NATIONAL YOUTH GUITAR ENSEMBLE TUNES UP FOR DEBUT CONCERT IN BIRMINGHAM

The Adrian Boult Hall and Woodbrook Quaker Study Centre are to host a weekend of concerts in Birmingham presented in association with the European Guitar Teacher’s Association Conference 2011. The concerts commence on Friday 5th August with a performance at the Adrian Boult Hall by the National Youth Guitar Ensemble that represents the U.K’s finest young guitarists led by Oxford based composer Gerald Garcia. 

NYGE will be performing an eclectic programme of works for guitar ensemble and electric guitar featuring the iconic Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich, works by Dyens, Love and a new work written for the ensemble by composer David Carroll.

On Saturday 6th August  Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre will feature special guest recitals by Ian Watt and Matthew Wilkinson, two young stars of classical guitar and on Sunday 7th August a performance by Craig Ogden.

Full details below:

The National Youth Guitar Ensemble (NYGE) 

Friday 5th August 2011 - 7.30pm 

Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire

Ian Watt and Matthew Wilkinson 

Saturday 6th August 2011 - 8.00pm 

Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham.

Craig Ogden 

Sunday 7th August 2011 - 2.15pm 

Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham.

Tickets for each concert priced @ £10 Non EGTA Members, Concessions £7.50 and Under 16s accompanied with an adult £4 are available on the door or in advance by contacting EGTA or NYGE.

For more information visit www.egta.co.uk and www.nyge.co.uk

ENDS 

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