WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY HOSTS GUITARFEST 2003 ON APRIL 26
 – International award-winning guitarist Jorge Caballero to perform and conduct master class

The William Paterson University Music Department presents its eighth annual guitar festival, Guitarfest 2003, on Saturday, April 26 at the Cheng Library Auditorium on the University campus in Wayne. The day’s events include concerts, a master class by guest artist Jorge Caballero and a lecture demonstration. The program is open to all guitar enthusiasts, from high school students to adults. Admission is $10 for one or more events.

Festivities begin at 11 a.m. with a performance by Staten Island’s Curtis High School Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Lou Mannarino. At noon, jazz guitarist and William Paterson University guitar instructor Gene Bertoncini will present a lecture demonstration on jazz on the nylon string guitar. Caballero will perform at 2:30 p.m. and will conduct a master class for auditioned guitarists at 4 p.m. Guitarfest 2003 will close with a William Paterson University guitar student recital at 7 p.m.

Guest artist Caballero, a native of Peru, studied at the National Conservatory in Lima. While there Caballero won numerous competitions including the prestigious Walter Naumburg International Competition which led to American concert tours with performances at Alice Tully Hall in New York and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., among others. Caballero recorded his own transcriptions of Bach’s cello suites and most recently collaborated on a CD with soprano Theresa Santiago.

For more information, or to audition for the master class, call Seth Himmelhoch, William Paterson University guitar instructor, at 201-928-1641 or the William Paterson University Music Department at 973.720.2315.

3/26/03
For Further Information, contact:

Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966