This hour-long concert features several Maryland guitar ensembles, all performing holiday music to celebrate the season in the spirit of music and togetherness: The Guitars for Change Ensemble, which features advanced performers from our after-school program in Annapolis, is conducted by Gabriel Rodríguez; our BCGS Guitar Orchestra, made up of music lovers [...]

Petra Poláčková is a musician’s musician, who began studying guitar at age six in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic with teachers such as Bohuslav Faltus, Miroslava Pavelková, and Zdeněk Dvořák. She graduated from the Pardubice Conservatory in 2010 withPetr Saidl and earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with distinction at the Universität für [...]

Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad have created a new standard of guitar innovation, ingenuity and expression. Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensemble-playing rooted in a family rich in Brazilian musical tradition and studies under guitarist/lutenist Monina Távora, a disciple of Andrés Segovia. Their virtuosity has inspired a wide range of composers to write [...]