The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is coming to Minnesota State University Moorhead for a Thursday, Nov. 5 performance on the Gaede Stage in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
The show starts at 7:30 p.m. It is is the third event in this season’s MSUM Cheryl Nelson Lossett Performing Arts Series.
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. The group performs programs ranging from bluegrass to Bach. They consistently play to sold-out houses worldwide.
Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground.
Programs include Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk and American Classics that transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience.
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Their performance at MSUM builds upon favorites from their 2005 Grammy-Award winning “Guitar Heroes” disc, with pieces by Chet Atkins, Dweezil Zappa, Pat Methany, and Gerónimo Giminez.
The performance also includes the world premiere of a new work written for them by Tilman Hoppstock, music by Carlos Rivera and Manuel DeFalla, and music from the time of Cervantes.
The four musicians will also lead a guitar techniques workshop, designed not just for classical guitarists, but for all guitarists, at noon on the same day. The workshop is free and open to the public to observe.
For more information on the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, go to www.lagq.com .
For show tickets, call the MSUM Box Office (hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 4 p.m.) at 218-477-2271, buy online at www.mnstate.edu/tickets , or buy at the door the night of the performance, if not sold out.
