Join us for a very special benefit concert with award winning guitarist José Lezcano. Works o f Scarlatti\, Bach\, Stevie Wonder\, and much more. Presented by the West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts\ , to benefit the Claremont Creative Center and community programs.

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Tickets: $25
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Help support the a rts in Claremont!
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Described by Fanfare Mag azine as “an excellent guitarist as well as an imaginative compo ser\,” José Manuel Lezcano is Professor Emeritus of Music at Keene State College where he directs the guitar orche stra and Latin ensemble\, and teaches guitar and courses in Latin American and Spanish music. He has also served recently as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota at Morris. He has lectured throug hout the state for New Hampshire Humanities on Ecuadorean indigenous guita r traditions\, rituals\, and mythology\, and on the guitar in Latin Americ a.
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He is a twice Grammy-nominated composer and performer who has p erformed for audiences on four continents. His programs featuring traditio nal and Latin American repertoire\, and his own original compositions have taken him as recitalist\, collaborative musician\, and concerto soloist f rom Carnegie Recital Hall and the North-South Consonance Series in New Yor k City to major venues and festivals in Cuba\, Spain\, Ecuador\, Colombia\ , Peru\, Brazil\, China\, Crete\, Trinidad and Tobago\, the Czech Republic and Germany. Born in Havana\, Cuba in 1960\, he earned degrees from Peabo dy Conservatory (B.M.)\, University of South Carolina (M.M.)\, and Florida State University (Ph.D. music theory). José has earned numerous awards\, including first prize in the MTNA National Guitar Competition\, the NH Sta te Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship\, NHMTA Composer of the Year (2002 & 07)\, KSC Distinguished Research Award\, and a Fulbright Award to Ecuador\, where he performed as orchestral soloist and pursued research on indigenous guitar traditions. Jose’s scholarly publications include < em>Latin American Music Review\, Soundboard\, and the La tino Encyclopedia. In addition to flute and guitar works publish ed by Alry\, his catalog includes two double concertos for flute\, guitar\ , and strings (Poemas Concertantes\, and Sojourn ers\, published by Cayambis)\; a viola concerto premiered by Bre tt Deubner and the Astoria Symphony\; four song cycles for the Barcelona F estival of Song\, Sonata for cello and guitar (recorded by José and cellis t Rebecca Hartka on the CD Coleurs)\; and two guitar con certos (Guitar Concerto no. 1\, “Ecuadorean Landscapes\,” and “Concierto C ubanero” for guitar and chamber orchestra\, a work inspired by Cuban dance genres of the golden age). In October 2021\, José performed as soloist wi th the Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia in “Concierto Cuba nero.” www.joselezcano.com
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