August 18-21, 2020
General admission, $25; students, $15 and seniors $20, Series subscription $80
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 – Richard Todd/Guitar Hamilton Winner (TBA)
8pm, Sauble Beach Community Center, 30 Community Center Dr., Sauble Beach, tickets at the door.
Richard Todd (USA)
A native of Nashville, Richard Todd began classical guitar studies in his youth with Joe Rea Phillips. Subsequently, he received the Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas. He also received the Diploma di Merito from the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, under the guidance of Oscar Gighlia. Additionally, he studied extensively with world-renowned guitarist Matteo Mela in Cremona, Italy. In these formative years he earned a number of awards, including First Prize in both the Music Teachers’ National Association Competition and the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition.
Over the years, Todd has maintained an active performing career, having played at numerous national and international festivals throughout the U.S., Italy, Slovenia and Canada. Soundboard Magazine has described his playing as “subtly brilliant,” displaying “rich tone, effortless phrasing and a masterful use of silence.” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram noted his playing for its “considerable energy and impressive virtuosity.” His CD recording in duo with Atlanta guitarist John Huston, Pura Vida (www.soundset.com), was described by Soundboard as “powerful and dramatic.”
In addition to his teaching duties at Vanderbilt, Todd is Associate Professor of Music at Tennessee State University, where he serves as Coordinator of both the String and Music Theory areas. He also serves as President of the Middle Tennessee Guitar Alliance (www.middletennesseeguitaralliance.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering guitar artistry, outreach and education in the Greater Nashville area.
Guitar Hamilton Competition Winner (TBA)
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 – Alejandro Valencia/Guitare Montréal Winner (TBA),
8pm, Sauble Beach Community Center, 30 Community enter Dr., Sauble Beach, tickets at the door.
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 -Michael Kolk/ Marc Teicholz
8pm, Sauble Beach Community Center, 30 Community enter Dr., Sauble Beach, tickets at the door.
Michael Kolk (Canada)
Michael Kolk has performed at music festivals and concert halls throughout Europe and North America and has been called “one of the most musical guitarists performing and recording today” (This is Classical Guitar). Liona Boyd has described him as “one of the most brilliant and expressive classical guitarists I have heard in my life”. A winner of numerous guitar competitions, he has released two solo albums to date, as well as two albums as part of the Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo. Michael has collaborated with musicians in both classical and popular genres and made his orchestral debut as soloist with the Toronto Philharmonia. His most recent solo album, Mosaic, released by Alma Records in February 2014, was praised as “playing and musicianship of the highest order” by Whole Note Magazine. Originally from Vancouver, Michael currently lives and teaches in Toronto. He holds a Performer’s ARCT from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and a Master’s Degree in Guitar Performance from the University of Toronto where he studied with Jeffrey McFadden
Marc Teicholz (USA)
Described by Gramophone as “arguably the best of the new young guitarists to have emerged,” and by Soundboard magazine as “among the best we have ever heard,” Teicholz’s performances throughout the world include tours of the United States, Canada, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Fiji. His recitals and master classes have received critical acclaim, and he has been featured in concert with orchestras in Spain, Portugal, California and Hawaii.
He has also had new works written specially for him. Most recently, Teicholz debuted Clarice Assad’s Concerto for Guitar, O Saci-Pererê, at the Biasini Festival in San Francisco. Teicholz tours the United States extensively with The Festival of Four. He is featured on the pilot soundtrack for George Lucas’ Young Indiana Jones, and has recorded solo CDs for Naxos, Sugo, Menus and Music, and most recently, Guitar Salon International. His latest solo disc, Valseana, presents works performed on historic guitars of the period of each musical selection. On Delos records, he has recently released “Open your Heart” with soprano Laura Claycomb, featuring mixed 19th and 20th century composers.
For Naxos, Marc Teicholz has made his mark with two collections of Sor’s music already committed to disc. In a show of his versatility, he has also recorded the fifth volume of the collected works for guitar by the 19th Century French virtuoso guitarist and composer Napoleon Coste.
Teicholz, currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory, teaches in the summer at the California Summer Arts Festival and the Weatherfield Music festival in Vermont. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Yale School of Music, and holds a J.D. from the University of California Berkeley Boalt School of Law.
Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 -Guitar Orchestra/ Participants Showcase/Faculty Gala Concert – Jeffrey McFadden, Brent Crawford, Emma Rush, Michael Kolk, Richard Todd, Patrick Kearney, Marc Teicholz.
The final event of the festival! Featuring our talented faculty performing together!
8pm, Sauble Beach Community Center, 30 Community enter Dr., Sauble Beach, tickets at the door.