Mar 04 2018
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: From Bluegrass to Bach

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: From Bluegrass to Bach

Presented by Soka Performing Arts Center at Soka Performing Arts Center

The Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet’s inventive, critically-acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at classical music, and their interpretations of contemporary works continually break new ground.

John Dearman is a versatile guitarist whose repertoire ranges from samba to bluegrass, and from flamenco to classical. He enriches the sound of the LAGQ by performing on a unique seven-string guitar with extended upper and lower registers.

Matthew Greif is a classical guitarist with an extensive background playing in other styles, such as jazz, rock, flamenco, and bluegrass. William Kanengiser displays a unique to the exploration of jazz currents for classical guitar. Scott Tennant is celebrated as a world-class performer, author, and teacher.

The program features a range of genres including a new work by Pat Metheny, “Road to the Sun,” commissioned for the LAGQ by a consortium of presenters, including Soka University of America.

Admission Info

Tickets: $50 ($40 student/senior)

Phone: 949-480-4278

Email: tickets@soka.edu

Dates & Times

2018/03/04 - 2018/03/04

Location Info

Soka Performing Arts Center

1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656