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Credits:
A well-balanced repertoire with a dynamic stage performance by a young artist who has a growing reputation in the classical and national press. - Sets very high standards for the rest of us guitarists to (try to) follow!

Style:
Very extensive repertoire including Classical, Spanish, Italian, traditional and popular standards. Specific music can be requested for weddings

Letters of appreciation:
"...supplied a highly professional and polished performance supplying a welcome ambiance to the occasion. Her choice of pieces was highly appropriate and diverse." J Hennings, Surrey.

"...we wanted to write and tell you how much we enjoyed your playing at our
wedding. Particularly during the ceremony where you played with such feeling and sensitivity that our heart strings were literally plucked as we were there holding hands.

Thank you also for learning "Torija" by Torroba especially for us and for meeting our need to create a Spanish mood at the same time as having a good mix of pieces. You created a really special ambience for our wedding day."
Sarah & Richard, Hertfordshire

Biography:
She is described by her critics as one of the most dynamic and exciting guitarists of her generation. In 1990 she won a Scholarship to study with Carlos Bonell at the Royal College of Music. She gained an MMus in Advanced Performance (RCM) and was a major prizewinner.
In 1993 she was awarded the RCM prize for the performance of a work by a student composer. In 1995 she won the Madeline Walton Guitar Prize and was nominated by the College to take part in the Young Musicians Recording Trust Scheme.
She has taken part in solo master classes with Hubert Käppel, Alirio Diaz, Julian Byzantine, Berta Rojas and in ensemble workshops with John Williams and has recorded for NMC on a CD of music by John Lambert.
In 2000 she reached the String Semi-Final of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition and gave a highly successful lunchtime recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
In January 2001 she gave her Purcell Room debut in the Park Lane Group Young Concert Artists Series, an excerpt from which was broadcast as a highlight of the series on BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now programme.
She has performed in a wide variety of venues including St. Martin-in-the-fields, St. James's Church Piccadilly, Barbican foyer, Brighton Chapel Royal, The Hurlingham Club, Conway Hall, and the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Bristol. She has given recitals for music clubs at Redbridge, Curry Rivel, Herne Bay, festivals including Buxton, Canterbury, Warwick and Cheltenham and guitar societies around the country. In recent years she has performed Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez' with orchestras in London and has also toured with two opera groups.
As a chamber musician she plays regularly as part of a flute and guitar duo and has also performed with twentieth-century ensembles Reservoir, The Modern Consort, The Opera Group and Hartland Chamber Opera. In 2001 she was invited to play with Music Theatre Wales on their summer and autumn tours and went on a tour of Japan with a Chamber Opera.

Repertoire:
Anon. Greensleeves
Bach Minuet (from the Anna Magdalena Notebook)
Bach Prelude (from Cello Suite No.1)
Spanish & Italian Classics of the 19th century
Anon. Spanish Romance
Satie Gymnopedie No. 1
Tarrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Tarrega Waltz
Barrios Julia Florida
Villa-Lobos Preludes
Stanley Myers Cavatina (Theme from The Deer Hunter)
Shard
Phil Cashian (British)
Talvi
Black Venus
De Falla (Spanish)

Albeniz (Spanish)
Cadiz
Sevilla
Barrios (Paraguayan)
Julia Florida
Richard Rodney Bennett (British)
Impromptus
Benjamin Britten (British)
Nocturnal after John Dowland
Leo Brouwer (Cuban)
Elogio de la Danza
Elliott Carter (American)
Albeniz Cadiz
Ottavio Negro (Italian)
Prime Luci
Homenaje
Carlo Domeniconi (Italian)
Schnee in Istanbul
Roland Dyens (French)
Tango en Skai
Ginastera (Argentinian)
Sonata Op. 47
Piers Hellawell (British)
Improvise! Improvise!
Phillip Houghton (Australian)
Stele
Milan (Spanish)
Six Pavanes
Fantasia XI
Mudarra (Spanish)
Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Luduvico
Narvaez (Spanish)
Diferencias sobre Guardame Las Vacas
Villa-Lobos (Brazil)
5 Preludes
Walton (British)
Bagatelles
Andrew York (American)
Le Ore Ardenti del Meriggio
Quando e sera
Pernambuco (Brazilian)
Sons de Carilhoes
Ponce (Mexican)
Sonatina Meridional
Rodrigo (Spanish)
Concierto de Aranjuez
En Los Trigales
Peter Sculthorpe (Australian)
Into the Dreaming
Reginald Smith Brindle (British)
El Polifemo de Oro
Paul Stanhope (Australian)
Mularra Lament
Tarrega (Spanish)
Gran Vals
Fantasia on Themes from Verdi's La Traviata
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Michael Tippett (British)
The Blue Guitar
Torroba (Spanish)
Notturno
Madronos
Sonatina in A
Sunburst
Michael Zev Gordon (British)
Bells, Lachrimae and Stillness

Our Artists

Demo CD

Now Playing

>All Artists >JA-01

Agency Ref# JA-01

Credits:

A well-balanced repertoire with a dynamic stage performance by a young artist who has a growing reputation in the classical and national press. - Sets very high standards for the rest of us guitarists to (try to) follow!

Style:

Very extensive repertoire including Classical, Spanish, Italian, traditional and popular standards. Specific music can be requested for weddings

Letters of appreciation:

"...supplied a highly professional and polished performance supplying a welcome ambiance to the occasion. Her choice of pieces was highly appropriate and diverse." J Hennings, Surrey.

"...we wanted to write and tell you how much we enjoyed your playing at ourwedding. Particularly during the ceremony where you played with such feeling and sensitivity that our heart strings were literally plucked as we were there holding hands.

Thank you also for learning "Torija" by Torroba especially for us and for meeting our need to create a Spanish mood at the same time as having a good mix of pieces. You created a really special ambience for our wedding day."

Sarah & Richard, Hertfordshire

Biography:

She is described by her critics as one of the most dynamic and exciting guitarists of her generation. In 1990 she won a Scholarship to study with Carlos Bonell at the Royal College of Music. She gained an MMus in Advanced Performance (RCM) and was a major prizewinner.

In 1993 she was awarded the RCM prize for the performance of a work by a student composer. In 1995 she won the Madeline Walton Guitar Prize and was nominated by the College to take part in the Young Musicians Recording Trust Scheme.

She has taken part in solo master classes with Hubert Käppel, Alirio Diaz, Julian Byzantine, Berta Rojas and in ensemble workshops with John Williams and has recorded for NMC on a CD of music by John Lambert.

In 2000 she reached the String Semi-Final of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition and gave a highly successful lunchtime recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

In January 2001 she gave her Purcell Room debut in the Park Lane Group Young Concert Artists Series, an excerpt from which was broadcast as a highlight of the series on BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now programme.

Repertoire:

Anon. Greensleeves

Bach Minuet (from the Anna Magdalena Notebook)

Bach Prelude (from Cello Suite No.1)

Spanish & Italian Classics of the 19th century

Anon. Spanish Romance

Satie Gymnopedie No. 1

Tarrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Tarrega Waltz

Barrios Julia Florida

Villa-Lobos Preludes

Stanley Myers Cavatina (Theme from The Deer Hunter)

Shard

Phil Cashian (British)

Talvi

Black Venus

De Falla (Spanish)

Albeniz (Spanish)

Cadiz

Sevilla

Barrios (Paraguayan)

Julia Florida

Richard Rodney Bennett (British)

Impromptus

Benjamin Britten (British)

Nocturnal after John Dowland

Leo Brouwer (Cuban)

Elogio de la Danza

Elliott Carter (American)

Albeniz Cadiz

Ottavio Negro (Italian)

Prime Luci

Homenaje

Carlo Domeniconi (Italian)

Schnee in Istanbul

Roland Dyens (French)

Tango en Skai

Ginastera (Argentinian)

Sonata Op. 47

Piers Hellawell (British)

Improvise! Improvise!

Phillip Houghton (Australian)

Stele

Milan (Spanish)

Six Pavanes

Fantasia XI

Mudarra (Spanish)

Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Luduvico

Narvaez (Spanish)

Diferencias sobre Guardame Las Vacas

Villa-Lobos (Brazil)

5 Preludes

Walton (British)

Bagatelles

Andrew York (American)

Le Ore Ardenti del Meriggio

Quando e sera

Pernambuco (Brazilian)

Sons de Carilhoes

Ponce (Mexican)

"...we wanted to write and tell you how much we enjoyed your playing at our
wedding. Particularly during the ceremony where you played with such feeling and sensitivity that our heart strings were literally plucked as we were there holding hands.