Classical Guitar Society Opens Season at Graham Chapel（英文）

1984年9月

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Guitarist Michael Lorimer holding his instrument.

Historical September 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

Guitarist Michael Lorimer, acclaimed as the world’s finest performer of the Baroque guitar, will open the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society’s 1984-85 Guest Artist Concert and Lecture Series with performances on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Graham Chapel on the Washington University campus, and Friday, Sept. 21, at the Ethical Society auditorium, 9001 Clayton Road.

The performances will feature music for the Baroque guitar (played on an exact replica of a period instrument), and traditional works by Spanish composers on the classical guitar, beginning at 8:30 p.m. each evening.

Admission is $8, $5 for seniors, full-time students, and children. Mr. Lorimer will also present a lecture/ demonstration entitled “The Guitar— Then and Now,” which will include performance on the Baroque guitar, the 19th century classical guitar, and the modern concert instrument, to take place on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Washington University Music Department, Blewett Hall B, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Admission is $10, free to Guitar Society members.

The Society is offering its regular series of four Thursday night concerts at Graham Chapel for the first time, a series co-sponsored by the Washington University Music Department.

The Friday night series will continue to be offered at the Ethical Society.

The other series artists will be Bach-specialist Benjamin Verdery, Nov. 29 and 30; the Musicians of Swanne Alley, the fourmember early music ensemble headed by lutanist Paul O’Dette, Feb. 21 and 22, 1985; and Pepe Romero of the famed Romero Family quartet, May 2 and 3, 1985. Season tickets are available at $45 for families, $40 for couples, $25 for individuals, and $15 for full-time students. Society memberships which allow free admission to the lecture/demonstration series are available for $15.

For further information you may call the Guitar Society at 725-0739.

In addition to the Guest Artist Series, the Society is presenting the well-known recording artist Julian Bream in a special co-sponsorship with the St. Louis Conservatory and Schools for the Arts on Sunday, November 4, 8:00 p.m. at CASA. Tickets are $16, $12, $9, and $6, and available at the CASA Box Office beginning September 17. Call 863-3033 for information.

The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society is a not-for-profit community organization founded to promote and foster an understanding and appreciation of the classical guitar and allied string instruments such as the Baroque guitar and lute.

One of the nation’s oldest guitar societies, it was founded in 1963 in honor of George C. Krick (1871-1962), a local guitarist and teacher who inspired the first generation of classical guitarists in St. Louis.

The Society has undergone a significant expansion in recent years, and is currently one of the most active guitar organizations in the country, with 16 events open to the public for the upcoming season. Its Guest Artist series is the only one in the nation to offer two consecutive performances by each of its series artists, and the only exclusively-guitar series receiving financial support from the Washington-based National Endowment for the Arts.

The Society has 82 members, and informal performances are held three times yearly to avail members the opportunity to play for the public.

The first such meeting is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Women’s Building at Washington University.

These membership programs are open to the public at no charge.

The Guitar Society is governed by a four-member Board of Directors: Alan Rosenkoetter, Chairman; Paul Deming, Director of Development; Larry Bolles, Secretary; and Rodney Stucky, Public Affairs. Its Executive Officers are Bill Evans-Ash, President; Kathy EvansAsh, Vice-President; and Bill Dreas, Treasurer. Volunteer Staff members are David and Kimberly Hammock, Membership Directors; Tom Moore, Lecture Series Director; and Bill Krause, Hospitality.