Glise on Guitar

Dear Friends,

As founder and director of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition I’m very sorry to announce that the festival will not take place this year as planned for May, 2008.

There have been logistic issues in the time line for presenting the 2008 festival that have made it impossible to produce the festival this year at the level of professionalism that we have in the past.

Rather than risk having the festival not live up to the tremendous reputation that we have developed internationally, it is necessary to cancel this year in hopes that the event can be relaunched in the future.

I look forward to keep you apprised of further developments and I remain,

With Best Regards,
Anthony Glise,
Director,
St. Joseph International
Guitar Festival & Competition

The public is invited to a free Guitar Masterclass at Café Acoustic, 2605 Frederick Ave., Wednesday, April 9, beginning at 6:30 PM, featuring guitar majors from the music department at Missouri Western State University.

Local guitarists are also invited to bring their guitars and receive a free coaching. All ages and musical styles are welcome.

The Masterclass will be taught by Anthony Glise, who was the 2006 recipient of the Missouri Arts Council’s award as “Individual Artist of the Year,” presented at the State Capital by Governor Matt Blunt.

A Masterclass is an open music lesson where students perform for an audience and are then coached in front of the audience by a professor on various musical subjects including technique, stage presence, anatomy, historical performance practice and musicianship as well as discussions on career development, management, recording and publishing contracts, etc.

THE NOVA PROJECT has just been contracted as headliners for the international music festival, Nuits de Hautcombe August 9-10, held at the Abbey Hautcombe, on Lake Bourget near Lyon, France. The Abbey was founded in the 11th-Century and is the burial site of the last King of Savoy.

The festival is sponsored by the Communauté de Chemin Neuf. Additional European Tour dates include Northern France, Belgium and Western Germany.

The Nova Project is an avant-garde “classical prog” ensemble featuring Anthony Glise, Jason Riley [guitars] James Kew [6-string electric ‘cello] and Nick Baker [percussion].