The Atlantic Guitar Quartet is comprised of four musicians, all alumni of the esteemed Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, that share a desire to perform and promote music by living composers. The quartet seeks to heighten the concert experience for its audiences by merging art forms, performing educational outreach concerts, and offering a fresh, new perspective on classical chamber music.
The AGQ has been a flurry of activity lately, here is the latest rundown of concertizing:
Thursday June 2, 2011: Baltimore, MD – Peabody Institute of Music Goodwin Hall 8:30
free admission
Friday June 3, 2011: 10 Bay Street Landing Staten Island, NY 10301 7:30
$25 per person suggested donation performance and wine reception
Reservations required, please contact katina.johnstone@gmail.com or at 718-442-3484 to reserve a seat
Saturday June 4, 2011: 178 1/2 Spring Street (corner of Thompson and Spring) New York, NY 10012 Spring Stage Performances
Purchase tickets here
The concert programs will include:
Cuban Landscape with Rhumba – Leo Brouwer
Gnossiennes – Stephen Goss
Flowing Through – Christopher Gainey
Lachryme – Stephen Goss
Cuban Landscape with Rain – Leo Brouwer
C – Ronald Pearl
I am proud to be apart of this ensemble and optimistic for our future endeavors. Moreover, in this series of performances you'll hear music from classical composers who are still living and breathing, and the promotion of this exciting and new music is central in our credo. If you're on this side of the country you should keep your ears and eyes open for the AGQ and take advantage of the oppertunity to support musicians who perfom with passion and an earnest interest in contemporary music. You'll also get to see some prepared guitar work and John Dowland inspired alieatoric improvisation – an unusual and not often performed spectacal I promise!
Stay in touch with the AGQ via the offical webpage, facebook, and twitter. You dig?