Events
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 8pm
TCNJ Faculty Composers Concert
New music by Ralph Russell, Teresa Nakra, Bill Trigg
Carlton Wilkinson and Robert Y. McMahan
Including Symbiosis (2000) for Guitar and Accordion
by Robert Y. McMahan (Listen to Symbiosis by clicking here!)
Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall
The College of New Jersey
Free Admission
Information: TCNJ Music Department; (609) 771-2551
Thursday, March 9, 2008, 8pm
TCNJ Guitar Studio and Ensemble Recital
Featuring Students of James Day
Music from the Renaissance to the Present Day
Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall
The College of New Jersey
Free Admission
Information: TCNJ Music Department; (609) 771-2551
Monday, March 24, 2008, 3pm
Chamber Music with Voice
Brad Hougham, baritone
James Day, guitar
Pamela Gilmore, piano/harpsichord
Anna Urrey, flute
Music of Bach, Brahms, Dowland and Falla
Schare Auditorium
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Free admission
Information: Mason Gross School of the Arts
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 10am-8pm
Philadelphia Guitar Festival
Trends in New and Contemporary Music for Solo Guitar
Lecture Recital featuring music by
James Lentini, Toru Takemitsu
and the premiere of three preludes by Paul Lansky
(Lecture time TBD)
Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA
Information: Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society
July 27-August 1, 2008
Westminster Guitar Camp
James Day, Director
Comprehensive instruction for grades 7-12
Features a variety of evening concerts and special events
Westminster Conservatory, Princeton, NJ
Information: Westminster Conservatory; (609) 921-7104
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Whiteville, NC
Bio
James Day is active as performer, scholar and teacher in Europe and the United States. His performances have included appearances at New York’s Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, SolarFest Performing Arts Festival in Vermont, The International Guitar and Lute Exposition in Vicenza, Italy, and St. James Piccadilly in London. His concerts have been broadcast on public television and radio in several U.S. locations, and he has received numerous awards for his performances, including a top prize in the 1995 Rantucci International Guitar Competition in Buffalo. Recent seasons include engagements in the U.S. with Harrisburg Symphony, Eastern Wind Symphony, Boheme Opera Theater of New Jersey, Westminster Community Chamber Choir, Woodland Consort, Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival, College of New Jersey Collegium Musicum, Westminster Conservatory’s Musical Heritage Series, Eastman School of Music and Princeton University.
An avid promoter of new music, Dr. Day has collaborated closely with composers in the creation and performance of new solo and chamber works. World premiere performances include Donald J. Sparr’s Guitar Quartet (BMI award 1996), Michael Kinney’s Puppet Master (ASCAP award, 1999), Robert McMahon’s innovative and striking Symbiosis (2000), and Laurie Altman’s Songs My Mother Taught Me (2005) and Octet (2006). In November 2005, Day made the world premiere recording of James Lentini’s Westward Voyage (Winner, 2002 “Segovia” Competition, Spain) under the direction of the composer and slated for commercial release next year.
As scholar, Dr. Day has given lectures on contemporary and early nineteenth-century art song with guitar at Eastman, Guitar Foundation of America International Convention in Los Angeles, Philadelphia Guitar Festival, College Music Society International Conference in Madrid, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany. Addtionally, Dr. Day has recorded two compact discs, Modernist Masterworks for Guitar (Minimal 2002) and Night and Dreams: Schubert Lieder with Guitar with tenor Robert Swensen to be released on Clear Note Publications later this year.
Dr. Day received his Bachelor of Music degree at the North Carolina School of the Arts under Aaron Shearer and Gerald Klickstein, and his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music under Nicholas Goluses. In addition, he has pursued advanced studies with Oscar Ghiglia at both the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and at Incontri chitarrstici in Gargnano, Italy. As a student he performed in master classes of some of the world’s greatest virtuosi including Pepe Romero, David Russell, Paul O’Dette, and William Kanengiser. Currently, he is Director of Guitar Studies at The College of New Jersey and Artist Faculty at Westminster Conservatory of Rider University and The Lawrenceville School. Most recently, Dr. Day held a three-month residency as guest artist teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt, Germany. Currently, he lives in Morrisville, Pennsylvania with his wife, Jeremi, and children, Rhyana and Auden.
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Listen
James Lentini (b. 1958)
Westward Voyage (1999)
First Prize 2002 “Andrés Segovia” Composition Competition, Granada, Spain
(Studio recording under direction of the composer, 2005)
Robert Y. McMahan(b.1944)
Symbiosis for guitar and accordion (2000)
with Robert Y. McMahan, accordion
(Recorded live, in concert, City University of New York Graduate Center, December 2005)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita in A minor (BWV 1013), arr. J. Day
Bourée Anglaise
(Recorded live, in concert, The College of New Jersey, October 2005)
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
All in Twilight (1988)
Dark
(Recorded live, in concert, The College of New Jersey, October 2005)
Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Quatre pieces brèves (1933)
Prélude
(Excerpt from James Day's compact disc recording
Modernist Masterworks for Guitar: Music of Martin,
Villa-Lobos, Ponce & Poulenc, Princeton: Minimal, 2002)
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“Terrific performance
...expressive and convincing...
beautifully done!”
James Lentini
Composer
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