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The event is sponsored by Clear Lake Performing Arts (CLPA).
Burgess has studied with the preeminent Argentinian guitarist Manuel Lopez Ramos, and later was chosen as the first recipient of the Andres Segovia Fellowship, after which he studied periodically with Segovia, probably the world's foremost classical guitarist until his death in 1987.
Segovia gave Burgess high praise, calling him an artist “with a magnificent technique.”
Hope Brewer, CLPA concerts arrangements chair, said that it was a rare occasion for Lake County music lovers to have the chance to meet, see and hear an artist of David Burgess' international stature without leaving home.
“It's a concert not to be missed,” she said.
Praised by critics for his polished technique and flamboyant style, Burgess has performed throughout North and South America, Europe and the Far East, as well as having recorded for CBS Masterworks, Musical Heritage Society, Tritone and Athena records.
He has won top honors in many international music competitions, including the Ponce International in Mexico City, Guitar '81 in Toronto and the 31st International Music Competition in Munich.
In recent years he has traveled often to Brazil, rediscovering guitar music from Brazil's past as well as many contemporary works, with many of the forming the basis of his first Lake County concert.
His program will begin with some of the oldest known guitar music, written in Spain at the time of Columbus, and include Spanish Baroque works along with pieces by such noted composers as Isaac Albeniz and Joaquin Rodrigo.
The second half of the program will feature contrasting guitar works from different Latin American countries including Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Bolivia, with music from such composers as Agustin Barrios and Antonio Carlos Jobin.
General admission is $20, or $15 for CLPA members, with young people under 18 admitted free of charge.
For information call 707-277-7076.
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The judges will be the five former and current Lake County Poets Laureate, and the application deadline is Jan. 15, 2010.
After the judges make their choice in March, the Lake County Board of Supervisors will appoint that person to represent the county.
Many people wonder what a poet laureate does. According to the proclamation written by the Board of Supervisors, the job is to “encourage poetry and writing among Lake County residents by stimulating literacy and creativity in spoken and written form.” Over the years, each poet laureate has found his or her own way of doing this.
In Lake County, the poet laureate is a volunteer position. However, some poets have applied for and received grants to perform certain functions, such as conducting workshops.
Any Lake County resident can apply for the position or nominate someone they think would do a good job.
Here is how to apply:
collect up to eight of your original poems (10 pages maximum);
ask another poet to write a letter of recommendation for you;
write a statement describing how you have served Lake County’s literary community in the past, and how you’d like to serve the community as Poet Laureate;
if any of your poems have been published, list their titles, and the names of the publications and dates they were published.
Send five copies of each of these items in one package to Mary McMillan, P.O. Box 1236, Kelseyville 95451. Send your application before Jan. 15, 2010.
If you don’t want to apply for the position yourself, you may nominate someone. Just send a letter or email with the following information about the person you are nominating: the person’s contact information (name, address, phone number) and a short statement about why you are nominating them. Send this information in an email to Mary McMillan
For more information, write an email or letter to Mary McMillan at one of the addresses above.
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