An Interview with Jonathan Roth, part 3
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
Jonathan Roth: [website][myspace][youtube][part 1 of this interview][part 2 of this interview] _______________________ Tell us a bit about your CD Meditations. All your own compositions? Any upcoming recording projects? Meditations was recorded in the stairwell of Pepperdine’s music building and a practice room in Wheaton Academy’s (my old high school) basement floor by my friend Brandon […]
Read MoreI don’t Like It.
Classical Guitar Tips
I recently performed a piece that I think made the audience …uncomfortable. Now this piece is a twelve-tone (serialist) work. I think it’s awesome. But it’s not the prettiest thing in the world–it is emotional and effective. Now this piece, Do Not Go Gentle…, was written with the Dylan Thomas poem in mind. And it […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Jonathan Roth, part 2
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
Jonathan Roth: [website][myspace][youtube][part 1 of this interview] _______________________ Tell us a bit about your studies at Pepperdine with Christopher Parkening. How is he as a teacher? Any Funny stories? For the first year or so, I felt as though I shouldn’t be there. There were some other great players, like Brandon Jones and Tyler Kleban […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Jonathan Roth, Part 1
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
Jonathan Roth is a guitarist and composer currently doing graduate studies at the University of Southern California where he studies with Scott Tennant. I connected with Jonathan a few years ago via myspace (though I doubt he remembers!) to ask him some questions about the Christopher Parkening summer masterclass. When I started this blog, he […]
Read MoreMonday Motivation 3/23/09
Monday Motivation
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” -George Eliot I stumbled upon this video of Jose Luis Merlin playing one of his own compositions. Merlin’s music is really attractive anyway, but he talks a bit about the “theory” behind this piece at the beginning, which is great!
Read MoreChris’ Recital
Updates & Activities
This blog is not about promoting myself. However, as I offer advice and that sort of thing, I think it’s important that readers can see where I’m coming from. That’s why I post videos of myself playing on youtube in addition to instructional stuff. This is all in order of performance. I spared the tuning […]
Read MoreLinkage: 3/21/09
Guitar Related Links
Some interesting classical guitar happenings for your perusal. First off, Scott Tennant posted on his blog about an interesting project with the LAGQ. Actor John Cleese of Monty Python fame will join the LAGQ in a unique performance March 25th. From Scott’s blog post: “Cleese will bring to life a dozen characters from Cervantes’ classic […]
Read MoreKoyunbaba vs. Bach
Ask the Readers
My teacher said something interesting in my lesson yesterday: “Everybody loves the guitar, but when they hear it played, they hate it.” He was talking about classical guitar specifically. Everyone really does like the guitar, it such a part of our culture we have whole video games devoted to fake guitar playing. And the shear […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Eva Fampas, part 2
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
Eva Fampas: [website][myspace][facebook][youtube][Part 1 of this interview] _____________ Do you think competitions are important for the up and coming guitarist? Why? In my opinion depends from the personality of the player. Yes, in a way the competitions are very important, you play in front of an audience of managers, guitarists, musicians and guitar lovers, and […]
Read MoreEva Fampas Interview
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
I had the opportunity to connect with Greek guitar virtuoso Eva Fampas via myspace. She agreed to an interview! Eva is a wealth information and has a ton of experience Eva Fampas: [website][myspace][facebook][youtube] Eva’s recordings can be found at GuitarCDs.net or Guitare Diffusion. _____________ Classical Guitar Blog: Tell us about how you got into music […]
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