![]() ![]() Guitarist/Conductor/Composer/Arranger/Educator (and St. Rene has studied with Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Shin-Ichi Fukuda, Eli Kassner, Pepe Romero, Angel Romero, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, David Starobin, Eduardo Fernandez, Jorge Morel, Robert Beaser and Anthony Newman, among others. He is currently a professor of classical guitar at the Wisconsin State University in Milwaukee and an active solo performer and chamber musician worldwide. He is a winner of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Competition in 2004, Extremadura International Guitar Competition, Schadt String competition, Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition, among others. Izquierdo is a recipient of numerous awards. ![]() Renowned composers such as Jorge Morel and Carlos R. He has shared the stage with prestigious guitarists including Eliot Fisk, Benjamin Verdery and Jorge Morel, as well as renowned flutist Ransom Wilson, soprano Lucy Shelton, David Jolley and Paquito d’Rivera. Rene has appeared as a guest soloist and in chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Cuba and Europe. While at Yale he represented the university in an exchange program with the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse du Paris and worked with guitarists Olivie Chassain and Roland Dyens. Izquierdo earned a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma from the Yale University School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. ![]() Rene Izquierdo, a native of Cuba, graduated from the Guillermo Tomas, Amadeo Roldan Conservatory and Superior Institute of Art in Havana. Elina enjoys arranging a wide variety of music for solo and ensemble settings. Chekan his composition Campanas published in The Magnificent Guitar of Jorge Morel. In her quest for present-day student repertoire, Ella commissioned Jorge Morel to write a series of solo and ensemble pieces which have been published by Mel Bay. Guitar faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 2005, Ella is working with musicians and composers encouraging them to write appealing and musically interesting pieces for the next generation of guitarists. Elina is a frequent conductor of the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra and the Usdan Center for the Performance Arts Guitar Orchestra. Some of her recent appearances include Iserlohn Guitar Festival, Germany Barcelona, Spain The Volterra Project, Italy Guitar Festival in Lanciano, Italy Series of Concerts in the Camino de Santiago, Spain Festival in East Carolina University Barrios Festival in Manaus, Brazil Brussels Royal Museum of Musical Instrument, Belgium Yale University Guitar Festival in Mannes College, New York Tucson Classical Guitar Society Guitar Festival in Salamanca, Mexico among others. Combining active performance and teaching careers, Elina performs as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. She is currently finishing a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. The Mighty Niagara Guitar Orchestra was formed for the very first Brock University Guitar Extravaganza in 2015 with approximately 30 guitarists, primarily from the Niagara Region, and later more than doubling in size, with this year’s members joining us from as far away as Sarnia, Sudbury, Ottawa and Boston! The concert that you are enjoying this evening was accomplished through the diligent individual practise of the guitarists involved, two preliminary optional rehearsals on the preceding weekends for primarily local members who were available, and one very full day of rehearsal today!Ī native of Minsk, Belarus, Elina (Ella) Chekan holds Master of Music degrees in Orchestral Conducting, Pedagogy and Classical Guitar Performance from theBelarus Academy of Music and a Master of Music degree from Yale University. (One such international performance was at the Havana International Guitar Festival, where a very young René Izquierdo first met and studied with Eli Kassner!). ![]() One of the first such orchestras with international recognition and influence was that of the University of Toronto, under the artistic direction of Professor Eli Kassner, and including founding member Timothy Phelan, who arranged much of its repertoire, and later became its Conductor/Instructor. Performers and Composers (in order of appearance):Ĭlassical guitar orchestras have experienced an immense surge in popularity in recent decades. ![]()
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