A specialist in standard classical guitar as well as various early guitars and lutes, Elizabeth C. D. Brown is a very active performer throughout the Pacific Northwest, giving an average of 50 concerts a year. Highlights from recent seasons included solo lute and baroque guitar recitals at Early Music Festivals in Berkeley and Cleveland, performing as the soloist in Vivaldi's "Concerto in D," and a 10 performance run of Monteverdi's Ulysses in Seattle and San Francisco. She has performed in operas by Purcell, Blow, Paisiello, Rossini and Verdi, as well as all of Monteverdi's surviving operatic works. Elizabeth's first solo recording, La Folia de España: Dances for Guitar, features works for baroque, 19th century, and modern guitars, and has been praised for its "...apparently effortless ease." (Lute News, UK) She is also featured in the recording Dolce Desio as a member of the early music trio Le Nuove Musiche, and in the recording Navidad: Christmas in the New World with Seattle Pro Musica. She has just released her second solo recording, In Her Honor, which includes music from the Princess [Queen] Anne Guitarbook and the Elisabeth of Hesse Lutebook, as well as her own arrangements of works by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. An enthusiastic advocate for the guitar and lute, Elizabeth has given numerous outreach performances at schools, senior centers, and community centers for the Seattle Classic Guitar Society and the Early Music Guild, as well as by arrangement while on tour. She is head of the Guitar and Lute program at Pacific Lutheran University, has taught at Seattle Pacific University, and is on the faculty of the Accademia d'Amore (baroque opera workshop, Seattle). See her on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/ElizabethCDBrown or for more information visit: www.elizabethcdbrown.com
For more information on Elizabeth C. D. Brown, including press information, concert calendar, photos, music clips, and articles, please visit: www.elizabethcdbrown.com.
Dr. Stephen Howland is a guitarist, composer, arranger, and songwriter. He currently teaches both jazz and classical guitar at Pacific Lutheran University. He is a native of Walla Walla, Washington and has nearly thirty years of experience as a professional musician. He has played in nightclub bands; jazz trios, combos, and big bands; and a wide variety of classical and early music ensembles. He has been a featured guitarist-composer in new music festivals and a visiting concert artist and clinician at universities, colleges, and music societies throughout the West. He has been featured on recordings as a jazz soloist with big band, classical and early music chamber musician, solo guitarist in various styles, and writer and studio guitarist for independent pop artists and bands. He has written, arranged, and performed a diverse range of music for solo guitar and mixed ensembles. He completed his DMA research paper, Edward's MacDowell's "Woodland Sketches" Arranged for Guitar: A Performance Edition, Biography, and Literature Review, in 1998. Dr. Howland earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from Arizona State University, Master of Music from ASU, and Bachelor of Music from the University of Idaho. He received the highest marks and many academic honors and awards, including a teaching assistantship at ASU, the Presser Award, and the Eleanor Mader Memorial String Award. Dr. Howland also teaches at Rosewood Guitar in Seattle.
Pacific Lutheran University Guitar Festival
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Elizabeth Brown & Stephen Howland, Directors
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