Anthony Glise on Guitar

Just a fast reminder that this evening (Wed., April 29), at 6:30 PM is the final FREE GUITAR MASTERCLASS of the season at Café Acoustic.

All guitar majors & minors plus different guitar ensembles will be playing their jury pieces so be sure to be there for some great music!
Former guitar students and ALL other Western Music students are also welcome to come by and try out jury pieces (the Café has a well-tuned upright piano!).

The next big event is the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition, May 13-17. PS: we still DESPERATELY need more Home Hosts! Please fill out an application form or call (816) 271-4100.

See you all at the Café AND the Festival!

PS the new radio series, “THE GUITAR IN ST. JOSEPH,” highlighting the festival is still running daily at the St. Joseph Music Foundation!

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.

Dear Friends,
Café Acoustic will host a free Guitar Masterclass, October 10 at 6:00, sponsored in part by the St. Joseph Music Foundation in conjunction with the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival.

The class will be directed by Anthony Glise, head of the guitar program at Missouri Western and will feature guitarists from the university. The class is free and open to the public. Additional guitarists from the region are invited to bring their guitars and take advantage of this evening of free lessons and coaching on the instrument and to hear the diverse repertoire performed by the students.

The newly founded St. Joseph Music Foundation, like the Guitar Festival, is dedicated to various community outreach activities and professional support for musicians and music lovers throughout the region. A representative from the Foundation will be at the Café to answer questions about the upcoming Foundation activities.

For further information contact:
Café Acoustic: (816) 671-1141
Websites: http://www.stjosephmusicfoundation.org/
http://www.missouriwestern.edu/guitarfestival

Dear Guitar Friends,

Just a fast reminder that one of our top Missouri Western guitar majors, Josh Huffman, will be giving his Senior Recital on Wednesday, November 15 at 6:00 PM at Missouri Western, in the Leah Spratt Building, MC 101. The program offers an exceptional selection of classical guitar works and jazz solos. This is free and open to the public.

ALSO…
Immediately following Huffman’s recital, we will all be meeting at Café Acoustic for the monthly (also free and open to the public) St. Joseph Guitar Festival Outreach Masterclass directed by Jason Riley and Anthony Glise. All guitarists, styles and levels are welcome to come for a free lesson and coaching session.

ALSO…
The following night (Thursday, November 16 at 9:00PM)
The Missouri Western State University Rock Guitar Ensemble will perform at Café Acoustic. This electric guitar driven performance ensemble was developed for upper-level commercial music students to perform a variety of classic and contemporary styles with a rock aesthetic. A rock quintet, the group features the double electric guitar work of Josh Huffman and Brett Blakemore supported by Jesse Boley (drum set), Stacie Saythany, (electric bass) and Marshall Carter (guitar). The group uses a contemporary approach and sound concept to present their progressive instrumental arrangements with improvised solos. Besides performing the students also compose and arrange for the ensemble, cover promotional responsibilities, make audio and video recordings and study technical and historical topics.

The upcoming set for Café Acoustic will showcase a diverse repertoire including selections from The Allman Brothers, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck and J.S. Bach while genre-jumping from jazz, bluegrass and surf. The MWSU Rock Guitar Ensemble is directed by adjunct professor of guitar, Jason Riley.

For more information on this unique ensemble, MWSU Guitar Program and Commercial Music Program, call Missouri Western State University, Department of Music (816) 271 4420 or visit http://www.missouriwestern.edu/music

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE !
Anthony Glise

Russian-born Guitarist: Aleksandr Tsiboulski (bio below)
Free Guitar Masterclass (St. Joseph, Missouri)
Café Acoustic – 2605 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, Missouri
Saturday, November 11, 2006, 8:00 PM
INFO: Cafe: 671-1141

Dear Friends,
The Ukrainian-born guitarist Aleksandr Tsiboulski – First Prize Winner at the 2005 St. Joseph International Guitar Festival Competition – is back in the US in St. Joseph, Missouri and will be giving a free, open to the public masterclass for guitarists at Café Acoustic (St. Joseph, MO) this Saturday, November 11 beginning at 8:00 PM.

The masterclass is open to all guitarists and guitar fans of all levels and styles and will be a rare opportunity to meet, hear and study with one of the world’s leading international guitarists – FOR FREE!

The masterclass is being sponsored by the Missouri Western Department of Music in conjunction with the community outreach programs of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival.

Alexandr will also be giving a concert earlier on Saturday sponsored by the Missouri Music Teacher’s Association at William Jewell College, Liberty Missouri, in Gano Chapel, at 3:30 PM.

BIOGRAPHY
The Ukrainian born guitarist Aleksandr Tsiboulski had his first guitar lessons at the age of twelve, shortly after moving to Adelaide. Initially inspired by rock and folk music, he very quickly found himself immersed in the world of the classical guitar after attending, aged 15, masterclasses of the Cuban composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer at the 1995 Darwin International Guitar Festival.

After studying with AndrasTuske in Adelaide, he went on to complete his undergraduate studies with the renowned Australian player and pedagogue, Timothy Kain (Australian National University) and the Argentinean Ernesto Bitetti (Indiana University). He graduated in 2001 from ANU with first class honours, receiving the highest mark awarded for a graduation recital at that school and a prestigious university award. Prior to this, he had already won all the major guitar competitons in Australia: the 1998 Adelaide Guitar Competition, 2000 Australian Guitar Competition and the 2001 City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge (guitar section).

With assistance from such bodies as the Australia Council for the Arts, ArtSA, South Australian Youth Arts Board and the Ian Potter Foundation, he has benefited from continued private study with Carlos Bonnell (UK), David Leisner (USA) and Angelo Gilardino (Italy).

He has been three-time recipient of the Andres Segovia Memorial Scholarship to undertake residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, where he has worked and performed with such artists as Edgar Meyer (bass) and Patrick Gallois (flute), as well as a number of leading instrumentalists and composers of his generation.

Performances have taken him all around Australia, as well as to Great Britain, United States, the former Soviet Union, Mexico, Ireland and Canada.

He was winner of the 2003 Gisborne International Instrumental Competition in New Zealand, one of the high profile competitions for young instrumentalists in Australasia. Most recently, he was winner of three special prizes at the 2004 Havana International Guitar Competition (Cuba), and was awarded the prize of 2004 South Australian Young Achiever of the Year in the Arts.

Most recently, in 2005 Alexandr won First Prize at the prestegious St. Joseph International Guitar Festival Competition in St. Joseph, US sponsored by the Missouri Western State University Department of Music.

MONTHLY MASTERCLASS
AT CAFE ACOUSTIC (ST. JOSEPH, MO)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
PRESS RELEASE IS BELOW — PLEASE PASS ALONG THE INFORMATION

Free Guitar Masterclass
Café Acoustic (2605 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO)
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Time: 8:00 PM – Close
Professors: Jason Riley, Anthony Glise (Missouri Western Guitar Professors-BIOS BELOW)
Performers: Missouri Western Guitar Majors -
Free coaching also open to local guitarists (bring your own guitar)
Sponsor: Café Acoustic and the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition
Contact: Café Acoustic: (816) 671-1141
Missouri Western Music Department: (816)271-4420

The public is invited to this season’s second free Guitar Masterclass at Café Acoustic, 2605 Frederick Ave., Wednesday, October 18, beginning at 8:00 PM to close, featuring guitar majors from the music department at Missouri Western State University, sponsor of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition (May 15-20, ‘07).

In addition, local guitarists are invited to bring their guitars and receive a free coaching from the Missouri Western guitar faculty. All ages and musical styles are welcome.

The Masterclass will be taught by Jason Riley (head of the commercial guitar program) and Anthony Glise (head of the classical guitar program), who is 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 Masterclasses are planned on a monthly basis at Café Acoustic and each Masterclass offers the public a chance to hear upper-level guitar students and watch the coaching process.

These free public Masterclasses are part of the community outreach program of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and Competition.

In it’s fifth year, the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival is one of the largest and most respected guitar festivals in the US and has previously featured some of the world’s leading guitarists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Uruguay and throughout the US. (see: http://www.MissouriWestern.edu/guitarfestival/).

Commercial endorsement for the festival competition prizes include support from Marshall Amplification (London), Wegen Picks (Holland), Fondazione Araniti (Italy) and US firms, Mel Bay Publications, LaBella Strings, Ransomed Productions and Audio Technica Microphones.

For information about the free Masterclass, contact Café Acoustic at (816) 671-1141.

Information about the Missouri Western Guitar Program is available from the MoWest Music Office, 271-4420.

For Information about the free Masterclass and Professors, see:
http://www.cafe-acoustic.com/
http://www.AnthonyGlise.com/
http://www.JasonRiley.com/

MONTHLY MASTERCLASS
AT CAFE ACOUSTIC (ST. JOSEPH, MO)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Free Guitar Masterclass
Café Acoustic (2605 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO)
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Time: 7:00 PM – Close
Professors: Jason Riley, Anthony Glise (Missouri Western Guitar Professors-BIOS BELOW)
See flyer: the MoWest Guitar Program
Performers: Missouri Western Guitar Majors -
Free coaching also open to local guitarists (bring your own guitar)
Sponsor: Café Acoustic and the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition
Contact: Café Acoustic: (816) 671-1141
Missouri Western Music Department: (816)271-4420

The public is invited to this season’s first free Guitar Masterclass at Café Acoustic, 2605 Frederick Ave., Wednesday, September 27, beginning at 7:00 PM to close, featuring guitar majors from the music department at Missouri Western State University, sponsor of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition (May 15-20, ‘07).

In addition, local guitarists are invited to bring their guitars and receive a free coaching from the Missouri Western guitar faculty. All ages and musical styles are welcome.

The Masterclass will be taught by Jason Riley (head of the commercial guitar program) and Anthony Glise (head of the classical guitar program), who is 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 Masterclasses are planned on a monthly basis at Café Acoustic and each Masterclass offers the public a chance to hear upper-level guitar students and watch the coaching process.

These free public Masterclasses are part of the community outreach program of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and Competition.

In it’s fifth year, the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival is one of the largest and most respected guitar festivals in the US and has previously featured some of the world’s leading guitarists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Uruguay and throughout the US. (see: http://www.MissouriWestern.edu/guitarfestival/).

Commercial endorsement for the festival competition prizes include support from Marshall Amplification (London), Wegen Picks (Holland), Fondazione Araniti (Italy) and US firms, Mel Bay Publications, LaBella Strings, Ransomed Productions and Audio Technica Microphones.

For information about the free Masterclass, contact Café Acoustic at (816) 671-1141.

Information about the Missouri Western Guitar Program is available from the MoWest Music Office, 271-4420.

For Information about the free Masterclass and Professors, see:
http://www.cafe-acoustic.com/
http://www.AnthonyGlise.com/
http://www.JasonRiley.com/

Masterclass Flyer