Yesterday, I only knew the names of two of the people in the photo above. But the power of social media has changed all that! From left to right, we have Andrew Dean, Emily Foster, director of Fretworx, Aaron Hopper, Tim Burrey, Melissa McKinnon and Kiaran Bryant, performing two of Aaron's beautiful compositions in a concert at Mitchell Conservatorium yesterday.
It was an all-guitar concert, which provided an opportunity for Tim Burrey to present his A Mus A program, but it also included a wide variety of guitar styles.
Heath Auchinachie
Heath Auchinachie, of Ilford, began the concert with Drifting, an intriguing piece by Canadian composer Andy McKee. Heath has referred us to an extremely popular clip of the composer himself playing the piece.
Tim Burrey
Tim Burrey played a program of music that was written by composers who lived between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. He showed he was as comfortable playing a Domenico Scarlatti sonata, Milonga Del Angel by Astor Piazzolla, a John Dowland piece or a suite of three pieces by Federico Moreno Torroba.
Tim's first teacher, Georg Mertens, played Villa-Lobos' popular first prelude, Albeniz's Asturias and a Fernando Sor piece.
The concert was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience of supporters. All funds raised from the sale of tickets were donated to Central West Care. We were interested to hear of their innovative programs from its director, Richard Ulbricht at the beginning of the concert.
