American Guitarist Christopher Mcguire Plays Classical And Jazz On The Allegro Guitar Series

Fort Worth: Thursday, December 4, 7:30PM, Christopher McGuire at the Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth, Renzo Piano Pavilion Auditorium

Dallas: Friday, December 5, 8:00PM, Christopher McGuire, University Park United Methodist Church

Ticket information is at GuitarSociety.org or call 817-498-0363.

Ticket prices are $35. Discounts are available by calling the office.

The Allegro Guitar Series continues with Christopher McGuire and the Allegro Jazz Trio.

November 28, 2014 (MMD Newswire) — American guitarist Christopher McGuire’s biography says he “makes people feel they’re taking part, not just taking a seat.” The great Spanish master, Andres Segovia wrote that Chris is, “an artist; sensitive, with perfect technique… I am sure he will be appreciated and applauded everywhere.” And Helmut Gärtner, of the German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse, said: “A guitar is not only a guitar. In the hands of Chris McGuire it is what otherwise only a group of cooperating musicians can achieve: a body of sound. A guitar performance that fascinated all the listeners.” In the past 43 years McGuire has performed more than 3000 concerts on five continents. He has played for presidents of the United States of America and Mexico, three former governors of Texas and for the Spanish Royal Family.

His direct influences are as varied as they come, ranging from private lessons with Maestro Segovia to jam sessions with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Has preformed with some of the great musicians of our time, including Charlie Byrd, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Roland Dyens, Carlos Bonell, Karin Schaupp, Robert Guthrie, Van Cliburn Gold Medalist José Feghali and violinist Swang Lin. In October of 2005 Chris shared the stage with the legendary Van Cliburn in a tribute concert for Fort Worth philanthropist Roz Rosenthal. He is currently Artistic Director of the Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society (FWCGS) and the Allegro Guitar Society of Dallas (AGSD).

In 2007 he performed his own music as well as solo works by Weiss, Villa-Lobos and Tarrega in the world premiere of “Fables of Loneliness” with the Bruce Wood Dance Company at the Bass Performance Hall. He has performed more than 2000 informal performances in schools and other community venues in cities throughout North America, Spain, Venezuela and Japan. In addition to numerous television and radio appearances he was the subject of a half-hour program on Radio Shanghai of China with an audience in thirteen Asian countries of more than one billion listeners. NBC’s “Today Show” featured Chris in a story about his work with civil rights groups in his hometown, Farmers Branch, Texas.

In 1985 he won First Prize in the Dallas Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition and has judged the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Competitions in Quebec City, Canada, St. Louis, Missouri, San Antonio, Texas and Montréal, Canada. In 2006 he served on the jury of the 14th International Guitar Competition at Fundacíon Alirio Díaz in Carora, Venezuela, where he also performed a lecture/concert on classical & jazz crossover at the home of Maestro Díaz. Four years earlier he presented a similar class at Encuentro Antonio Lauro in Santa Ana, Venezuela. He has been invited to present numerous masterclasses and lecture demonstrations at prestigious universities such as Arizona State University, the Juilliard School in New York, Alaska Pacific University and at the GFA.

He has studied with or performed in master classes for several of the world’s foremost guitarists including Andrés Segovia, Oscar Ghiglia, Pepe Romero, Robert Guthrie and José Tomás. He received full scholarships to Southern Methodist University on the recommendation of Robert Guthrie and to the Aspen Music Festival on the recommendation of Oscar Ghiglia. In the summers of 1980-82 he had both classes and private lessons with the great Spanish composer Federico Moreno-Torroba. Blues master Stevie Ray Vaughn, a regular in the McGuire family music room in the early 1970s, taught Chris to play the blues in weekly jam sessions.

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