In the Olive Grove by Brian Katz (b. 1955-) Brian Katz (b. 1955) is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, pianist, recording artist, improviser, composer, and music educator. As a performer and composer, he is noted for bringing classical and world music influences to modern jazz and Jewish music, and is highly regarded as a “free” music …
BWV 819 Bourree by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.
Rêves d’été (Summer Dreams) by Michael Yukich (b. 1955) Michael Yukich is a board member of the Guitar Society of Toronto. “Summer Dreams” is a fairly easy piece to be played freely with expression. This piece consists of arpeggios (notes of a chord played one after the other) using a lot of open strings.
Song without Words No.1 by Ferdinand Rebay (1880-1953) Ferdinand Rebay (1880-1953) was an Austrian composer, music teacher, choir director, and pianist. Reaby studied both violin and piano from an early age. His mother had studied piano with Anton Bruckner, and his father co-owned a publishing firm Rebay & Robitschek. At the age of only ten, …
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Melancholy Tango by Richard Summers (b. 1953-) Mr. Summers (b.1953) has performed extensively as a duo and ensemble guitarist, and can be heard in recording with the award-winning Victoria Scholars on their Christmas CD. He was a finalist in the Guitar Player Magazine “Ultimate Guitar Competition”, classical category, and has been featured in Guitar Player’s …
Little 5 String Waltz (Petite valse des cinq cordes) by Francis Kleynjans (b. 1951-) Francis Kleynjans (b. 1951) began his classical guitar studies at the age of 14. He worked with Alexandre Lagoya at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris, and later with the renowned Venezuelan guitarist Alirio Diaz. He received a scholarship from …
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Gentle Waltz by Brian Katz (b. 1955-) Brian Katz (b. 1955) is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, pianist, recording artist, improviser, composer, and music educator. As a performer and composer, he is noted for bringing classical and world music influences to modern jazz and Jewish music, and is highly regarded as a “free” music improviser. Brian …
Bord de Mer by Yvon Demillac (b. 1951-) Yvon Demillac (b. 1951) studied guitar with Carel Harms and Alexandre Lagoya. He has taught at the conservatoire régional d’Angers (France) since 1979. Meanwhile, he has pursued his musical activity especially in the repertoire for two guitars; flute, guitar; chamber music and the show «Platero y yo» …
Potrero Hill by Sergio Assad (1952-) Sergio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother, Odair in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as the Assadbrothers or Duo Assad. Over the last twenty years Assad has concentrated most of his efforts on building a repertoire …
Waltz No.1 by Johann Strauss (1825-1899) Johann Baptist Strauss I (1804 -1849), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he popularized alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons—Johann, Josef and Eduard—to carry on his musical dynasty.
