Classical to Beatles: Concert by Guitarist José Rodriguez

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Featured, Performing Arts

Age Group:

All Ages, Older Adults
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Event Details

Join us for a concert performed by José Rodriguez from Villa Musica, a nonprofit music education organization.

Title: CLASSICAL TO BEATLES

PROGRAM:

MIGUEL LLOBET: Two Catalan Folk Songs

1.      Amelia’s Will

2.      Song of the Thief

MIGUEL LLOBET:  Variations on a Theme by Sor Op.15

JULIAN ARCAS/G. VERDI: Traviata Fantasy

FRANCISCO TARREGA: Capricho Arabe

FRANCISCO TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra

AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE: La Catedral

BEATLES:

-          Hey Jude

-          Here, There and Everywhere

-          Yesterday

Bio:

José Rodriguez holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with David Tanenbaum. He is a former faculty member of the School of Arts at the University in Ensanada, B.C. (UABC), where he taught for nine years. Mr. Rodriguez has taught privately in San Diego since 2007, and is a part of the Access Initiative program at Villa Musica.

Along with solo recitals, José performs frequently with violinist Thomas Yee. Together they released a CD recording named “Historia,” featuring tangos, Spanish dances, jazz, and more. He has won several awards from competitions including third prize in Mexico’s Concurso Nacional de Guitarra de Paracho, first prize at the biannual Guitar Concerto Competition held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and third prize at Cal State Dominguez Hills Guitar Competition.

Mr. Rodriguez began his musical studies at the EMNO in Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana, and in 1996 he continued at the Centro Hispanicoamericano de Guitarra and at the Conservatorio de la Orquesta de Baja California, in Tijuana, Mexico, where his teachers included Carlos Patiño, Francisco Guerrero and Cuban guitarist Teresa Madiedo. In 2006 Rodriguez performed Castel-nuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 with the SFCM Orchestra and released his first CD recoding “Diario 2003” with music by Mexican composer Alberto Ubach.

He has taken part in masterclasses with such world-renowned guitarists as Costas Cotsiolis, Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, and Zoran Dukic, among others.

Accessibility

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