Saturday, May 28, 2011

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2011

DR. RENE GONZALEZ (Classical Guitar)
TOM LIPPINCOTT (Jazz Guitar)

Clark Recital Hall, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
5501 San Amaro Dr.  Coral Gables

For info (305) 284-2083
Tickets available at the door.
Adults $15   Students $8
Concert Series Package Price: $30

 Concerts/Master Classes

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2011

YOVIANNA GARCIA
WILLIAM YELVERTON

June 17  8:00 p.m.
Clark Recital Hall, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
5501 San Amaro Dr.  Coral Gables

For info (305) 284-2083
Tickets available at the door.
Adults $15   Students $8
Concert Series Package Price: $30
 Concerts/Master Classes

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2011

THE MIAMI GUITAR TRIO 
June 18  4:00 p.m.

Clark Recital Hall, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
5501 San Amaro Dr.  Coral Gables

For info (305) 284-2083
Tickets available at the door.
Adults $15   Students $8
Concert Series Package Price: $30
 Concerts/Master Classes

 

Monday, May 16, 2011

PERFORMERS 2011

TOM LIPPINCOTT
8 string - composer - teacher




Background and Education

I was born in New Jersey in 1966 and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I began playing trombone in sixth grade band and, after hearing Beatles records as a teenager, was inspired to take up guitar as well. I soon became interested in jazz and classical guitar and started taking lessons in both with Randy Wimer while in high school. I continued playing trombone throughout my first year of music school at the University of North Texas before finally switching to guitar. While at UNT, I studied under Jack Peterson, Phillip Hill, and Rick Peckham and received a bachelor's degree in jazz studies in 1988. In the fall of '88, I accepted a graduate teaching assistantship at the University of Miami and moved to South Florida to become the school's jazz guitar TA. While attending U of M, I studied under Randall Dollahon, and, as a member of the concert jazz band, I performed with jazz greats Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer. In 1990, I received a master's degree in jazz performance.

Since then, I have continued my studies by taking private lessons with guitar guru Mick Goodrick, and jazz drum great Ari Hoenig.

Throughout my professional career, I have taught lessons privately and have taught jazz guitar at Broward Community College, Florida Atlantic University, and Miami's New World High School of the Arts. In 2002, I became an adjunct instructor at Miami/Dade College's Kendall Campus where I currently teach jazz improvisation, guitar ensemble, and private jazz guitar lessons. Since 2007, I have taught guitar ensemble and private lessons as an adjunct professor at Florida International University as well.

Performances

I've been performing in South Florida since 1990 as a freelance guitarist, playing gigs and recording I've also traveled to other areas of the U.S. to perform, as well as to the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. In addition to performing as a solo jazz and classical guitarist, I've led my own groups, including the Tom Lippincott Trio, and I was co-leader of the group Bluez Imbabwe with vocalist Adriana Samargia. In addition to my own trio, I also maintain memberships in several other jazz and improvised music groups, including The Chassidic Jazz Project, The Miami Jazz Quartet, and the Rucker/Lippincott Duo (with drummer Steve Rucker. I've had the opportunity to perform and/or record with such jazz luminaries as Ed Schuller, Don Friedman, Carlos Averhoff, Gary Campbell, John Stowell, Ben Monder, Jonathan Kreisberg, John Fedchock, and Dave Liebman, among others..

Recordings, Compositions, and Accolades

The 1990 release Extra Strength by the group Active Ingredient features my playing, as well as five of my compositions. I was the winner of the jazz category of Guitar Player Magazine's 1992 Ultimate Guitar Competition, and I was featured as artist of the month in the magazine's Spotlight column. In 2002 I received an honorable mention in the JazzConnect jazz competition for my solo guitar version of "Green Dolphin Street." I have one CD out with my trio, released in 2000, and entitled "Painting the Slow Train Brown."
The CD, which consists of my original post modern jazz compositions and performances features longtime collaborators Randy Ward on bass, John Yarling on drums, and special guest Nicole Yarling on violin.

http://www.tomlippincott.com/

Friday, April 22, 2011

PERFORMERS 2011


                                                                      
Puerto Rican guitarist, composer, and teacher YOVIANNA GARCIA ALVARADO is becoming known as a unique, young promise in the classical guitar scene. Born into a family of musicians in Ponce, she began violin studies at the Escuela Libre de Música Juan Morel Campos at the age of eight and later enrolled in the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos to study classical guitar with Santos Torres Toro and Héctor Hernández Maldonado. She later went on to earn a Bachelor of Music Degree in classical guitar performance from the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico where she studied with Leonardo Egúrbida. She recently completed a Master of Music degree in classical guitar performance at the Hartt School of Music under the guidance of Richard Provost and Christopher Ladd.

Her compositions have been performed by artists such as the 2010 CMA/ASCAP Innovative Programming and Commitment to Featuring New Works Award winner, the Alturas Duo. García's music has been featured in festivals in Puerto Rico and the United States including most recently the New Music Hartford contemporary music festival, the Annual Women Composers Festival in Hartford, Connecticut; and the Primer Festival de Guitarra Clásica in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

PERFORMERS 2011


THE MIAMI GUITAR TRIO, a unique chamber group in South Florida, was formed in 2009 and is comprised of Federico Bonacossa, Federico Musgrove, and Alan Nguyen.   Their nationalities and ethnic backgrounds are characteristic of the diverse environment of the region.  Recent performances by the group include a commission by the Society of Composers, Inc. to perform a concert of original works written by composition students of the University of Miami.  The group has also performed for the Sarasota Guitar Society and at the Miami International Guitar Festival.  Most recently, they performed an all-baroque program  for the  Miami Bach Society and were featured on NPR's South Florida station in a live concert and interview.  The Miami Guitar Trio concerts feature a wide array of early to contemporary music including original compositions and arrangements.    The group’s mission is to expand guitar trio repertoire through commissions, original compositions, and arrangements of music for other instruments. 

http://www.miamiguitartrio.com/Miami_Guitar_Trio/Welcome.html

PERFORMERS 2011


                                                                                
William Yelverton's exceptionally diverse repertoire and brilliant technique set him apart as one of today's most exciting and unique concert artists. He is an award-winning classical guitarist whose eclectic recital programs often include jazz, folk, latin, and flamenco, together with early music performed on Renaissance lute. As an authority on the art of guitar transcription, his unprecedented performances and recordings of masterworks by great composers have received wide critical acclaim. His debut CD, "Harpsichord Music on Guitar" was cited as "first-rate" by Guitar Review.

William Yelverton holds a Doctorate in Guitar Performance from the Florida State University and has won top prizes in the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition and the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition. As an instructor, he has given masterclasses throughout the US and has been invited to teach at the National Guitar Workshop's "Classical Summit" in Connecticut. He currently directs guitar studies at Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee where he is Professor of Music.

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~yelverto/promo.html