National Youth Guitar Ensemble
EGTA founded the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.
As the years roll on NYGE has become an established and respected source of the best guitar ensemble training available. It has benefitted in recent times from a charismatic Musical Director, Gerald Garcia and a seemingly tireless and conscientious Administrator, Chris Susans.
Gerald Garcia and Chris Susans have steered NYGE to become the great young guitar ensemble in Britain today. EGTA is very proud of this achievment and pays hommage to these great men in sincere gratitude for their efforts.
The National Youth Guitar Ensemble (NYGE) holds auditions once a year, currently in the winter, for places on the following year’s events and the first of these courses is been held at easter. It will be followed by:
The National Youth Guitar Ensemble, under musical director Gerald Garcia, make their annual visit to the Bolívar Hall on Easter Tuesday 25th March, 7.30pm. This year they are joined by two of the UK’s most outstanding young guitarists, Laura Snowden and Tom Ellis, both pupils at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Laura and Tom are the soloists in the first London performance of Gerald Garcia’s Chinese Riffs for two guitars and guitar ensemble and will also play solos by Bach and duets by Carulli and Leo Brouwer. Tickets are priced at £10 and £5
The day before, easter Monday, they will play at the Quorn Village Hall in Leicestershire at 2.30 pm. Tickets are priced at £5 and £2.50
PROGRAMME
John Dowland
Three Dances Mr. George Whitehead his Almand
M. John Langton’s Pavan
Sir John Souch his Galiard
J. S. Bach
Gavottes I and II (BWV 995) (Laura Snowden)
Ferdinando Carulli
Nocturne Op. 143 No.2 Allegro
Largo
Presto
(Laura Snowden and Tom Ellis)
Colin Tommis
y Felinheli
Gerald Garcia
Chinese Riffs Flowers/Drums
Summer
Mother
(soloists: Laura Snowden and Tom Ellis)
INTERVAL (10 minutes)
J. S. Bach
Bourrées I and II (BWV 1010) (Tom Ellis)
Leo Brouwer
Micropiezas (Laura Snowden and Tom Ellis)
Alfonso Montes
Tepuyes
Richard Wright
El Día de San Juan
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Noniño
Tickets: £10 (concessions £5)
Reservations: 020 8661 7457