Tired of loud and screaming music?
Classical guitarist Gerald Klickstein will perform in Rosen Concert
Hall at the Broyhill Music Center on Nov. 12.
Gerald Klickstein performed at Appalachian State University in 1999
and returns Tuesday for a second performance.
The recital, “Crossing the Oceans,” is sponsored by the
Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music and will consist of music from
many diverse world cultures. Countries include Australia, Turkey,
Britain, Spain and Latin America, according to information provided
by Dr. Douglas G. James, associate professor of guitar and coordinator
for graduate studies in music.
“The show will be strictly solo instrumental,” said James,
who will be introducing Klickstein before the performance.
Since 1992, Klickstein has been a member of the North Carolina School
of the Arts’ (NCSA) artist-faculty and a member of the Killington
Music Festival in Vermont.
He earned a master’s of music degree from the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music and a bachelor of music degree from the University
of Miami, James said.
Many of his students have gone on to win top prizes in a variety
of guitar competitions.
Including his most current position on the artist-faculty at NCSA,
he has also served on the music faculties of Michigan State University
and the University of Texas at San Antonio, according to the North
Carolina School of the Arts Web site.
Klickstein has performed and taught throughout the United States,
performing both solo recitals and chamber music, as well as conducting
clinics, according to guitar instructor Mel Bay’s Web site.
Bay’s writing and musical arrangements published by Mel Bay
Publications, Southern Music Company, Tuscany Publications, the
American String Teachers Association and the Guitar Foundation of
America, James said.
For the performance at Appalachian, he will be performing “Prelude
No. 1” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, “Themes and Variations”
by Lennox Berkley, “From Kakadu” by Peter Sculthorpe and
many other compositions.
“All the music he will be performing will be from the 20th
century and will all be classical European, Latin American and Mexican
music,” James said.
The show starts at 8 p.m. and is estimated to last for about an
hour and 15 minutes with an intermission.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
“We usually try to bring in a couple of guitarists for the
fall semester, and in the spring we will be hosting a Guitar Fest,
which brings in many international guitarists, on the first weekend
of April,” James said. |
