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Artist: Michael Bautista
Nylon-String CFX-200
Maria Louisa A. Lauro Short Excerpt Long Version
La Catedral A. Barrios Short Excerpt Long Version
Zapateado R. Sainz de la Maz Short Excerpt Long Version
Chaconne J.S. Bach Short Excerpt Long Version
 
Steel-String S-250
Here Comes The Sun G. Harrison Short Excerpt Long Version
Etude #3 M. Carcassi Short Excerpt Long Version
Yesterday J. Lennon and P. McCartney Short Excerpt Long Version

 

Meet Michael Bautista and you will find that he has a passion for music. Michael earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from Stanford University and a Master's Degree in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has studied with many great guitarists including David Tanenbaum, Marc Teicholz, Bahram Behroozi, and Don Balistreri.

Michaels' performances have captivated audiences since he was a teenager. He has performed the Concierto de Aranjuez for the Ambassador of Spain, given a solo performance for Senator John Kerry, and was honored to perform as a soloist in Carnegie Hall. He recently took fourth place in the 2006 Christopher Parkening International Guitar Competition, the world's preeminent classical guitar competition.

Michael is also a songwriter, a studio guitarist of all styles, and a dedicated teacher. He is currently on the faculty at San Jose State University, West Valley College, CB Perkins Guitar Company. In the summer of 2006, he served on the faculty of the UC Berkeley Young Musicians Program. Michael is also certified in Orff-Schulwerk, a teaching method that focuses on creative applications in youth music education. Visit his website at: www.michaelbautista.com.com

 

Artist: Falsafi Brothers Nylon-String CFX-200
Siciliana G. Battista Short Excerpt Long Version
Souvenir de Russie F. Sor Short Excerpt Long Version

Brothers Babak and Pedram Falsafi won the first prize in the Berkeley Ethnic Music Competition 2002 and followed this with a Bay Area tour in California, including a successful San Francisco appearance at Herbst Theatre. Their debut CD "from Iran to Argentina" is a unique classical guitar album with ethnic influences.

Their extensive repertoire includes their own arrangements of the Bach Chaconne for two guitars, Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata for two guitars as well as Pedram's original compositions for two guitars and Iranian drums. Babak and Pedram studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music both as soloists and chamber musicians. They are founding members of the Iranian Guitar Duo and regularly perform in Iran, Canada and the United States.

 
Artist: Peter Coleman Nylon-String CFX-200
Study in E min Opus 6 No. 11 F. Sor Short Excerpt Long Version
Opus 21 La Despedida (Les Adieux) F. Sor Short Excerpt Long Version

Pete Coleman is a self-taught amateur guitarist with a passion for all aspects of the classical guitar repertoire including English Renaissance lute music, Baroque, Romantic and 19th and 20th century Spanish and South American music. Having been a Special Education teacher in London, England for twenty five years, Pete is now retired and living in North Cornwall on the south west coast of England where he spends his time walking and photographing the cliffs, beaches, sea and sky in all its variety, that is when he's not playing the guitar.

 

 

 
 

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