EARLY PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS
I always jump at the opportunity to travel back to my hometown of Madison, Wisconsin to play music (especially early music!) This past December I was featured as a soloist with Madison youth choirs performing a program related to Shakespeare.
Tafelmusik, a highly successful early music group based in Toronto, runs a Winter institute for young early music professionals. I was happy to attend this past January to work on theorbo and baroque guitar with the lute virtuoso, Lucas Harris. This year’s theme was Italian Baroque instrumental music.
I’d highly recommend this festival to any aspiring early music players!
www.tafelmusik.org/artist-training/tafelmusik-winter-institute
Third Coast Baroque is a spectacular new baroque group in Chicago led by Rubén Dubrovsky | Artistic Director
Angela Young Smucker | Executive Director
Nathalie Colas Grant | Director of Operations
I’ll be joining them on their program “Groove!” playing theorbo.
For more information visit: http://www.thirdcoastbaroque.org
I’m thrilled to be included in the Newberry Consort’s program Kemp’s Jig as a young artist mentee. I’ll be playing renaissance guitar and lute with a violin band and great collection of actors featuring a master of improvisation, dance and baroque guitar, Steve Player.
For more details visit
: http://newberryconsort.org
I am so refreshed and happy to have just concluded a successful tour of Scotland with the company Chamber Opera Chicago. Last year we were able to tour through England for 3 weeks in 5 cities. This year we were lucky enough to have been invited to the Edinburgh festival. What an incredible experience!
Classical Guitar Favorites is a solo CD consisting of the songs I love to perform most often. The CD includes a wide range of style: Baroque, Romantic, Minimalist, and Argentinean Tango.
The CD is available for a purchase (Only $7) HERE:
https://brandonacker.bandcamp.com/album/classical-guitar-favorites-cd
I recently had the privilege of providing a pre-concert lecture about Puccini’s Tosca to classes of St. Josaphat Parish in Lincoln Park.
Strung Up performed in May at the Riverside Arts Weekend. The program included Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt and Alan Hovhanness.
Songs by Lorca and Rodrigo with castanets and cajon to add a flamenco flare. Great concert.
