Published February 04, 2014
The popular University of Louisiana at Monroe Guitar Festival will take place Feb.
9-13 on the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ campus. The community is encouraged to attend, and all events are
free and open to the public. Each event features various styles and sounds and provides
entertainment for all ages.
At 7:30 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 9, the Louisiana Community Guitar Orchestra Event will take place in Brown Auditorium. The event welcomes guitar players of all ages
and ability levels to make music together in a collaborative session celebrating the
opening of the 2015 ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ Guitar Festival. All are welcome and no experience on the
guitar is necessary. Guitars will be available for those who do not have one.
At 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 10, ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ guitar majors, the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ Guitar Ensemble, and students from the region will be
featured in a student concert in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall.
At 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb.11, in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, a two-part concert will be held. The first
set features Ruston-based Cain Budds on classical guitar. Budds is an accomplished classical guitarist who is returning
to the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ Guitar Festival after a well-received concert in 2011 and master class
in 2013.The second set will feature classical guitarist Jeff George from Lafayette, in his return to the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ Guitar Festival.
Jazz guitarist Howard Paul will perform with bass player Max Moran, drummer Louis Romanos, and ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ guitar professor Dan Sumner at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall. Paul, from Savannah, Georgia, will be performing
at the Guitar Festival for the first time. He will also hold a master class at 11
a.m. in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on Feb. 12.
Max Moran and Louis Romanos return to perform with master guitarist Stan Smith at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13, in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall. Smith returns to the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ Guitar Festival
after popular concerts and master classes in 2011 and 2014. Smith will teach a master
class at 11 a.m. in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on Feb. 13.
For more information about this event, contact the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ VAPA Box Office at 318-342-1414
or email Dan Sumner at sumner@ulm.edu
