Classical to Beatles: A Concert by Classical Guitarist Jose Rodriguez

Name: Classical to Beatles: A Concert by Classical Guitarist Jose Rodriguez
Start: 2024-09-24T11:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-09-24T12:00:00-08:00
Location: 215 W Washington St, San Diego, CA, United States, California 92103

Schedule

Tue Sep 24 2024 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

215 W Washington St, San Diego, CA, United States, California 92103 | San Diego, CA

José Rodriguez will play guitar music by Miguel Llobet, Antonio Vivaldi, Julian Arcas, Francisco Tárrega, Augustín Barrios Mangoré, and the Beatles.
Miguel Llobet Two Catalan Folk Songs
1. Amelia’s Will
2. Song of the Thief
Variations on a Theme by Sor Op.15
Julian Arcas/ G. Verdi Traviata Fantasy
Francisco Tárrega Capricho Arabe
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Augustín Barrios Mangoré La Catedral
Beatles Hey Jude
Here, There and Everywhere
Yesterday
José Rodriguez holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with David Tannebaum. He is a former faculty member of the School of Arts at the University in Ensanada, B.C. (UABC), where he taught for nine years. Mr. Rodriguez has taught privately in San Diego since 2007, and is a part of the Access Initiative program at Villa Musica.
Along with solo recitals, José performs frequently with violinist Thomas Yee. Together they released a CD recording named “Historia,” featuring tangos, Spanish dances, jazz, and more. He has won several awards from competitions including third prize in Mexico’s Concurso Nacional de Guitarra de Paracho, first prize at the biannual Guitar Concerto Competition held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and third prize at Cal State Dominguez Hills Guitar Competition.
Mr. Rodriguez began his musical studies at the EMNO in Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana, and in 1996 he continued at the Centro Hispanicoamerianco de Guitarra and at the Conservatorio de la Orquesta de Baja California, in Tijuana, Mexico, where his teachers included Carlos Patiño, Francisco Guerrero, and Cuban guitarist Teresa Madiedo. In 2006 Rodrqiguez performed Castel-nuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 with the SFCM Orchestra and released his first CD recoding “Diario 2003” with music by Mexican composer Alberto Ubach.
He has taken part in masterclasses with such world-renowned guitarists as Costas Cotsiolis, Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, and Zoran Dukic, among others.