Gene Bertoncini Concert and Masterclass

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Solo Nylon String
Jazz Guitar
Concert

Date: Friday, April 28, 2006
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Old Siskiyou Barn
Old Siskiyou Highway

This event is sponsored by the Siskiyou Institute and Jefferson Classical Guitar Society
$20 ~ Student discounts available

For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Events at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis.

Gene Bertoncini is one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists active today. His fluid technique has won him international praise and such accolades as the “Segovia of jazz”. An eloquent and versatile improviser, Gene has been heard with an extraordinary range of jazz greats, including performances and recordings with Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws and Paul Desmond, among others, as well as with such distinguished vocalists as Tony Bennett, Carmen McRae and Lena Horne, Vic Damone and Edye Gorme.

The Washington Post proclaimed his last solo appearance in New York City the best jazz concert of 1999. Mr Bertoncini’s acclaim is hardly confined though, to this country. His recent CD “Body and Soul”, with his own arrangements of classic standards won international raves, including recognition in Brazilian critic’s and listener’s polls as one of the best jazz recordings of the year; those same polls also named him the best acoustic jazz guitarist. Gene Bertoncini ‘s striking new CD on Ambient Records, “Quiet Now”, features his own innovative solo arrangement of classic jazz and popular songs.

A prolific and popular studio musician Gene has also worked with composers and arrangers such as Lalo Schifrin and Michel
Legrand, in addition to numerous television appearances. Mr. Bertoncini has also worked with the Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra and the New York Pops Orchestra.

In addition to an active performing and recording schedule, Gene Bertoncini teaches at the Eastman School of Music, the New England Conservatory, New York University and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has been a highly sought-after guest clinician in colleges and universities throughout the country.

For more information on Gene Bertoncini you can visit his website at www.genebertoncini.com

For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Events at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis.
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Workshop and Master Class with Gene Bertoncini ~ Solo Nylon String Guitar
Saturday April 29, 2006
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
$5 for students and teachers, $10 for the general public.
Several Student Scholarships Available

This workshop is open to teachers, students and others interested in learning more about the art of arranging and improvising for the solo guitarist. The workshop will help develop creative linear and harmonic skills in improvisations through a deeper knowledge of the guitar fingerboard and finger techniques.

Gene Bertoncini teaches at the Eastman School of Music, the New England Conservatory, New York University and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has been a highly sought-after guest clinician in colleges and universities throughout the country.

Live Flamenco! Mark Taylor and Rami Ziadeh

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Friday, April 21, 2006 at 8:00pm
The SchoolHouse Retreat
8448 Wagner Creek Road
Talent, Oregon
Admission: $20

The Jefferson Classical Guitar Society is proud to present flamenco guitarist extraordinaire Mark Taylor in an intimate concert on Friday, April 21 at 8pm. The concert will take place at the Pavilion of the SchoolHouse Retreat at 8448 Wagner Creek Road in Talent, Oregon.

Mark will be accompanied by percussionist Rami Ziadeh. Tickets are $20 per person. If you wish to make a reservation, please call Grant Ruiz at 541-482-2826 or send an e-mail to

Advanced reservations are recommended, since this is a small venue. You can learn more about Mark by visiting http://www.marktaylorflamenco.com, and you can find out more about the SchoolHouse Retreat (including a map and directions) by visiting http://www.schoolhouseretreat.com

Light refreshments will be served. For those of you who love flamenco or good guitar music, you don’t want to miss this.

Mark and Rami will also be performing in Pistol River on the Oregon coast the following Saturday, April 22, as well as giving a workshop on flamenco in Pistol River on Sunday, April 23. Visit http://www.pistolriver.com or call Les Stansell at 541-247-7636 for more information.

Ana Vidovic Concert and Master Class

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Concert: March 24, 2006
Master Class: March 25, 2006

Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite guitarists of the world today.

Ana comes from the small town of Karlovac near Zagreb, Croatia and started playing guitar at the age of 5, and by 7 had given her first public performance. At the age of 11 she was performing internationally, and at 13 became the youngest student to attend the prestigious National Musical Academy in Zagreb where she studied with Professor Istvan Romer. Ana’s reputation in Europe led to an invitation to study at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA, with Manuel Barrueco, from where she graduated in May 2003.

At the age of only 23 Ana has won an impressive number of prizes and international competitions all over the world. These include first prizes in the Albert Augustine International Competition in Bath, England, the Fernando Sor competition in Rome, Italy and the Francisco Tarrega competition in Benicasim, Spain. Other top prizes include the Eurovision Competition for Young Artists, the Mauro Giuliani competition in Italy, the Printemps de la Guitare in Belgium and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.

Ana has given over one thousand public performances since first taking the stage in 1988. Her international performance career includes recitals in London, Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Budapest, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Oslo, Copenhagen, Toronto, Baltimore, San Francisco, Houston, Austin, Dallas and St. Louis.

In Croatia she has performed with the Zagreb Soloists and the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and with Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radio and Television, as well as having been featured in three television documentaries by the eminent Croatian film director Petar Krelja.

Ana continues to broaden her repertoire and maintains an ongoing performance schedule.

“Ana Vidovic produces so many moments of insight that you often feel you are listening to the music for the first time. This is very impressive indeed in one so young-she is only 20.”

– Colin Cooper Classical Guitar

“Her virtuosity continues to astound…with no apparent technical limitation and a musical maturity that belies her age, Ms Vidovic is in a position to do great things with the classical guitar.”

– Stephen Griesgraber Guitar Review