Events
Upcoming:
New York Summer Music Festival (NYSMF)
Classical Guitar Institute, June 26-July 9, 2011
For young musicians ages 11-25
Directed by James M. Day
New scholarships available!
For more information contact Dr. Day or visit NYSFM.org
James Day receives a 2011 Australia Endeavor Award
to fund professional development and collaboration at the
Centre for Cultural Partnerships, Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne, July 18 - Aug. 29, 2011.
Recent
April 2, 2011 at 6pm
Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts
Songs of the Spanish Renaissance
Music by Juan Del Encina and Miguel De Fuenllana
Diane Aragona, soprano
James Day, guitar
February 11, 2011 at 12pm
Rider University Art Gallery
Seymour Barab: Bagatelles
Nancy Froysland-Hoerl, soprano
Tim Urban, recorder
James Day, guitar
Nov. 29, 2010 at 1:30pm
Composing for the Guitar
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
Discussion and Performance
Eric Sessler, composer
James M. Day, guitar
Works by Karmon, Lanksy and others
Nov. 14, 2010 at 3pm
PCGS Pro Members Recital
Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society
Michael Karmon: Rain (2009, World-Premiere)
Paul Lanksy: Roll-Out (2008)
other performers and works as well
Nov. 13, 2010 at 2:30pm
TCNJ Faculty Recital
Mayo Concert Hall
Works by Michael Karmon, Lansky, and Lentini
This is a feature event of the 2010 TCNJ Audition Workshop
October 16, 2010 at 6pm
Paul Recital Hall
Juilliard Pre-College Division
Music of Eric Sessler
Good Words to You (2008)
Judith Bettina, soprano
James Day, guitar
October 10, 2010 at 8pm
TCNJ Faculty Gala
Mayo Concert Hall
Karmon: selections from Rain (2009)
September 18, 2010 at 3pm
Outdoor Cafe
Fine Arts Festival
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Music of Milan, Villa-Lobos, Lauro and others
April 10, 2010
The Trenton Children's Chorus: One Voice
Princeton University Chapel
Princeton University
with Guest Choral Groups, Instrumentalists and Soloists
Fancisco J. Nunez, conductor
Nunez: Criome Mi Madre
Guest soloist, James Day, guitar
March 28, 2010
Shakespeare in Song
Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital
Bristol Chapel, Westminster College of the Arts
Rider University
Danielle Sinclair, soprano
Denise Mihalik, mezzo-soprano
Tim Urban, baritone
with
James Day, guitar
Kathy Shanlkin, piano
Michael Jacobsen, piano
March 5, 2010
College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Conference
Appalachian State University
Lecture-Recital: "Liederkomposition im höheren Sinne": Gottfried Weber as Lieder Composer
with Nicholas Dogas, baritone and student collaborator
February 6, 2010 at 8pm
Westminster Faculty Recital
Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University
Contrasts in Sound
Music of Lansky, Sessler and others
Judith Bettina, soprano
James Goldsworthy, piano
James Day, guitar
December 18 and 19, 2009
American Holiday
Voices Chorale
Lyn Ransom, Director and Conductor
Music of Charles Theodore Pachelbel, Conrad Sousa and others
with
Elaine Christy, harp
Bill Trigg, percussion
James Day, guitar
“Flawless!”
The News Reporter
Whiteville, NC
Bio
James M. Day is active as performer, scholar and teacher in Europe and the United States. His performances have included appearances at Juilliard’s Paul Recital Hall, 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 performances have been broadcast on public television and radio and he has received numerous awards, including a top prize in the 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, Car Music Project, Princeton Girl Choir, and Guitar Foundation of America International Convention in Los Angeles, and frequent collaborations with soprano Judith Bettina.
An avid promoter of new music, Dr. Day has collaborated closely with composers in the creation and performance of new solo and chamber works. His recent activities include the commission and world-premiere of Eric Sessler’s song cycle Good Words to You (2008), James Lentini’s No Boundaries (2008) for solo guitar, Michael Karmon’s Rain (2009) and the world-premiere of Paul Lansky’s Preludes (2008). Additionally, he is featured in the world-premiere recording of Laurie Altman’s Octet on the album On Course (Albany Records, 2008). His collaborations in new music have received grant support from the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music, Meet the Composer, Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
In the field of art song, Day's performances have been hailed as "very sensitive, technically and musically" by Soundboard (Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America). His recording, Night and Dreams: Franz Schubert Lieder with Guitar, with tenor Robert Swensen, was released by Clear Note Publications in 2008. Additionally, Dr. Day has given scholarly lecture-performances on both historical and contemporary art song with guitar at Eastman School of Music, the Philadelphia Guitar Festival, College Music Society International Conference in Madrid and Northeast Conference in Princeton, the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, and recently published an article on the subject in Soundboard.
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 Adjunct Associate Professor at Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University. In 2005, 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
Above: Soprano Judith Bettina and James Day perform song four of Eric Sessler's Good Words to You (2008) at Juilliard's Paul Recital Hall (October 2010)
Listen to the PCGS Podcast Interview with Eric Sessler
and James Day
DISCOGRAPHY:
Night and Dreams:
Franz Schubert Lieder with Guitar
Robert Swensen, tenor
James Day, guitar
(Clear Note Publications, 2008)
Available at www.clearnote.net
Laurie Altman: On Course
Includes
Homage a Stravinsky for Instrumental Octet (2006)
performed by James Day and others
(Albany Records, 2008)
Available at www.albanyrecords.com
Audio:
James Lentini (b. 1958)
Westward Voyage
(Studio recording under direction of the composer)
Michael Karmon (b.1969)
Rain: III. Winter
Composed for James Day, 2009
(Recorded live, in concert, The College of New Jersey)
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)
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
All in Twilight
Dark
(Recorded live, in concert, The College of New Jersey)
Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Quatre pieces brèves
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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