Published February 04, 2014
The popular University of Louisiana at Monroe Guitar Festival will take place Feb.
9-13 on the ÁùºÏͼ¿â 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 ÁùºÏͼ¿â 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, ÁùºÏͼ¿â guitar majors, the ÁùºÏͼ¿â 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 ÁùºÏͼ¿â 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 ÁùºÏͼ¿â Guitar Festival.
Jazz guitarist Howard Paul will perform with bass player Max Moran, drummer Louis Romanos, and ÁùºÏͼ¿â 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 ÁùºÏͼ¿â 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 ÁùºÏͼ¿â VAPA Box Office at 318-342-1414
or email Dan Sumner at sumner@ulm.edu
