Classical Guitar at the Sheldon, Oct 28, 7 pm
The group St. Louis Bella Corda will perform as the main act at The Sheldon Concert Hall on October
28.
St. Louis Bella Corda, under the direction of Kirk Hanser,
is a classical guitar ensemble (an octet and quartet, with members also forming
duos and trios), and they will play in the “Notes from Home” series at the
Sheldon on October 28 at 7 pm.
Bella Corda, which also played on the
main stage at the 24th annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Festival in
Nashville this past summer, is hoping to have its first CD available for sale at
the concert; proceeds will go towards scholarships for the week-long guitar
Mid-America Guitar Camp held in the summer
(MAGC, a favorite with
guitar students from across the nation) .
Also appearing on the not-for-profit CD will be several international recording stars, including Italian virtuoso Peppino D’Agostino
(voted best acoustic guitarist, 2007),
Michael Chapdelaine (the only person to win the world’s top competitions
for both fingerstyle and classical guitar), Roger Hudson of Nashville, and
the Hanser-McClellan Guitar Duo.
Perhaps you heard Bella Corda at one of their many area concerts, including previous shows at The Sheldon, Webster University and the Botanical Garden (for Rhapsody in Bloom, sponsored by Classic 99 KFUO). They’ll perform at Milliken University in Decatur, IL on October 26th (EDIT: note, this concert in Illinois is confirmed by Manley Mallard of the University to be at 6 pm, not 7 pm or 4 pm as listed on some websites). Don’t miss this month’s Sheldon Concert in St. Louis on October 28th!
Details: St. Louis Bella Corda at The Sheldon
Concert Hall
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM
An eight-member guitar ensemble comprised of some of St.
Louis’s best young classic and fingerstyle guitarists. All former students of
the Childbloom Guitar Program, these students have gone on to perform as often as several times a month in venues
throughout the Midwest, and as far away as
Nashville and Austin.
Tickets will be $6 at the door.