Summer Guitar Conservatory

Congratulations go out to Gwenyth Aggeler, who just came in First Place in the Domaine Forget 2022 July 4 Guitar Competition in Quebec, Canada! Ms. Aggeler is an outstanding performer as well as a thoughtful guitar teacher! On behalf of all the other faculty of the Conservatory, we give you a STANDING OVATION !! Bravo! Bravo!

The Summer Guitar Conservatory 2022 is in FULL SWING and we'll continue with rehearsals tomorrow. All Houston guitar enthusiasts are invited to come by for the Concert Finale on THURSDAY, JUNE 23 at 1:30pm, Meyerland PVA Middle School. The concert is free and open to the public (Please RSVP and arrive a little early to check in at the main office).

Here's something fun: an in-person guitar concert with Grisha and local guitar students! Tuesday November 16 in Houston, Texas. Proceeds from this concert will be applied to student scholarships for next years Summer Guitar Conservatory (June 20-23, 2022). More details: https://www.guitarinitiative.org/concert-tickets

Dear guitar students and guitar student parents,

I wanted to share with you these workshops for guitar students to study and improve their skills in the remaining weeks of July and August.

Guitar Workshops:

Jazz on the Classical Guitar and
Classical Guitar for Fun and Success
Taught by Mr. Edward Grigassy -- 4-week courses
July 13 - August 5, Tues/Thurs 5:30pm / 6:40pm
(missed sessions can be made-up)
Public Recital for Participants: August 5, 6:30pm
https://sites.google.com/view/grigassy-guitar-studio/summer-classes

Please contact me if you have any questions at:
Edward Grigassy, [email protected], 832-693-8345

Sincere best regards of the day,
Have a fun summer!
-
Edward Grigassy
Houston, Texas, USA
Instructor, Bellaire HS Guitar

Summer Guitar Conservatory The Summer Guitar Conservatory takes place June 21-24, 2021 at Meyerland PVA Middle School (in Houston). Adult classes, Teacher Workshops.

Hi friends and guitar enthusiasts! I'm excited to share something fun! We are having an in-person Summer Guitar Conservatory, June 21-24, in Houston, Texas! There is an adult classical guitar class, an adult beginner class and a music teacher workshop! The adult class for complete beginners is new this year! Now it's time to focus on you! Come learn or develop your chops! Thanks to Mr. Flutur, Meyerland PVA Middle School, and HISD. Please feel free to share. Thank you for your time. Happy practicing! www.summerguitarconservatory.com/adult-class www.summerguitarconservatory.com/teacher-r-d

Excited to once again have a true guitar SUPERHERO in Houston for our Bellaire HS Spring Recitals -- Grisha Goryachev! Come support our summer camp and hear the maestro perform Sunday May 5, 2019 - 2:00pm Ecclesia on the West Side church. Bellaire HS Honors Guitar students will also be featured. All proceeds go to support the Summer Guitar Conservatory, which is FREE for students!

Concert Tickets - Guitar Initiative, Inc. Guitar Initiative is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the objective of creating and supporting new guitar education opportunities for students in schools and in the community. Our mission is to train current Houston-area teachers, especially general music, band, choir and orchestra teachers,...

Houston friends, please come to our next house concert and Wednesday workshop, Sep. 27 and 26 respectively. Marcus Tardelli is one of the greatest artists of the guitar performing today!

Guitar Initiative proudly presents:
Marcus Tardelli
LIVE - IN CONCERT
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Wine & appetizers at 7:00pm
Concert starts at 7:30pm
Tickets are $45

Brazilian Rhythms for Classical Guitar Workshop
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Workshop from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Tickets are $30
(Bring your guitar!)

Dear guitar lovers,

I'm so excited to invite you to attend two wonderful guitar education events, starting with the Thursday, September 27, 2018 live concert of Marcus Tardelli, classical guitarist. Marcus Tardelli has left a lasting impression on me as a world-class musician, a revolutionary technical master of the instrument and a true, genuine, kind person. I am so excited to share this Thursday concert with you!

In addition, Marcus will be giving a Brazilian rhythm workshop on the night before his concert here in Houston. I hope that you'll be able to make at least one of these wonderful events! Both events will be at a private home in the Heights neighborhood of Houston.

The concert and workshop are both fundraising events for the Summer Guitar Conservatory classical guitar camp at Pershing Middle School, June 10-13, 2019. This guitar camp is free for students and is based on ensemble rehearsal and performance. Please consider a donation to sponsor one or more students at this four-day intensive music camp. Thank you.

Tickets are available for these events.

To purchase tickets to either event, please visit the Tickets page:

www.guitarinitiative.org/concert-tickets

Before Marcus performs on Thursday, we will feature some very talented local classical guitar students and young professionals.

Thank you for supporting music education for young people!

We'll see you at the show,
Kindest regards,
-- Edward Grigassy

(Guitar Initiative is a 501c3 non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting guitar education in schools and in the community.)

About Marcus Tardelli:

Marcus Tardelli is one of the most remarkable guitarists to emerge from Brazil. From a very young age, he was deeply interested in music and drawn particularly to orchestral works. The guitar, however, was the only instrument available to him, so he developed ways to play the orchestral harmonies he loved, and ultimately created a new school of thought in guitar technique.

By age 16, Marcus had established a repertoire of nearly 100 pieces including the 12 studies by Villa Lobos, three concertos for guitar and orchestra, transcriptions of orchestral pieces, and several of his own arrangements of Brazilian music. He graduated from the National
Music School of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1999.

Turibio Santos invited him to close the 38th Villa Lobos Festival in 2000 with the Pró-Música Orchestra in Rio’s Cecilia Meirelles concert hall. From 2001 to 2005, he was soloist for the guitar quartet Maogani and during that period won three of the most important awards in Brazilian music: the Prêmio Caras de Música (2001), Prêmio Rival Br de Música (2004), and Prêmio Tim de Música Brasileira (2005).

In 2005, he returned to his first love – playing solo – and made his first solo recording, applying his unique approach to the compositions of Guinga, a composer who is among the greatest names in Brazilian music. Marcus wrote the arrangements, and Guinga produced the recording, providing the composer’s endorsement and stamp of authenticity. Brazil is the nation of the guitar, so it is noteworthy that Unha e Carne, Marcus Tardelli interpreta Guinga was recognized by critics from the newspaper Folha de São Paulo to be one of the five most important guitar recordings of all time.

He is now turning his artistic vision towards two new bodies of repertoire – MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) including works by Tom Jobim, Ernesto Nazareth, Vinicius de Moraes, and Baden Powell; and the classical composers who influenced popular music, including Ravel, Fauré, Debussy, Villa-Lobos, Scriabin, and Gershwin.

More information at: https://www.musica-extraordinaria.com/tardelli

Guitar Initiative Guitar Initiative is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the objective of creating and supporting new guitar education opportunities for students in schools and in the community. Our mission is to train current Houston-area teachers, especially general music, band, choir and orchestra teachers,...

The Summer Guitar Conservatory is in full swing! We have 65 students, 9 teachers in the teacher workshop and 7 adult students working intensely to perfect the beauty of their ensemble music. We are performing on Thursday, June 21, 1:30pm at the Pershing Middle School Auditorium. Please come and cheer on these musicians studying to learn even more guitar!

Here is our flyer for SGC 2018: Please share with students and teachers -- Registration is open for the June 18-21, 2018 Conservatory