The NJMEA (New Jersey Music Educators Association) Guitar Festival will be held at Wall High School on April 5th from 10:00-4:00. Wall High School is at the corners of 18th Avenue and New Bedford Roads.
The festival will feature a concert and class by Israeli-born guitar virtuoso Tali Roth, who is the director of Classical Guitar studies at the Juilliard Pre-College division. The festival will also feature recitals by three young local virtuosi who have gone on to study with Ms. Roth at Juilliard: John Bogan, Joseph Douglass, and Ryan Johnson.
Mr. Bogan has won several competitions and is currently a student of David Starobin at the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Wall High School and The Juilliard Pre-College division. Mr. Douglass is a senior at Pt. Pleasant High School and studies with Ms. Roth in the Juilliard Pre-College division. All three students studied with Keith Calmes, guitar teacher at Wall High School, and went on to study with Tali Roth.
The festival will also include a showcase for guitar ensembles (including the guitar ensemble from Rowan University), and a seminar on guitar education by Tom Amoriello from the NJMEA.
- 10:00-11:00: Student Ensemble Showcase
- 11:00-11:30: Joseph Douglass Recital
- 11:30-12:00 Ryan Johnson Recital
- 12:00-12:30 John Bogan Recital
- 12:30-1:00 Lunch Break
- 1:00-2:00 Maestro Tali Roth Recital
- 2:00-2:30 Tom Amoriello Guitar Education
- 2:30-3:30 Tali Roth Masterclass
For more information, click on the link below:
http://www.njmea.org/classroom.cfm?subpage=479
or
contact Keith Calmes at Wall High School:
kcalmes@wall.k12.nj.us
or call 732-556-2077