Marco will be offering a technique workshop for the next Guitar Foundation of America Convention in Miami, FL. June 18, 2:30 pm. It will focus on fingerings; in particular, strategies for arriving at unique, personal fingerings that best portray our musical intentions. Don’t miss it!
Marco will be running the guitar program at Killington Music Festival, the 36-year-old chamber music festival for strings and piano in Killington, Vermont. From June 29 to July 26. Come take private and group lessons, participate in guitar- and mixed-ensembles, perform, attend concerts and masterclasses by guest artists, and explore beautiful Vermont with diverse planned activities. For more information, audition requirements, scholarship opportunities and more, please visit kmfest.org.
Marco is now an Augustine Artist. Check out his profile here. And try some great Augustine strings for yourself!
Check out the next issue of Soundboard (44.1), the magazine of the Guitar Foundation of America. In a featured article, Marco discusses how to recognize, evaluate and treat the constant sympathetic resonances that occur in our playing, with practical examples taken from Fernando Sor’s Lessons Op. 31.
Announcing the second GuitarFest at New World School of the Arts, March 10, 2018. A full day of guitar activities, for guitar students of all levels. Free registration. Take masterclasses, attend workshops, lunch with the faculty, and rehearse and perform solo and ensemble pieces. Learn more and register here.
On October 6, 2017 Marco completed all requirements toward the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Yale School of Music. Featured photo of the final recital program.
Thanks to Rene Izquierdo, the guitar department at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and its Student Organization for featuring Marco on September 15.
http://www.opinion.com.bo/movil/suplemento.php?id=12412
Marco will be hosting GuitarFest 2017 at New World School of the Arts, on April 22. A full day of guitar activities, for guitar students of all levels. Free registration. Take masterclasses, attend a sight-reading workshop, have lunch with the faculty, and rehearse and perform solo and ensemble pieces. Learn more and register here.
Check out Marco’s latest column “Short strokes: road or destination?” on the latest Soundboard (43.1). Marco discusses whether minimizing the length of the right-hand strokes is a good strategy to achieve speed, relaxation and endurance.
