Guitar Festival begins April 9
- Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:18 PM
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Music
The William Carey University Winters School of Music and Ministry Studies will present the 2018 Guitar Festival featuring free performances by WCU students and guest artist Dr. Jeffrey George.
The concert series kicks off Monday, April 9 with a performance by the WCU Guitar Ensemble at 7 p.m. in Thomas Fine Arts Center. The concert will feature 13 guitarists performing the music of Haydn, Satie, Ravel, DeFalla, and Hirsh.
This year’s guest artist is Dr. Jeffrey George, associate professor of guitar studies at the School of Music and Performing Arts at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. He will present a concert of classical and jazz guitar at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16 in Bass Chapel on the WCU campus.
To wrap up the series, the WCU Jazz Guitar Quartet will present a night of jazz, blues and funk on Monday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. at T-Bones Records and Café in Hattiesburg
For more information, please contact David Bryan at
dbryan@wmcarey.edu.