Prez Sez  Spring 2023

Please join us for our next concert on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at 7:00 PM at The Church of the Good Shepherd at 3741 Garrett Road in Durham, NC featuring one of the hottest up-and-coming young guitarists in the US, Triangle Guitar Society member Julian Burbano!

Julian hails from Virginia, where he was concertmaster of both the Briar Woods Falcon Guitar Ensemble and the Loudoun Youth Guitar Orchestra. He was chosen as a section leader in the All- Virginia Guitar Ensemble and was selected for the All-National Guitar Ensemble.

Julian has placed in the Beatty Competition for several years and was the Overall Winner at the Aguado Classical Guitar Competition in 2019.

Julian will perform a selection of largely British composers, featuring Britten’s Nocturnal After John Dowland (1963), Theme and Variations by Lennox Berkeley (1970); Little Suite for Guitar by Nicholas Maw (1984); and Malcolm Arnold’s Fantasy for Guitar (1971).

Julian and Randy Reed will also perform Suite for Two Guitars by R.M. Hartsfield (1993), which was written for Randy and member Jeffrey Rossman back when they were fellow classmates at Florida State University. In the composer’s own words: “The Suite for Two Guitars, although based on a 12-tone row and is essentially atonal, was written in emulation of the dance suites of J.S. Bach. The Suite was recorded by Reed and Rossman, and they gave its premiere public performance for TGS in 1990.”

Julian will end his recital with the first movement of the Concierto de Aranjuéz by Joaquín Rodrigo (solo version).

So, folks: don’t squander this news! Tell all your friends and acquaintances to come out and enjoy live, exciting guitar music April 29th at 7:00 PM at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 3741 Garrett Road, Durham, and pay what you can at the door.

Reception to follow for TGS members and family at Randy and Selde’s house in Chapel Hill.

We hope to see you there!

— “Prez” Randy Reed