San Francisco Guitar Quartet Concert: 01.20.2017

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San Francisco Guitar Quartet’s First Concert of 2017!

Little Mission Studio was pleased to welcome the San Francisco Guitar Quartet in their first concert of 2017, on January 20th. Guitarist, David Gonzales, on faculty at Little Mission Studio, recently joined the Quartet and was excited to bring his group to perform for an eager audience of students!

Enjoy their live performance here:

Program:

Opals (0:35)

By: Phillip Houghton

  • Black Opal
  • Water Opal
  • White Opal

Flowing Through: Rhapsody on a Theme by Egberto Gismonti (9:57)
By: Christopher Gainey

 

Guitar Quartet 1975 (22:21)
By: Paul Dresher

 

Chasing Light (35:53)

By: Garry Eister

  • In the Dark, Even Your Father Dances
  • In Stillness, I Think of the Other Side of the Moon
  • Chasing Light

San Francisco Guitar Quartet:

Since its debut in 1997, the San Francisco Guitar Quartet has established itself as a dynamic force in the guitar world through its innovative concerts and recordings. The current generation of the group seeks to continue the mission of expanding the guitar quartet repertoire through collaboration with living composers, bringing creative new works to life.

 

The SFGQ’s recordings have garnered praise from critics and fans alike. Classical Guitar Magazine called Compadres “…a nice release from a very capable group of players who give strong performances throughout in this particularly interesting program.” Acoustic Guitar Magazine chose the album as one of their “Top CD’s of the Year.” Minor 7th Review said of Silhouette, “The SFGQ performs the various works beautifully, making full use of their broad dynamic range and remarkable accuracy” and composer Phillip Houghton called the group’s recording of his work “wonderfully played . . . and beautiful!”

 

The SFGQ has toured across the United States and traveled internationally to Germany, Taiwan, and Guam, where they gave sold out performances. Past performances include San Francisco’s Omni Series, La Guitarra California Festival, Pasadena’s Guitarra del Mar series, the Hot Air Music Festival, and Dresdner Gitarrenfest in Dresden, Germany. The group has also performed at universities throughout the United States and has appeared on both NPR and the syndicated radio shows West Coast Live and Classical Guitar Alive!