 | Credits: A highly-trained Classical Guitar graduate with many hours of live performing experience and recording work in the UK and in Holland. She also has a significant number of accreditations for master-class studies with some of the best teachers around. Overall a very impressive portfolio of music which is ideal for formal occasions such as traditional weddings, business events and black-tie functions. Style: Classical, Spanish, Latin American, some Flamenco and popular music. (She is also happy to arrange a piece of music if given two months' notice). Education:In 2003, she graduated from the University of Leeds - with a BMus (Performance) Degree programme with First Class Honours. Teachers: She has studied with many masters of the classical guitar, namely Nicola Hall, Graham Wade, Luigi Palumbo and Louis Ignatius Gall. She has also attended master classes with Simon Dinnegan, David Starobaum, Ives Storms, Richard Pilkington and Ulrich Steier. She is also available as a superb Spanish/ Classical Guitar Duet (HO-03) | Biography:She spent the 3rd year of her degree studying at the Enschede Conservatoire (Holland) and was invited to return on completion of her degree to have further tuition from Louis Ignatius Gall and Jazz guitarist Jim Ten Boske. She remained in Holland for two years, where she taught the classical guitar and regularly performed live. Since returning to Leeds in 2005 she has been teaching both privately and in schools, and is now looking to further develop her career in live guitar recitals. 
Performances - Radio::Enschede FM - Holland, February 2004 Performances - Weddings/functions: Patching's Farm festival - Nottinghamshire, June 1994Hospital function for doctors - Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede (Holland), December 2000. Outdoor 70th birthday party - Halifax, April 2003 Garden party - Almelo (Holland), September 2003 Sam-Sam theatre - Enschede (Holland), May 2004. Wedding ceremony - East Lodge (Derbyshire), August 2004Wedding reception - Derbyshire, February 2005 Performances - Concerts: (Some solo, some duos): Chesterfield Guitar Circle - January 1995. Clothworker's Centenery Concert Hall (fund-raising for Mozambique Building Project) - Leeds, December 2000 Falkenhof, Rheine - Germany, June 2002 Port Grimaud Church (fund-raising for Mozambique Building Project) - France, December 2002. St. Jude's church (fund-raising for Relate) - Nottingham, April 2003 St. Michael's church - Leeds, May 2003 Zutphen church - Holland, January 2004. Enschede church - Holland, May 2004 10 lunch-time concerts at Enschede Conservatorium Arkezaal - 2001-2005. Recordings:She recently worked as a session guitarist, where she composed and recorded a classical guitar piece for an album which due to be released in October 2006. |
Sample Repertoire: (She is also happy to arrange a piece of music if given two months' notice) | Richard Wagner - Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Here Comes the Bride) John Dowland - Air and Galliard Michael Praetorius - Four Dances Johann Sebastian Bach - 'Cello Suite No.1 J Sebastian Bach - Trois Menuets Luis Milan - Pavane Mauro Giuliani - The Harmonious Blacksmith Variations, Andante in C Major Fernando Sor - Studies 2, 6 and 7 Anon - Kemp's Jig, Romanze, Las Hermanas Francisco Tarrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Valse, Adelita, Capricho Arabe Francesco Molino - Sonate Antonio Lauro - La Gatica, El Negrito, Valse Venezolano No.1, El Marabino, Angostura Heitor Villa-Lobos - Preludes No.1 and 2 Enrique Granados - Danza Espanola No.5 Roland Dyens - Tango en Skai Napoleon Coste - Barcarolle John Duarte - English Suite Agustin Barrios Mangore - Julia Florida, An Alm for the Love of God, Vals No.4 Bartolome Calatayud - Lamento Gitano, Fandanguillo, Vals, Romanza, Pasodoblillo, Cancion de Cuna, Bolero, El Majo Jorge Gomez Crespo - Nortena Jerome Kern - The Way You Look Tonight, Smoke Gets In Eyes, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Long Ago and Far Away Isaac Albeniz - Asturias Robert Schumann - Romance Mario Gangi - Guitar Choro Ludwig Doblinger - Latin America (Tango, Samba, Rumba and Bossa-Nova) Robin Pearson - Malaguena, Farruca Louis Ignatius Gall - Farrucas con Falsetas Peter Nuttall - Twelve Inventions |
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