welcome to the website of
classical guitarist
JAY KACHERSKI
"Virtuosismo!!!...his technical dominance was on full display..." - Conaculta, Mexico City, 2012
"With great inspiration he played his melodies to the rhythm of his guitar." - Acapulco Sun, Mexico 2008
NEWS AND UPDATES:
-I recently performed a great new work for guitar and piano by composer Dr. David Mitchell at the College Music Society in 2015. The work is called Lake Avondale. Click the link to watch the performance with pianist Lina Morita.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZq8a6mA-W8
-My Suite for Guitar and Flute was performed by Lauren Harris (fl) and Daniel Rolison (gtr) at the New Mexico Classical Guitar Festival-June 2014
-I was recently interviewed for An Evening of Classical Guitar Podcast with host Tom Vela. We talked about my work developing the Mexican Guitar Music Catalog and some of the great works I have edited from Mexican composers. Listen here
-My Suite for Guitar and Flute has been selected to be performed at the 2013 National Flute Convention in New Orleans! I will be performing the work with flutist Judy Hand. The score will be available here on my website shortly! Listen here to a live performance from 2012
Upcoming Concerts:
Sept. 22 - 30-Year Retrospective Concert for Bill Rose
Oct. 10th - Solo Concert at Louisiana Tech
Oct. 16th &17th - Solo Concerts in Modesto, CA
Nov. 8th and 9th - Jesus Christ Superstar, Lake Charles, LA
Nov. 14th - Duo Concert with Dave Scott - trumpet, McNeese St. Univ.
Nov. 23 - Solo Concert - Tepoztlan, Mexico (postponed)
2014 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb. 24th - Duo Concert with Judy Hand - flute, McNeese St. Univ., LA
Mar. 18th - Solo/Duo Concert with Lina Morita, Chamber Series, LA
Apr. 2nd - Duo Concert with Lin He - violin, Tulane University, LA
Apr. 12th - Solo Concert for Classical Minds Festival, Houston, TX
Apr. 14th - Duo Concert with Carol Lines - voice, McNeese St. Univ., LA
June 10th-15th - Lecture Recital, Lessons, Technique Class - Classical Minds Institute & Competition
http://www.classicalmindsfestival.org/
Sept. 2nd - Duo Concert with Lin He - violin, McNeese St. Univ., La
Sept. 5th - Faculty Potpourri, McNeese State
Sept. 7th - Duo Concert with Lin He - violin, Louisiana State University (LSU)
Oct. 28th - Solo Concert - Jennings, Louisiana
Nov. 17th - Duo Concert with Lin He - violin, University of Louisiana Lafayette (ULL)
Dec. 4th - Duo Concert with Lin He - violin, Abendmusik Concert Series, Alexandria, Louisiana
2015--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb. 2nd - Duo Concert with Lin He - violin, University of Southern Mississippi http://www.usm.edu/calendar/11-2014/guest-artist-series-presents-jay-kacherski-guitar-and-lin-he-violin
Feb. 20th - Duo Concert with Lina Morita - piano, College Music Society Conference, Mississippi
Feb. 24th - Chamber Music Concert with Lina Morita - piano, Lin He - violin, and Judy Hand - flute, Louisiana Chamber Series
March 24th - Duo Concert with Judy Hand - flute, McNeese State University
April 14th - Solo and Duo Concert with Judy Hand - flute, Jennings, Louisiana
May 13th - Solo Concert - 2015 New Orleans International Guitar Festival - Tulane University
https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-International-Guitar-Festival/434369090061569
Sept. 18th - Faculty Potpourri, McNeese St. University
Dec. 7th - Solo Concert - 18th Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Taxco - Mexico
https://es-la.facebook.com/Concurso-y-Festival-Internacional-de-Guitarra-de-Taxco-137334439679291/
2016--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb. 14th - Soloist with the Lake Charles Symphony, Concierto de Aranjuez, Joaquin Rodrigo
http://www.lcsymphony.com/concert-2-featuring-jay-kacherski-classical-guitar/
April 14th - Solo Concert at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
May18th - Solo Concert at the New Orleans International Guitar Festival
June 28th - Duo Concert with pianist Lina Morita at the Louisiana Summer Music Festival
Sept. 9th - Duo Concert with clarinetist Jan Scott, McNeese St. University, Louisiana
Jay Kacherski has specialized in contemporary Mexican classical guitar music and invites you all to visit the Media Page for samples of this music and the MGMC - the only Mexican Guitar Music Catalog on the internet that has links to videos, audio samples, and to websites for scores and composer information. Also visit the Mexican Music page for more audio samples and information about contemporary classical guitar music from Mexico.