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ANNOUNCING THE 2008-2009 CONCERT SEASON

All concerts will take place at the
Settlement Music School
Mary Louise Curtis Branch
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA
(Unless noted otherwise)




    Duo Live Oak
Sunday, October 12,  2008,  3:00 PM
General Admission - $15; Student/Seniors - $12;
Members - $10

     Infectiously charming in performance, graced with old fashioned
skill and integrity, Knowles and Wallace are eloquent, whimsical, passionate, versatile, colorful, and entirely original.   Rare composer/performers, they do not merely entertain--they engage the audience with their sense of drama, Wallace's guitar wizardry and their meltingly beautiful vocal ensemble.

Professional Members' Showcase
Sunday, November 9,  2008,  3:00 PM

General Admission - $15; Student/Seniors - $12; Members - $10
Featuring:
Duo Colori: Daniel Boring & Megan Monahan, soprano,
        Ross Mann,  Glenn Llyons and Mark Mullen,  
Peter Delaplane, Mark Oppenlander,
William Newman and John Penn, and James Day


     

  Holiday Party
Sunday, December 14,  2008,  2:00 PM
Home of Joseph and Kathleen Mayes
Collingswood, NJ
     
Behdad Moghaddasi
Sunday, January 11,  2009,  3:00 PM
General Admission - $15; Student/Seniors - $12;
Members - $10

   Behdad Moghaddasi performed in Germany and Canada in addition to his concerts in the United States. His unique compositions result from attention to different kinds of  Western music - particularly  contemporary pop and classical music,
as well as the traditional music of Iran.

This program will feature selections from Behdad's
new CD, including his originial compositions as well as the
Concierto de Aranjuez,  with Mackenzie Carlson, piano.
Christopher Ladd
Sunday, February 8,  2009, 3:00 PM
General Admission - $15; Student/Seniors - $12;
Members - $10
        Praised for his remarkable talent and richness of sound,  Christopher Ladd is rapidly becoming known throughout  the country as one of the most promising young classical  guitarists.
He has won numerous competitions including  the American String Teachers Association regional competition held in
 Richmond, Virginia and the Appalachian Guitar Festival
Solo Competition in Boone, North Carolina, and
for two years in a row, he was named a semi-finalist in the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Competition.
Celia Linde
Sunday, March 15,  2009,  7:00 PM
General Admission - $15; Student/Seniors - $12;
Members - Free

"Celia Linde is extremely gifted for the right interpretation
of serious music on the guitar, her technique is excellent
and her musicianship exact, noble and expressive!"

 - Andrés Segovia



PCGS Student Guitar Competition,  
Semifinal Round


Saturday, April 18, 2009,  2:00 PM
First Unitarian Church
2135 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA
General - $10, Students/Seniors/Members - $5

Semifinalists are announced!

     
James Day, guitar and Judith Bettina, soprano
Present an evening of voice and guitar with
composer Eric Sessler

Saturday - April 18, 2009
Pre-concert discussion - 6:30 p.m.
Concert - 8:00 p.m.

The Philadelphia Ethical Society
1906 Rittenhouse Sq
Philadelphia, PA

General Admission - $20; Student/Seniors - $15;
Members - $10

This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA).  State government funding for the arts depends upon annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.  PPA is administered in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.  Additional support is provided by PECO.


   
Annual Guitar Festival
Sunday, April 19,  2009, 10:30 AM -  9:00 PM

The day's events include a master class and concert by
 Martha Masters, Wang Yameng and Su Meng Guitar Duo, professional seminars, student recitals,  vendor's fair,
PCGS Student Guitar Competition, and the
PCGS Classical Guitar Orchestra.

     This is an All-Day event including the
 final round of the
PCGS Student Guitar Competition.

Schedule of the Day
Events will take place in
two seperate concert halls.
(More information to be posted soon)

10:00 - 11:00 Student recital
11:00 - 1:00 Student Guitar Competition
12:00 - 1:00 Student recital
1:00 - 3:00 Master class with Martha Masters
2:00 - 3:00 Student recital
4:00 - 5:00 Wang Yameng & Su Meng Duo
4:00 - 5:00 Student recital
5:30 - 6:00 Last Year's competition winner performance
6:30 - 7:00 Orchestra
7:30 - 9:00 Martha Masters



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