and online performances via Knox Guitar Box. We have many events lined up beginning with a double podcast episode on September 13th, 2020, and there will be more concerts and podcast to come! Continue reading for more information. |
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Knox Guitar Box Double Episode: A Conversation with Goran Ivanovic and KCG's first Rising Guitarist Showcase with Ben Kreider. |
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Goran Ivanovic
One of the most versatile, skilled, and curious musicians in Chicago, guitarist Goran Ivanovic has built a career built upon exploration. Born and raised in Croatia, he was in the midst of studying at the prestigious Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria with masters like Elliot Fisk and Joaquin Clerch when his parents (his father is a Serb, his mother a Bosnian Croat) were expelled in the late 90s; the family was granted asylum in the US and they settled in Chicago.
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Ben Kreider
The first episode of Knox Guitar Box features Ben Kreider on Knoxville Classical Guitar's Rising Guitarist Showcase. Ben Kreider is a long-time student of the guitar. He has studied with several local guitar instructors over the years and has performed locally in Knoxville, TN. The seventeen-year-old will perform a recital for your enjoyment. He will play the music of J. S. Bach, Francisco Tarréga, Astor Piazzolla, and Augustín Barrios Mangoré.
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Jerry Willard |
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Jerry Willard is an accomplished player of all types of fretted instruments including the archlute, Renaissance lute, Baroque guitar, nineteenth century guitar, and modern guitar. Willard has published many publications for guitar including "The Complete Lute Music of J.S. Bach", “The Complete Works of Gaspar Sanz” and “Seventeen Show Tunes Of George Gershwin”
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Silviu Ciulei |
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Classical and flamenco guitarist Silviu Octavian Ciulei was born in Constanta, Romania, where he began his musical studies at the age of six. He has won numerous awards for his outstanding achievement and performance. Recent solo engagements and with his new flamenco project Maharajah Flamenco Trio include an array of performances, teaching and educational outreach series at universities and festivals. |
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Candice Mowbray |
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Regarded for her beautiful tone and sensitive music-making, guitarist Candice Mowbray shares the expressive and communicative qualities of her playing through programs of modern and classic works. Her delightful playing once elicited from a celebrated ballerina, “it makes me want to dance,” and guitar virtuoso John Feeley described her as "a beautiful player, so expressive and musical."
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Patrick Kerber |
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Patrick Kerber holds performance degrees from Loyola University and the University of New Orleans, and his studies include years of private study with Pepe Romero. As a solo guitarist, Mr. Kerber has performed on stage, radio, and television. His compositions have been performed on NPR's Concert Today and the Guitar Foundation of America's annual convention. |
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Andy LeGrand is Knoxville Classical Guitar's new executive director. In concert, he will present original, instrumental music written for guitar. Andy began songwriting at the age of thirteen. He has composed and arranged many pieces for solo guitar, guitar and cello, guitar and flute, and vocal and instrument ensembles. Andy weaves genres together while writing, and offers a non-traditional presentation of the nylon string guitar during performances. Location: Knoxville, TBD |
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Jeffrey Fratus in Concert |
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Jeffrey Fratus, classical guitarist and songwriter. Jeffrey will perform a mixture of original music, featuring vocalist and clarinetist, Veronica Gerhardt, and music from his classical background. He currently works as a teacher and performer around the Austin area, playing for weddings and events, writing, and writing, and recording songs with his band, Monohan. Location: Knoxville, TBD |
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Jeffery Fratus
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Soon after his concert in February, Jeffrey Fratus will join Andy LeGrand, host of Knox Guitar Box, in conversation about his life and work as a guitarist, instructor, and songwriter, during the February episode of Knox Guitar Box. Jeffery is from Knoxville, TN and lives in Austin, TX, where he teaches, song-writes and performs with his band Monohan. |
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Petar & Daniel Duo in Concert |
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The Pertar & Daniel Guitar Duo explores an eclectic repertoire ranging from Spanish, Latin, and Balkan to traditional classical music repertoire. Their performances include original works for the formation, as well as arrangements specially designed for the duo. Petar and Daniel have fused their native Serbian and Brazilian cultural heritages to
offer an incredible collection of music. Location: Knoxville, TBD
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Larry Long |
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Lawrence Long, affectionately know by all as Larry, created Knoxville Guitar Society in 1971 and has served East Tennessee for decades as a champion of classical guitar, a prolific composer, and a highly successful private teacher of classical and finger style guitar in the region. His legacy continues to grow as his published guitar music is being performed globally and former students enjoy a lifetime of music making.
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Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today. She is known for her beautiful tone, precise technique, well-defined phrasing and thoughtful artistry and musicianship.See Ana Vidovic, in concert in Knoxville, TN. Come hear beautifully played music performed by an extraordinarily talented guitarist. Location: Knoxville, TBD |
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Knox Guitar Box Episode: A Conversation with Jess Kerber |
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Jess Kerber is a singer/songwriter from the Greater New Orleans area. From self-releasing her debut EP entitled, Falling Forward, to being chosen as one of the top ten songwriters to participate in the first Trimble House Songwriting Series in Nashville less than a year later, Jess is putting in as much work and time as possible to be able to continue to form her craft.
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Join the Knoxville Guitar Society for its Spring Benefit Concert. This concert will feature local guitar students, teachers, and professionals.
professionals.
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We invite you to join us! |
KCG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports local and regional guitarists, students, and enthusiasts through performance, production, education, service, and community.
We would not have the opportunity to offer events and services to anyone without you! We are thankful for past support for KCG. The continued purchase of Season Tickets from KCG and donations aid us as we finance concert artists, award scholarships, support students of the guitar, publish Knox Guitar Box, and research and enhance KCG’s outlook and future services.
Season Tickets offer the holder full-access and choice seating at shows and links to podcasts mailed directly to your email inbox as episodes are released. We've attempted to make it easy to support us! Please visit our website for more information, or to join us as we push forward.
We genuinely appreciate you and look forward to a wonderful year filled with music and guitar. We invite you to join us.
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