15784: Orenstein: haitian classial guitarist event in new york (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: katie orenstein <katie@orenstein.com>



> News for Immediate Release:
>
> For further information please contact
> Suzanne Fiol
> 212-598-4130 ext. 43
> email: Suzanne@issueinc.com
>
>
>
> Guitarists Michael Newman, Laura Oltman + Marc Ribot to perform works for
> classical guitar by Haitian composer Frantz Casseus on June 14th
>
>
> On Saturday, June 14 at 8 PM,  Issue Project Room will present a
> tribute to
> the life and music of the Frantz Casseus, the father of Haitian classical
> guitar. We will hold a very special concert on this night
> featuring three prominent
> guitarists playing a range of works by Casseus.  One of the
> performers is the
> distinguished guitarist Marc Ribot, who was the protege and student of
> Casseus. Ribot is also one of the key figures in keeping the
> music and history of
> Casseus alive.  Michael Newman and Laura Oltman perform together
> as the Newman
> and Oltman Guitar Duo and are recognized as one of America’s foremost
> instrumental ensembles. The duo's concert tours have taken them
> to forty-nine states,
> to Asia, Europe, South America, Canada, Africa, the South Pacific and the
> Caribbean. Each guitarist will perform solo for this event.
>
>     Who/What:   Marc Ribot, Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
> performing the
> solo classical guitar music of Frantz Casseus
>     Where:  Issue Project Room, 619 E. 6th street (between Avenue B and C)
>     When:   Saturday, June 14th, 2003 at 8pm (doors open at 7:30)
>     Price:      $15.00
>     Tickets/info:   www.IssueInc.com/projectroom  or 212-598-4130 ext. 43
>
> In conjunction with the concert, Tuscany Publication and Issue
> Project Room
> will host a book release party for The Complete Works of Frantz
> Casseus, Volume
> 1 for Solo Guitar. This volume is the first to make available the
> complete
> works by Casseus for solo classical guitar. For more information
> about the book
> release party, which will take place at Issue Project Room immediately
> following the concert, please call: 212- 598-4130 ext. 43, or visit:
> www.IssueInc.com/projectroom.
>
> In honor of Casseus and the contribution he made to the culture
> of Haiti and
> the literature of the classical guitar, an endowment is being
> created in his
> name, the Frantz Casseus Scholarship fund. This evening celebrates the
> inauguration of this endowment and the beginging of a capital
> campaign to raise funds
> for the endowments mission, which is to aid aspiring
> musicians/composers of
> Haitian descent- in particular classical guitarists and
> composers- in pursuing a
> formal musical education.  More information on the foundation and
> the event
> is available at www.IssueInc.com/projectroom.
>
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>