The New World School of the Arts welcomes guitar students to our GuitarFest 2019, a full day of activities dedicated to the classical guitar. This year the event kicks off with a solo recital by Marco Sartor (March 1). On March 2, come take and attend masterclasses by Sartor and College of Charleston Professor and Grammy-nominated guitarist Marc Regnier, who will also conduct a technique workshop and Q&A. Lunch and chat with faculty and peers, practice/rehearse your pieces, and perform in the GuitarFest showcase recital.
All activities are free and open to the public. Bring US$ 5 for pizza.
2019 Faculty:
Marc Regnier
GRAMMY nominated classical guitarist Marc Regnier has won the attention and respect of critics, producers, and musicians for over three decades as a performer, recording artist and educator.
Mr. Regnier received his training in London with Timothy Walker (Professor, Royal Academy of Music and former student of Narcisco Yepes), at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Aaron Shearer, Christopher Parkening (former student of Andrés Segovia), and with José Rey de la Torre (former student of Miguel LLobet). Mr. Regnier has collaborated and worked with such composers as Joaquín Nin-Culmell, Julian Orbón, David Maves and Yiorgos Vassilandonakis. He has appeared with orchestra, ensembles and as a soloist throughout the United States, South America, and Canada including several solo appearances at New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall and San Francisco’s Herbst Hall. Marc Regnier has been described as that of “a master of his instrument” and “a musician of intelligence, lyricism and subtlety.” He has made several recordings for Naxos, Marco Polo, Sono Luminus, Musical Heritage Society, Reference Recordings and recently for the Italian label, Sheva. His recordings have drawn such critical acclamation as “Rarely have the repertoire and the skills of a particular artist been combined as effectively … a significant recording on all accounts.” (Fanfare).
In 2011, his CD, “Radamés Gnattali: Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar” was nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Chamber Performance” category. Mr. Regnier’s music has been heard in more than 60 countries including National Public Radio, BBC, Ethiopian Airlines, Australian, and Singapore National Public Radio. As a recording artist, Mr. Regnier has recorded numerous times at the famous Skywalker Sound studios and has worked with some of the world’s best producers and engineers including Victor
and Marina Ledin (multi Grammy nominated producers) and Leslie Ann Jones (multi Grammy winning engineer).
As an educator, Mr. Regnier frequently receives national and international invitations to conduct master classes and has appeared often as an adjudicator including The Parkening Young Guitarist Competition, several appearances for the Guitar Foundation of America Convention and International Competition, a convention he directed in 1999, and again as a host-director in 2012. He is currently a voting member of the Grammys and Latin Grammys and a member of the Guitar Foundation of America. Mr. Regnier has
several of his guitar transcriptions and fingerings published by Theodore Presser, Guitar Solo Publications and Max Eschig of Paris.
Hobbies include wildlife photography and birding. Visit MarcRegnier.com for more info.
Marco Sartor:
Faculty member at New World School of the Arts, Marco Sartor is a former laureate of numerous international solo and concerto competitions, including many First Prizes, Audience Favorite’s Awards, and Best Performance Awards, and has performed solo, chamber and orchestral concerts in three continents to critic and public acclaim.
His debut solo recording for Fleur de Son Classics, “Red,” has received rave reviews and been broadcast on national radio. Marco is also featured on Marc Regnier’s GRAMMY-Nominated album “Radamés Gnattali: Solo & Chamber Works for Guitar” on Dorian Sono Luminus, and the recently released “Tempo do Brasil” on Reference Recordings.
As an active pedagogue, Marco Sartor has given masterclasses, workshops and lectures in many universities and conservatories in the USA and abroad. He has also started youth guitar programs at the Charleston Academy of Music (Charleston, SC), the Carnegie Mellon Preparatory School (Pittsburgh, PA), and the System of Youth Orchestras in his native Uruguay. He has contributed articles and columns for Soundboard Magazine, published online analysis and technique articles, and wrote liner notes for various recordings.
Marco Sartor holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, and degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and the College of Charleston as well.
More info about Marco here.
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