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JAY KACHERSKI
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JAY KACHERSKI
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a “…brilliant album” and “one of the finest guitar solo recordings of recent years”
-Soundboard Magazine
"...every phrase sings with meaning and intent; and the guitar is used to the fullest!...a true tour de force"
-American Record Guide
-Soundboard Magazine
"...every phrase sings with meaning and intent; and the guitar is used to the fullest!...a true tour de force"
-American Record Guide
Click Above to Buy the CD Now!
--New duo recording available on the Frameworks Records label! www.frameworksrecords.org
Landscapes showcases mostly all new works for the guitar and piano duo including the premiere recording of Étoiles Par Grand Vent by Olga Amelkina-Vera, Brazos de Dios by J.Todd Frazier, Fraktured by Frank Wallace, and Lake Avondale by David Mitchell.
"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:
-LANDSCAPES is officially released! A duo recording of new works for the piano and guitar duo featuring composers J.Todd Frazier, Olga Amelkina-Vera, Frank Wallace, Cutberto Cordova, David Mitchell, Bigazzi & Colonna, along with classics from Manuel de Falla and Manuel Ponce. Copies can be bought www.frameworksrecords.org
-I am thrilled about the release of my debut solo recording-- SYNTHESIS on the Frameworks Records label. Click here to get a personalized physical copy or click here to buy on iTunes!!
- We are Grammy Nominated!! The Singing Guitar album with the Texas Guitar Quartet along with the LAGQ and Austin Guitar Quartets and the incomparable Conspirare vocal ensemble were nominated for Best Vocal Performance!!
- Texas Guitar Quartet!! Has a new promo video! Watch here: Click here .
-LANDSCAPES is officially released! A duo recording of new works for the piano and guitar duo featuring composers J.Todd Frazier, Olga Amelkina-Vera, Frank Wallace, Cutberto Cordova, David Mitchell, Bigazzi & Colonna, along with classics from Manuel de Falla and Manuel Ponce. Copies can be bought www.frameworksrecords.org
-I am thrilled about the release of my debut solo recording-- SYNTHESIS on the Frameworks Records label. Click here to get a personalized physical copy or click here to buy on iTunes!!
- We are Grammy Nominated!! The Singing Guitar album with the Texas Guitar Quartet along with the LAGQ and Austin Guitar Quartets and the incomparable Conspirare vocal ensemble were nominated for Best Vocal Performance!!
- Texas Guitar Quartet!! Has a new promo video! Watch here: Click here .
CONCERT SCHEDULE:
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Jan.24th - McNeese Faculty Pot Pourri Concert, duo with Lina Morita, pro
Jan. 26th - Connoisseur's Series, University of Southern Miss, duo concert with Lina Morita, pno
Feb. 24th - Premiere of Libby Larsen work Bleached for saxophone, guitar, piano, percussion- MSU
Mar. 3rd - Sam Houston State University, concert with TXGQ
Mar. 25th - Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz, Irving TX, with TXGQ
Mar. 28th - New Orleans International Guitar Festival, solo concert and adjudication
Mar. 31 - North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, Sam Houston State U, solo & duo with Lina Morita, pno
April 14th - Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz, Southwest Symphony New Mexico, with TXGQ
April 29th - Dixie Theatre, Louisiana, concert with TXGQ
June 12-17 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival
July 6th - East Carolina State University, concert with TXGQ
July 8th - Durango Concert Series, concert with TXGQ
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Feb.19 - Gtr & Trumpet with Caeley Niess, McNeese Guest Artist Series, Louisiana
Feb.20 - Faculty Potpouri McNeese State University
Feb. 27 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival Benefit Concert, solo and duo with pianist Lina Morita, TX
March 4th - Solo Concert at Denise Hopkins Fine Art Gallery, Pass Christian, Mississippi
March 5th - Solo Concert at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Mar. 17-20 - Guitarraganza Guitar Festival, solo concert & adjudication, California State University Stanislaus
Mar. 25th - Sam Houston State University & Lone Star College, concerts with TxGQ
June 13-18 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival & Competition, Artistic Director, Conductor, Instructor, Presenter, St. Philip Presbyterian, TX
Sept 6-10 -Guitar Festival at the Teatro del Lago, Frutillar, Chile with TxGQ
Sept 17th - Bayou Theatre, Clear Lake Texas, solo and chamber
Oct. 8th - Fort Worth, TX with the TxGQ
Oct. 27th - Gulf Coast Music Association, Lecture and Concert, duo with Lina Morita, piano
Nov.16th - Dallas College Eastfield, Concert and masterclass, solo
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Jan. 23 - Mt. Vernon Music Series, TX, virtual concert, TxGQ
Mar. 7th - Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Concert Series, solo concert
May 22 - Austin Classical Guitar Society Concert Series, TxGQ
May 26 - Guitunam, Encuentro Unviersitario de Guitarra de la UNAM, Mexico, concert TxGQ
June 17-20 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival, virtual workshop
Nov. 5-6 - Texas Guitar Conference, concert, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, TxGQ
Dec. 17 - Pawling Concert Series, NY, TxGQ
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Feb. 7-9 - Concert and Masterclasses Loyola Guitar Festival, New Orleans, TxGQ
Feb. 20-22 - Residency at UTRGV Brownsville, TxGQ
March 5-7 - Concert and Masterclasses, Loudoun County Guitar Festival, Va, TxGQ
April 25th - Virtual Concert for the Houston Methodist Hospital, Center for Performing Arts Medicine
June 6th - Adjudication Concurso Interno Virtual GuiTarREDUV, Mexico
Nov. 25th - Virtual Premiere of parts, together by Azariah Felton, Twisted Spruce World Ensemble
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Jan. 12 - Round Top, TX, with TxGQ
Jan. 26th - Concierto Andaluz with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, TxGQ
Feb. 9 - St. Phillip Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX. TxGQ
Feb. 10 - Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX. TxGQ
Mar. 5-7 - University of Mississippi, TxGQ
Mar. 31st - Lubbock, TX, TxGQ
May 10th - Houston TX, solo concert at Houston Memorial Hospital
May 19th - Duo Concert with piano at the Sugarmill Festival, Louisiana
May 23rd - Solo concert New Orleans International Guitar Festival
June 7-9 - Solo concert Southern Guitar Festival, South Carolina
June 10-15 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival
July 12-24 - Solo Tour of China, multiple cities including the GHM International Guitar Art Festival in Shenzhen
Oct. 3-4 - Concert and Masterclass University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, TxGQ
Oct. 5th - Concert University of Indianapolis, TxGQ
Oct. 12th - Concierto Andaluz with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, TxGQ
Nov. 2-3 - Concert with Conspirare, LAGQ, AGQ: How Little You Are by Nico Muhly, TxGQ
Nov. 15-16 - Concert at Guitar Festival at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, TxGQ
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Jan.24th - McNeese Faculty Pot Pourri Concert, duo with Lina Morita, pro
Jan. 26th - Connoisseur's Series, University of Southern Miss, duo concert with Lina Morita, pno
Feb. 24th - Premiere of Libby Larsen work Bleached for saxophone, guitar, piano, percussion- MSU
Mar. 3rd - Sam Houston State University, concert with TXGQ
Mar. 25th - Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz, Irving TX, with TXGQ
Mar. 28th - New Orleans International Guitar Festival, solo concert and adjudication
Mar. 31 - North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, Sam Houston State U, solo & duo with Lina Morita, pno
April 14th - Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz, Southwest Symphony New Mexico, with TXGQ
April 29th - Dixie Theatre, Louisiana, concert with TXGQ
June 12-17 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival
July 6th - East Carolina State University, concert with TXGQ
July 8th - Durango Concert Series, concert with TXGQ
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Feb.19 - Gtr & Trumpet with Caeley Niess, McNeese Guest Artist Series, Louisiana
Feb.20 - Faculty Potpouri McNeese State University
Feb. 27 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival Benefit Concert, solo and duo with pianist Lina Morita, TX
March 4th - Solo Concert at Denise Hopkins Fine Art Gallery, Pass Christian, Mississippi
March 5th - Solo Concert at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Mar. 17-20 - Guitarraganza Guitar Festival, solo concert & adjudication, California State University Stanislaus
Mar. 25th - Sam Houston State University & Lone Star College, concerts with TxGQ
June 13-18 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival & Competition, Artistic Director, Conductor, Instructor, Presenter, St. Philip Presbyterian, TX
Sept 6-10 -Guitar Festival at the Teatro del Lago, Frutillar, Chile with TxGQ
Sept 17th - Bayou Theatre, Clear Lake Texas, solo and chamber
Oct. 8th - Fort Worth, TX with the TxGQ
Oct. 27th - Gulf Coast Music Association, Lecture and Concert, duo with Lina Morita, piano
Nov.16th - Dallas College Eastfield, Concert and masterclass, solo
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Jan. 23 - Mt. Vernon Music Series, TX, virtual concert, TxGQ
Mar. 7th - Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Concert Series, solo concert
May 22 - Austin Classical Guitar Society Concert Series, TxGQ
May 26 - Guitunam, Encuentro Unviersitario de Guitarra de la UNAM, Mexico, concert TxGQ
June 17-20 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival, virtual workshop
Nov. 5-6 - Texas Guitar Conference, concert, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, TxGQ
Dec. 17 - Pawling Concert Series, NY, TxGQ
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Feb. 7-9 - Concert and Masterclasses Loyola Guitar Festival, New Orleans, TxGQ
Feb. 20-22 - Residency at UTRGV Brownsville, TxGQ
March 5-7 - Concert and Masterclasses, Loudoun County Guitar Festival, Va, TxGQ
April 25th - Virtual Concert for the Houston Methodist Hospital, Center for Performing Arts Medicine
June 6th - Adjudication Concurso Interno Virtual GuiTarREDUV, Mexico
Nov. 25th - Virtual Premiere of parts, together by Azariah Felton, Twisted Spruce World Ensemble
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Jan. 12 - Round Top, TX, with TxGQ
Jan. 26th - Concierto Andaluz with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, TxGQ
Feb. 9 - St. Phillip Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX. TxGQ
Feb. 10 - Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX. TxGQ
Mar. 5-7 - University of Mississippi, TxGQ
Mar. 31st - Lubbock, TX, TxGQ
May 10th - Houston TX, solo concert at Houston Memorial Hospital
May 19th - Duo Concert with piano at the Sugarmill Festival, Louisiana
May 23rd - Solo concert New Orleans International Guitar Festival
June 7-9 - Solo concert Southern Guitar Festival, South Carolina
June 10-15 - Houston Classical Guitar Festival
July 12-24 - Solo Tour of China, multiple cities including the GHM International Guitar Art Festival in Shenzhen
Oct. 3-4 - Concert and Masterclass University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, TxGQ
Oct. 5th - Concert University of Indianapolis, TxGQ
Oct. 12th - Concierto Andaluz with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, TxGQ
Nov. 2-3 - Concert with Conspirare, LAGQ, AGQ: How Little You Are by Nico Muhly, TxGQ
Nov. 15-16 - Concert at Guitar Festival at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, TxGQ
-The Grammy nominated Texas Guitar Quartet-
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-The Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition-
Jay Kacherski performs music from all time periods, but has special interest 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.
Video Highlights: Joaquin Rodrigo's famous Concierto de Aranjuez Mvt. I and III
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