Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Happenings with the Southwest Guitar Department



LOTS of Things have been happening in the SW Guitar Dept.  Please check out our highlights.

STATE CONTEST
A Superior Rating was awarded to our SW Guitar Chamber Orchestra at the MNSHSL Solo and Small Ensemble Contest
3 Excellent Ratings were awarded to 3 small ensembles
3 Soloists Received Superior Ratings on their Classical Guitar Solos.  Congrats to:  Harry Katz-James (11th), Arya Pamungkas (12th) and Ben Lee Buccella (9th)

TOUR
Congrats to all guitar students for a very successful tour to Austin, TX.  Students studied with Adam Holzman, world renowned classical guitarist and founder of U of TX Austin Guitar Department, as well as touring Collings Guitar Factory and other significant musical highlights.


STRUT
You are invited to STRUT this weekend (May 6th) in our auditorium.  This the 2nd annual STRUT and looks to be outstanding.  If you are not familiar with STRUT yet please check out our website at:  strutfest.com

or click the link below and I will explain it to in our STRUT video   http://www.strutfest.com/about-1/


Peace,

Ruth LeMay
Director of Guitar Education at Southwest High School Minneapolis Public Schools

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