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Blue Journey Concert on Friday, February 27th
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I feel privileged that such an impressive group of musicians will be joining me to perform my compositions for solo guitar and various combinations of voice, flute, violin, cello, guitar, and piano at the Werheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall in Miami, Florida on Friday, February 27. Featured musicians include the Amernet String Quartet members violinist Misha Vitenson, violinist Marcia Littley, and cellist Jason Calloway; flutist Elissa Lakofsky, guitarist Celso Cano, soprano Laura Martinez-Leon, and pianist Marina Radiushina. For more info and audio samples click here.
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Panther Alumni Week Visiting Speaker Carlos Rafael Rivera
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The extraordinary FIU alumnus composer Carlos Rafael Rivera visited my guitar class at FIU during the Panther Alumni Week on February 2nd, sharing his invaluable experiences as a professional musician with my students. Rivera is a commissioned and award winning composer whose career has spanned several genres of the music industry. His soundtrack for Universal Pictures’ A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES, starring Liam Neeson and directed by Scott Frank, is now available through Varèse-Sarabande Records. Many thanks to our distinguished alumnus who shared his professional experience and had a great interaction with all the guitar students. Watch him talk about the craft of composing for the movie.
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The Guitar Club at FIU Presents: Pedro Briceño Recital
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Recently established FIU Guitar Club presented its inaugural event on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 4 pm in the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Organized by the Guitar Club president Carlos Serrano and treasurer Roberto Rodriguez, the first event featured the Venezuelan guitarist/composer Pedro Briceño. Born in Trujillo Venezuela, Briceño studied with Daniel Marchán, who was a student of the legendary Venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro, at the University of Los Andes Merida, Venezuela. In addition to concertizing and composing, he is currently the artistic director of the MG Fest Foundation Merida Guitar Fest.
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GetAcceptd to FIU School of Music
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Now you can apply to FIU School of Music through a digital application tool called GetAcceptd!! The guitar program at FIU offers aspired students a wide range of opportunities to develop necessary skills on their way to become high-level professional musicians. Scholarships and financial aid are available. More info
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The FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra will present its spring concerts in April, featuring works by J.S. Bach, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Astor Piazzolla, Adam Cotton, Lucho Bermudez, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea, and Thomas Clippert, as well as traditional Andean and Gerald Garcia's Segni Meravigliosi No. 5 for flute choir and guitar orchestra , at the Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach on April 10 and Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall on April 12.
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