Lunchtime Concert - Michael Patilla

Classical guitarist Michael Patilla has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Central America and has been warmly received by audiences and critics.

Some of the accolades include, "American guitarist Michael Patilla delighted the audience with his excellent performance." (Roque Galo, El Pais), "...dexterous fingers...brilliant technique..." (Michael Huebner, The Birmingham News), and "Not only Patilla's fine musical sense, but the variety of the program, made for an unfailingly enchanting concert." (Karl Henning, Berkshires Arts and Entertainment).

In addition to numerous solo recitals, he has performed as concerto soloist with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Eastman Chamber Orchestra, the Masterworks Festival Orchestra, the Orquesta Filarmonia de Honduras, the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra, and the Starkville Symphony Orchestra. He has also been featured at festivals such as Piccolo Spoleto. City Stages, the Tennessee Guitar Festival, the Rantucci Guitar Festival, the Volos Winter Guitar Festival (Greece) and Crescendo (Hungary).

As a U.S. Fulbright scholar, he was a guest lecturer at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. He currently teaches guitar courses at Mississippi State University and directs the guitar program for the Masterworks Festival, held each summer in Winona Lake, Indiana.

Michael Patilla completed a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at the Eastman School of Music and has studied with such teachers as Manuel Barrueco, Julian Gray, Nicholas Goluses, Bruce Holzman, Paul O'Dette, and Raphaella Smits. In September, his debut CD of music by South American composers was released in 2005. He is currently working on a project to publish music by Honduran composers.

Michael Patilla (classical guitar)

Programme
Dionisio Aguado
Fandango Varié, Op. 16
Nelson David Doblado
Estudio no. 1
Donaldo Umanzor
Capricho-Vals Lento
Raphael Umanzor
Pensativo
Gilberto Zelaya
Bossa Hondureña
Honduran Folk Song
Parinde
Jorge Mejia
Evocación Ancestral
Fausto Varela
Variations on a Honduran Folk Song
Francisco Carranza
Fiesta de San Sebastián
Eduardo Acosta
Aire Tropicál
Eduardo Martín
Son Cubano

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This lunchtime concert is FREE and no ticket is required. Lunchtime concerts last approximately 45 minutes and latecomers will be admitted to the church when there is a suitable break in the programme. A collection is taken at the end of the concert which goes towards the work of St Martin's.

Sometimes it is necessary to alter programmes and substitute artists at short notice. If you are intending to hear a particular piece or performer, we recommend that you telephone the Box Office (020 7766 1100) on the day of the concert in order to confirm performance details.


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