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Guitar music of Spain
Gavilan College Theater
Tickets $5 students and seniors |
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Corey Whitehead Corey Whitehead has performed classical and flamenco guitar in festivals and on television and radio in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Italy, France, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Yemen and has performed on numerous occasions at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington D.C. His duo "Douze Cordes" with guitarist Michael Bard has performed in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy and Chile on three tours as Cultural Ambassadors of the U.S. Department of State performing for royalty and dignitaries, in festivals, and on television and radio. In May 2006 he was appointed Assistant Professor in the area of Guitar Performance, (Classical, Flamenco, Jazz) at California State University, Fresno. His guitar method book co-authored with Juan Serrano entitled "The Flamenco/Classical Guitar Tradition" will be released worldwide on Mel Bay Publications in 2008. Corey’s solo CDs are available on cdbaby.com. He has previously taught at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., The Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ. He holds his Doctor of Musical Arts, Masters, and Bachelors Degrees in Guitar Performance from the University of Arizona where he studied with Thomas Patterson. He has studied extensively with Juan Serrano and at the Curso Flamenco XIV in Sanlúcar de Barremeda, Spain with Gerardo Núñez and in La forma y naturaleza de la guitarra flamenca with Manolo Sanlúcar. Albert Marqués, winner of many guitar competitions and the recipient of many accolades will perfom May 17 at Gavilan College. Known as El Ajito in the flamenco world, Albert was born into a family where flamenco was a part of life. Albert’s first teacher was his father. Later he went on to study with legendary guitarist, Mariano Cordoba. Wanting to pursue his dreams in Flamenco, Marqués moved to Spain in 1989 and studied with Chicuelo. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1992, Marqués went to CSU, Fresno to study with yet another world renowned guitarist, Juan Serrano. In addition, Albert has also played and studied with Spanish guitarists Juan Manual Canizares, Jose Roldan, Gerardo Nunez and Paco Fernandez to name a few. Some of Albert’s most recent projects include the song, “Piel de Seda” for the movie soundtrack, It’ll Happen. In January of 2007, Albert was a featured guitarist for the concert series, Dynamic Guitars, held at the Historic Hoover Center in San Jose.
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Gavilan Bookstore 408-848-4742 |
Porcella's Music Monterey St., Gilroy 408-842-3712 |
Gilroy Guitar Gallery Fifth St., Gilroy 408-847-6350 |
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www.gavilan.edu/music |
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