Library Recital Series

Sring 2013

Concert One

Emerging Talent Showcase

Sunday, February 17, 2:30PM
Tandy Lecture Hall
Fort Worth Central Library
Free Admission

As part of it's mission to create opportuities for developing young guitarists, FWGG presents it's semi-annual "Emerging Talent Showcase". This program features young guitarists at the pre-collegiate level. Each exceptional young student performs a 6-10 minute program of their current repertoire. There is a good chance that years from now, memebers of the audience will say, "I heard that guitarist way back when he/she was just a kid up at the Fort Worth Public Library..".
The January 17th concert will feature students from Fort Worth, Garland, Aledo, Dallas and Plano.

Concert Two

Brendan Johnson (SMU) & Jonathan Garver (Collin College)

Sunday March 17, 2:30PM
Tandy Lecture Hall
Fort Worth Central Library
Free Admission

Jonathan Garver is currently studying music at Collin College, where he studies guitar with Dr. Olga Amelkina-Vera. In the fall of 2012, Jonathan won first place in the Advanced Division of the Collin College Guitar Competition. Additionally, he was a semifinalist in the Youth Division of the 2012 "Classical Minds" Guitar Competition in Houston, Texas. He has performed in master classes with Joseph Williams II, Valerie Hartzell, Lynn McGrath, Marko Feri, Edel Muñoz, Thibault Cauvin and Ana Vidovic. He has been the recipient of several music awards and scholarships, including the Collin College Performance Scholarship (Fall 2011) and, the Sabine Madriguera Memorial Scholarship in the ( Summer 2012 ). Jonathan plans to graduate from Collin College and to continue his studies at a four-year university.

Jonathan was a participant at the 2012 Guitar Guild Music Festival. He also performed on FWGG's Library Recital Series (January 2012) as part of the Community College Showcase.

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A native of Helena, Montana, Brendan Johnson began his study of the guitar at age 13 with blues and rock music. He soon progressed to jazz and eventually to classical guitar. He has since completed a Bachelor of Music in guitar performance from the University of Idaho where he studied with noted performer and pedagogue James Reid. While at the University of Idaho, he was chosen as the winner of the Lionel Hampton School of Music’s Convocation and awarded a solo performance on the opening night of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, the nation’s largest educational jazz festival. Brendan was the first solo guitarist in school history to be awarded this honor. In 2010, Brendan moved to Dallas, Texas to study with Robert Guthrie at Southern Methodist University. There, he has completed a Master’s Degree in Classical Guitar Performance and is currently working towards a Performer’s Diploma. Since arriving, Brendan has taken first place in the UT-Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Competition in both Duo and Quartet Divisions and has enacted a busy performing and teaching schedule throughout the Dallas/Forth Worth area.

This is Brendan's second appearance on the FWGG Library Series. His first was in duo with Nathaniel Earhart in 2012.

Concert Three

Joseph Palmer

Sunday, April 21, 2:30PM
Tandy Lecture Hall
Fort Worth Central Library
Free Admission

For those of you who have been attending our library series for a long time, we have a special concert as part of our 15th anniversary. Joseph Palmer performered for the Fort Worth Guitar Guild in 2005 on our "High School Talent Showcase". In the last two years, he has won an impressive string of prizes in international competitions. FWGG is very pleased to bring him back as a special guest in 2013.

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Joseph Palmer is quickly coming to the forefront of a new generation of guitarists.

Mr. Palmer has won top prizes in eight international guitar competitions, including; 1st Prize in the Louisville Solo Artist Competition, 1st Prize in the East Carolina University Guitar Competition, 1st Prize in the Texas A&M Guitar Symposium, 1st Prize in the Mississippi Guitar Competition, 1st Prize in the 'Classical Minds' competition in Houston, Texas, and top prizes in the Columbus Guitar Symposium, the Tennessee Guitar Competition, and the Appalachian Guitarfest, Boone, NC.

Joseph began his studies at the age of fifteen and excelled quickly. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Schwob School of Music with Dr. Andrew Zohn. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree, he has continued his study as a scholarship student under the world-renown performer and teacher Adam Holzman at the University of Texas at Austin where he has received his Master of Music Performance degree and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree.

Joseph has also been fortunate to perform in masterclasses for many of the world's leading concert artists including David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, Eliot Fisk, and Lorenzo Micheli. These experiences have led to great dedication in his own teaching. He runs his own private studio in Austin, Texas where he works with young students of all ages. He also is on the faculty of the Orpheus Academy of Music and the University of Texas Music Outreach Program. His students have won awards in state and regional music competitions and have been accepted to study in music programs at major universities in the U.S.