Sunday, 11/4 4:00pm

Theme and Variation
Tunes Ancient and Modern in Settings from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Periods as well as Today

Passacaglias, Almains and more!

Composers include Robert Johnson, John Dowland, Robert de Visee,
Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurio Guiliani, Ferdinand Sor, et alii

When I was about 5 years old, I began pestering my mother (a concert pianist) and grandmother (a Southern Baptist Deaconess and vocalist) for a guitar -- so that I could be "just like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley." I was thrilled when I received my first guitar for my 6th birthday, and soon started the weekly lessons in Fredericksburg, VA with Hans Brennan. In addition to some of the jazz and folk guitar finger picking styles which popular at the time, Hans taught me transcriptions of Shumann and Bartok, Grieg and Bach, which cemented my enduring love for "classical" music. This admiration took me through orchestras as a violist and wind ensembles as a timpanist in addition to my collegiate career as composer and conductor, but my first instrument has always been my true companion. I have performed as a soloist as well as in duos, trios and larger ensembles, and find that the guitar pairs especially well with recorders and flute for renaissance, baroque, and world music. In addition to nylon and steel string guitar, I also play bass guitar, violin/viola, recorders, flute, and percussion.