2008 Jose Lezcano Concert and rehearsal dates. For MP3s and video clips visit www.myspace.com/josemlezcano
CONCERTS in 2008-09
8/3/2008 Short program of Cuban and Latin pieces, by Jose on guitar, at 10:40, Monadnock Summer Lyceum, Peterborough, NH; preceding lecture by Robert Kirsch, on "Guantanamo Detainees: Legal Challenges."
8/6/2008 Duo Concert, Jennifer Yeaton Parris, flute, and Jose Lezcano, guitar, 7:30 PM at Mariposa Museum of World Culture, Peterborough, NH. "Musical Pleasures for flute and guitar." Works by Piazzolla, Rodrigo, De Visee, Carulli, and Lezcano.
8/21/2008 Eagle Square Summer Music Series, with Trio Lezcano. Jose Lezcano, guitar; Jennifer Yeaton Parris, flute; Stefani Burke, oboe perform vibrant works from Cuba, Latin America and Spain, including original works and arrangements by Jose.
9/21/2008 Peruvian Premiere of Jose Lezcano’s Guitar Concerto, with Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional del Peru, conducted by Mina Maggiolo, composer as soloist.
9/22/2008 Solo recital at ICPNA (Instituto Cultural Peruano-Norteamericano); works by Raul Garcia Zarate, Brouwer, Aguado, M. Albeniz, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Takemitsu, Torroba, Pereira, Pernambuco, and Lezcano. Masterclass earlier in the day.
9/25/2008 Private performance for United Way; at Statehouse, Concord, NH, 5:00 PM
9/26/2008 Performance with jazz flutist and saxophonist Scott Mullett; at Fritz, downtown Keene, NH, 7:00 PM
9/27/2008 Private performance with flutist Jennifer Yeaton Parris; 10 AM, Concord.
10/11/2008 Duo concert with soprano Patricia Caicedo; "Latin and Spanish songs," Union Episcopal Church, Claremont, NH, 3 PM.
10/12/2008 Duo concert with soprano Patricia Caicedo; "Latin and Spanish songs," at the Heights, Avery Heights, Hartford, CT, 3 PM, contact Carol Patton at cpatton@churchhomes.org
10/12/2008 Carnegie Hall performance of Lezcano Viola Concerto, with Brett Deubner, Astoria Symphony, New York City.
10/13/2008 Duo KSC concert with guest soprano Patricia Caicedo; "Latin and Spanish songs, with faculty pianist George Loring and guitarist Jose Lezcano; Keene State College, Alumni Recital Hall, 7:30 PM. Sponsored by Women's Studies, Modern Languages, Music, Arts and Humanites, and Class of 39.
10/29/2008 "Muito Obrigado," a concert of Brazilian music, at Keene State College, with guest artists Toninho Carrasquiera, flute, and Maria-Jose Carrasquiera, piano, assisted by KSC faculy Marcia Lehninger (violin), Chris Swist (percussion), and Jose Lezcano (guitar); Alumni Recital Hall, 7:30 PM. Sponsored by Music, Arts and Humanites, and Class of 39.
11/08/2008 Lecture/Demo on Flamenco in classical guitar repertory; Fitchburg State College, 7:00 PM.
11/12/2008 KSC Guitar Orchestra and KSC Percussion Ensembles, Jose Lezcano and Chris Swist, directors.
11/14-15/2008 Concerts with Rochester Folk Art Guild, Middlesex, NY; CD release of "Latin Landscapes: the Music of Jose Lezcano," with grants from Rochester Folk Art Guild (rfag.org) and New York State Music Fund & Rockefeller Philanthropy Associates. Featuring Jose Lezcano, guitarist/composer, Matthew Shubin, bassoon, and Paul Schliffer, flute.
12/14/2008 "Musicians of Wall Street" at Strawbery Banke. Jose Lezcano, guitar; Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, flute. Holiday music and light classics. In Cider Shed, 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
1/25/2009 Hingam Library Series. Sponsored by Boston Guitar Society. Jose Lezcano, solo guitar recital.
3/12/2009 Abbey Delray Community, Delray Beach, Florida, Solo recital, 7 PM.
3/19/2009 Sarasota Bay Club, Sarasota, Florida, solo recital, 8 PM.
6/29/2009 Abbey Delray South, Delray Beach, Florida, solo recital, 8 PM.
Past concerts, 2008
1/10/08 Sarasota Bay Club, Fla, recital, more information 203.285.7677
2/15/08 Faculty concert, Keene State College, Torroba Sonatina for guitar and piano with pianist George Loring
3/15/08 World premiere of Lezcano Viola Concerto, with soloist Brett Deubner and Astoria Symphony, Good Shepherd Faith Church, West 66th Street, Manhattan
3/16/08 Brett Deubner soloist in Lezcano Viola Concerto, with Astoria Symphony, 43 - 19 30th Ave. @ 43 Street, Astoria, Queens, NYC.
3/30/08 Guest artist on Emily Zucker's graduation recital, KSC, in Lezcano, "Cuban Sketches."
4/3/08 Apple Hill Chamber Players, "Playing for Peace" concert at Keene State College Alumni Recital Hall. Carulli Duo in G, op. 34, with Tanya Twal & Jose Lezcano, guitars.
4/9/08 KSC Guitar Orchestra, 7:30, Redfern Arts Ctr
4/16/08 Solo recital, Jose Lezcano, Franklin Pierce University,
Rindge, NH, 12:30 PM, Music Department. Works by Bach, Torroba, Tarrega, Aguado, Takemitsu, Lezcano, and others.
4/19/08 Gayle Ravlin, flutist, graduation recital, KSC, Lezcano: Sonatina Tropical, accompanied by Dr. Lezcano.
4/23/08 Orchestral banjo in Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," with KSC Chamber Orchestra conducted by Don Baldini, Maura Glennon, soloist
4/24/08 Featured soloist at Governor's Arts Awards, Colonial Theater, Keene, NH.
4/26/08 Boston Guitar Society New Music Festival, 1:00 PM concert, includes Lezcano: Sontina Tropical, with Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, Jose Lezcano.
5/1/08 Currier Musuem of Art, Manchester, N.H. Private reception, 5:30 - 7:30 PM.
5/2/08 Legnani-Behrend, "Legniana," Concerto for flute, guitar, and strings, with Sergio Pallottelli, New Haven, CT. Dress Rehearsal: 4/30/08
5/4/08 Latin Landscapes, trio concert, Jose Lezcano with members of Rochester Folk Art Guild (Matthew Shubin, bassoon; Paul Schliffer, flute); "Latin Landscapes:" works by Lezcano, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Granados, and others. Newport Library Arts Center, Newport, NH, for more information call Doris Nelson at 603.863.3040, lac@nhvt.net
5/05/2008 New York premiere of Lezcano's "Tango-Overture" for string orchestra, with North-South Consonance Contemporary Ensemble
5/29/08 Nashua Public Library Lecture, "The Guitar and the Devil: Music, Magic, and Ritual among Ecuadorean Indians," New Hampshire Humanities Council lecture, Nashua Public Library, 2 Court Street, Nashua 03060, 603.589.4600, contact: Carol Eymann, www.nashualibrary.org
6/2 - 6/7/08 Music Festival, Quito, Ecuador, performance with "Luciano Carrera" Festival Chamber Orchestra, International Flute Festival. Carulli: Concerto in G for flute, guitar, strings, 2 oboes, and 2 horns. South American premiere of Lezcano, "Viola Concerto," with virtuoso soloist Brett Deubner; chamber music concert, Lezcano / Deubner, works for guitar and viola by Falla, Lezcano, others.
6/10 - 6/13/08 Residency in Loja, Ecuador; masterclasses at Loja Conservatory of Music; Carulli double concerto with Orquesta del Municipio de Loja, Jose Lezcano and Karla Ortega, soloists; Lezcano Viola Concerto with Brett Deubner, soloist.
2007
Lezcano concert and recording/rehearsal dates
June 4 - 11 Mitad del Mundo Festival, Quito, Ecuador. Works for guitar and flute,
masterclasses at National Conservatory of Music
June 22 Lezcano's Poemas Concertantes with Orquesta Sinfonica de Loja
Double concerto for guitar and flute, with Jose as soloist,
Karla Ortega, flute.
July 22-27 Latin American Music Institute, KSC
July 11 Plymouth State University, solos and duos with J. Yeaton-Parris
July 15 Private event, Spofford Lake
8/4/2007 Private event, 4 PM, Portsmouth, with flutist Jennifer Yeaton-Parris
8/18/2007 Private Event, Allison's Orchard, Walpole, NH
9/10/07 Avery Heights Chapel, Hartford CT (with flutist Sergio Pallottelli. Program includes Lezcano, Sonatina Tropical; Gnattali, Sonatina; Giuliani; Sonata in e minor; Devisee; Suite in G, and other works.
9/13/07 Winchester Historical Society, tentative, NHHC lecture,
"The Guitar and the devil, Music, Magic, and Ritual among Ecuadorean indians." Contact Renee Brewer, 603.239.6350
9/28/07 Keene High School, guest lecture, "Latin American Studies."
10/5-7 Concert & rehearsals with Rochester Folk Arts Guild Ensemble (10/7)
Premiere of new work for trio: guitar, bsn, flute, commissioned by
RFAG, thru New York State Music Fund and Rockefeller Foundation
10/11/07 KSC Faculty Concert: works by Turina, Torroba, & Barrios
10/15/07 Abbey Delray South, Delray Beach FL (solo)
10/16/07 Solo Recital, celebrating Hispanic Heritage, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hallandale Beach Library in Hallandale Beach, Florida, tel: 843-953-1413.
10/18/07 Abbey Delray Community, Delray Beach FL (solo)
10/20/07 Private event, Portsmouth, NH
10/27/07 Premiere of new Lezcano work, commissioned by New Hampshire State Music Teacher's Association, at New England regional convention in Burlington, Vermont; Lezcano awarded 2007 Commissioned Composer of the Year by state organization. Soloists: Brett Deubner, viola, and Gary Kirkpatrick, piano.
10/28/07 Deubner/Kirkpatrick duo present program, including Lezcano concerto, at Keene State College
10/29/07 Deubner/Kirkpatrick duo, 2 PM workshop, KSC
10/31/07 Guitar Orchestra, KSC
11/02/07 Duo concert with Sergio Pallottelli, flutist; program includes Lezcano, Sonatina Tropical; Gnattali, Sonatina; Giuliani; Sonata in e minor; Devisee; Suite in G, and other works.
11/07/07 Private event, Manchester, with flutist Jennifer Yeaton-Parris
11/09/07 Concert with Rochester Folk Arts Guild at Keene State College, "Latin Landscapes" with bassoonist Matthew Shubin and flutist Paul Schliffer. Works by Lezcano, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ramirez, and Jose White.
Premiere of new Lezcano work for trio: guitar, bassoon, and flute, "Diarios," commissioned by RFAG
11/11/07 Jose Lezcano and RFAG, "Latin Landscapes," at Mariposa Musuem, Peterborough, NH, 1:30 PM.
11/11/07 Matchbook Spotlight, Manchester Institute of Art, Manchester NH, solo appearance, 7 - 9 PM.
11/13/07 KSC Latin Ensemble and guest artists Alturas Duo, J Lezcano, conductor
included on Redfern Arts Center Subscription Series
12/09/07 Candelight Stroll, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, with
flutist Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, 7 - 9 PM
12/12/07 Private event, Bedford Village Inn, 12 - 2 PM
12/19/07 New Hampshire International Trade Resource Center, Holiday Party, Hilton Garden Inn, Portsmouth, NH, 5 - 8 PM, with Lezcano Latin Guitar Trio (Joe Hartnett, Scott Sanchez, Jose Lezcano)
Past concerts 2007
February 9 - 10, 2007.
Solo recitals in South Carolina; at College of Charleson, Clemson University; masterclass at University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Feb. 16 Faculty Concert, KSC, with flutist Sergio Palotelli
February 28, 2007.
Trio Lezcano (Jose Lezcano, guitar; Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, flute; Stefani Burk, oboe) play chamber works by Lezcano, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Piazzolla, and others. Walker Concert Series, Concord City Auditorium, Concord, NH. Free admission.
March 7 Faculty Composer Concert, KSC. Premiere of Lezcano's "Tango-Overture" for string quartet
Past Concerts for 2006
March 22 Playing for Peace Concert, Apple Hill, at Keene State College
March 30 Currier Gallery of Art
April 12 Lezcano conducts Keene State Guitar Orchestra at Keene State College
April 14 Wells School, Harrisville, NH, solo concert and demo/lecture
April 22 - 29 Solo recitals at Guitar Festivals (Medellin and Ibague)
May 4 Lecture: "Our Man in Havana; a composer's perspective," Jose Lezcano
at Concord Community Music School
May 8 Boston University (with pianist Virginia Eskin): Music of Beethoven, Scarlatti,
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Ponce
May 9 Concert with Jose Lezcano and Musicians of Wall Street,
Simsbury Chamber Music Festival, Conn. Music by Lezcano, Piazzolla, Ramirez,
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
May 11 La Danza: Music from S. America with Jose Lezcano and Musicians
of Wall Street
May 30 Jose Lezcano and Simsbury String Quartet, play Lezcano's
Concerto for Guitar and Strings
July 16 Lezcano and Musicians of Wall Street at St Gaudens Historic Site, Cornish, NH
August 12 Seacost Science Center, Rye, NH
August 18 Private party, duo performance with Jennifer Yeaton Parris, flute
August 26 Paul Hodes for Congress, Benefit "House" Concert
Oct. 5-7, Performances at International Guitar Festival of Quito Ecuador, Casa de la Musica
