The music department at University of the South will host the Sewanee Guitar Festival, Thursday–Saturday, March 6–8. The festival will feature performances from world-renowned classical guitarists Guido Sanchez and Stanley Yates.
In conjunction with the festival, Maestro César Leal and the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will present “Steppin’ Out: An Evening of Soloists with the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 7, in Guerry Auditorium. All events are free and open to the public.
Sanchez will present a concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 6, at St. Luke’s Chapel. He is currently an adjunct lecturer at the Jacobs School of Music in Indiana University, where he teaches courses in Latin American music history and techniques for arranging in Latin styles.
At 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 8, Stanley Yates will perform in St. Luke’s Chapel. Described as “one of an elite breed of guitarists,” Yates is professor of music and director of guitar studies at Austin Peay State University.
Soloists on Friday night will be Sewanee faculty members Lucas Finney (guitar) and Abi Coffer (flute), and Sewanee students Carolyn Ramseur (voice) and Huiqi Xu (piano).
The Guitar Festival has been made possible in part by presenting series sponsors KK’s Music and Support Local Independent Music. For more information about the festival go to <www.sewaneeguitar.com>.
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