AT CAFE ACOUSTIC (ST. JOSEPH, MO)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Free Guitar Masterclass
Café Acoustic (2605 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO)
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Time: 7:00 PM – Close
Professors: Jason Riley, Anthony Glise (Missouri Western Guitar Professors-BIOS BELOW)
See flyer: the MoWest Guitar Program
Performers: Missouri Western Guitar Majors -
Free coaching also open to local guitarists (bring your own guitar)
Sponsor: Café Acoustic and the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition
Contact: Café Acoustic: (816) 671-1141
Missouri Western Music Department: (816)271-4420
The public is invited to this season’s first free Guitar Masterclass at Café Acoustic, 2605 Frederick Ave., Wednesday, September 27, beginning at 7:00 PM to close, featuring guitar majors from the music department at Missouri Western State University, sponsor of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition (May 15-20, ‘07).
In addition, local guitarists are invited to bring their guitars and receive a free coaching from the Missouri Western guitar faculty. All ages and musical styles are welcome.
The Masterclass will be taught by Jason Riley (head of the commercial guitar program) and Anthony Glise (head of the classical guitar program), who is the 2006 recipient of the Missouri Arts Council’s award as “Individual Artist of the Year,” presented at the State Capital by Governor Matt Blunt.
A Masterclass is an open music lesson where students perform for an audience and are then coached in front of the audience by a professor on various musical subjects including technique, stage presence, anatomy, historical performance practice and musicianship as well as discussions on career development, management, recording and publishing contracts, etc.
The Masterclasses are planned on a monthly basis at Café Acoustic and each Masterclass offers the public a chance to hear upper-level guitar students and watch the coaching process.
These free public Masterclasses are part of the community outreach program of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and Competition.
In it’s fifth year, the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival is one of the largest and most respected guitar festivals in the US and has previously featured some of the world’s leading guitarists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Uruguay and throughout the US. (see: http://www.MissouriWestern.edu/guitarfestival/).
Commercial endorsement for the festival competition prizes include support from Marshall Amplification (London), Wegen Picks (Holland), Fondazione Araniti (Italy) and US firms, Mel Bay Publications, LaBella Strings, Ransomed Productions and Audio Technica Microphones.
For information about the free Masterclass, contact Café Acoustic at (816) 671-1141.
Information about the Missouri Western Guitar Program is available from the MoWest Music Office, 271-4420.