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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

May 2, 2009 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm

17 E. Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 8 p.m. Friedberg Hall, Peabody Conservatory Tickets: $35 general admission ($30 BCGS members, seniors, full-time students with ID) Contact: www.bcgs.org 410-247-5320 admin@bcgs.org ?An inspired yet deceptively easygoing virtuosity that exists when discipline and spontaneity are balanced to perfection.? (The Washington Post) Celebrating their twenty-seventh year on the concert stage, the members of the GRAMMY®-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet continue to set the standard for expression and virtuosity among guitar ensembles, while perennially redefining themselves in their musical explorations. With over a dozen recordings over the past two decades, they have established themselves as masters of the classics, as well as the creators of the unique syntheses of world-music and contemporary styles that have made the ?LAGQ-sound? a favorite around the world. With the release of their newest Telarc recording, LAGQ Brazil in September 2007, the group finds itself writing a new chapter in its history. The three founding members John Dearman, William Kanengiser, and Scott Tennant welcome long-time friend Matthew Greif into the group, and this recording showcases his agile musicianship, cultured sound, and mature jazz skills. The genesis of the Brazilian-flavored CD began with a touring collaboration of LAGQ with the brilliant Brazilian singer Luciana Souza in 2006; with over a dozen concerts, including one at Zankel Hall (Carnegie) in New York, this joint project yielded a number of newly composed and specially arranged pieces exploring the music of Brazil. In discovering common musical ground with Ms. Souza, LAGQ was inspired to fully explore the rich traditions of Brazilian music, and to find connections with American forms such as jazz, blues, and funk. LAGQ is already actively planning its next recording project, a Bach celebration, and is working to expand its repertoire with new concerto commissions by Sergio Assad and Carlos Rafael Rivera. Their active touring schedule takes them throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.