2024 Spring VCGS Guitar Ensemble Concert
What do 15 guitars sound like?
Come find out and support our VCGS Guitar Ensemble on Sunday, May 5th at 1:30 pm, playing together in concert plus and in solos, and duets.
2024 Spring VCGS Guitar Ensemble
Time: 1:30 pm, doors open at 1:15 pm
Location: Mary Olson Hall, Vancouver Academy of Music (1270 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC V6J 4R9)
*Free Parking available
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Admission: $8.00 for VCGS members, $10 for non-members
*Free admission for students and children under 16
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Itamar Erez, a master of guitar and piano with an international reputation for jazz and world music, directs the ensemble this season. The VCGS Guitar Ensemble will play a program ranging from Bartok and Bizet to B.C.’s own Celso Machado.
Itamar Erez, an internationally acclaimed composer and guitarist known for blending Middle Eastern music, jazz, and flamenco, has been honored with the 2014 ACUM Prize and the 2014 Landau Prize for his contributions to jazz.
He has released multiple CDs, including collaborative works like "New Dawn" with Yshai Afterman and "Mi Alegria" featuring notable guests, and performed globally in prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera, showcasing his unique musical approach. Itamar performs internationally and educates through workshops and masterclasses, sharing his innovative music and guitar-playing techniques.
Currently, he is developing new music, teaches at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School Of Music, and has published “Exercises & Etudes, an Advanced Method for the Fingerstyle Guitarist” in March 2016.
Enjoy this video from our previous performance! (2023 Fall, directed by Anna Pietrzak)
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