Roberto Capocchi, guitarist: News

Music professor André García-Nuthmann was just named as New Mexico Highlands University’s PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR. Andre has been teaching at Highlands since 1990, conducting three choirs while also teaching music theory classes and voice. He has fostered a 10-year relationship between the department and the Santa Fe Symphony.

Corando Paulino is one of he very best Jazz musicians in Brazil today. I had the opportunity to study with him for a few years in the 1980's. His latest CD was the second most downloaded for ten days at All About Jazz - check it out: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15549 Conrado's only problem is that he likes the wrong soccer team.

Check out some new photos at http://www.capocchimusic.com/photos.html

Bring your hot mother to Mother's Day Brunch at the Pink Adobe for some hot chille and hot guitar music! Details in the calendar.

Antonio is a fine jazz and classical guitar player studying with me at Adams State College. He'll be assistant teaching in New Milford CT, this summer.
http://www.guitarworkshop.com/

You can get et tickets at http://www.chavezdeleitner.com/products.html for the upcoming concert:

Guitar and String Quartet
11 May 2008 - 7:00
Loretto Chapel
207 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe NM
Price: $20.00

With violinists Ellen Leitner and Jane Snyder, cellist
Candace Brower, and Marke Talley, on viola.
On the program we have a Bocherini Quintert, (the famous Fandango one) a Haydn Quartet, and a Paganini Trio.

http://www.chavezdeleitner.com/products.html

It had been a while since I updated the website, other than adding MP3s. So I just added some recent photos, edited the bios, and cleaned up some links.

Sorry, our 24 April 24th concert at Northern New Mexico College has been canceled. (Duo Guadalupe Plays Spanish Music) We just found out today.

To avoid this problem in the future, we're also canceling the June 5th concert at NNMC until further notice.

We will be looking for a new venue to play in Espanola soon.

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Guitarist Daniel Weston often organizes split-bill concerts - he calls them THREE FABULOUS GUITARISTS. A while back I participated in one with him and Rico Stover. This July, I'm on board again, this time featuring Daniel, myself and Stuart Green, guitar professor at University of Redlands, in California.

The extraordinary guitarist Gabriel Ayala is visiting New Mexico this week for performances in Albuquerque and Santa Fe - don't miss the opportunity to hear him!

You can order your tickets online for the upcoming concerts at the Loretto Chapel - April 6th, May 11th, and June 8th, at http://www.chavezdeleitner.com/products.html

An exciting recording project for Serenata Santa Fe coming up in May - a series of tangos by Ronald Strauss, with Pamela Epple on English horn and Carol Redman on flute.

Because of remodeling, we'll be stopping music at the Pink Adobe for a while. Come have a drink, listen to a set, and just hang out. Music from 8 to 9 - taking requests! Details on the calendar.

Friday May 2nd I'll be returning for another season of "Music with O'Keeffe" series at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. For information on other performers this season, check out the O'Keeffe website. Details in the calendar. The concerts are free and offer full bar service.

My old friend, composer Frederick Carrilho just had his piece called Profusão5 premiered at the XVII Biennial Festival of Contemporary Music in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
After the concert Thomaz Moore (from the website Opera Today and Harvard University) interviewed him.
Just click on links:

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2007/12/tom_moore_inter_2.php
http://musicabrasileira.org/frederickcarrilho/

After months of recess, Ellen Leitner and I are planing the next season to include another quintet concert, recording Paganini's Centoni di Sonata, and a little touring. Our recent run-through of some material was a lot of fun - she's using a different instrument and bow, having a great time. She's also been developing repertoire for violin and piano, and has a CD of her own out, all of music of our friend Father Blanch.
So I've added MP3s of two live performances to celebrate: A la Raya del Monte is a Spanish song arranged by San Andres, adapted for violin and guitar by Ellen. Polo is by Manuel de Falla. Here's the link (the songs is at the bottom of the page: http://www.capocchimusic.com/music-group-16.html

I'm having a blast playing my old and trusted Sergio Abreu guitar - it's gonna be 20 years old soon! I just got it back from luthier Keith Vizcarra who generously works on my instruments while building his own - wonderful - ones. After a fret dress, set-up and other general maintenance, a great instrument really plays up to its full potential.

Here's the first performance by the ASC Guitar Trio - the student ensemble at Adams State College - http://www.capocchimusic.com/music-group-23.html

here's a live recording of my arrangement of Isaac Albeniz's masterpiece - http://www.capocchimusic.com/music-group-22.html Enjoy!

I just got the recording of a full concert in Alamosa CO, performed in May and I'll be posting tracks from it. Check out Sons de Carrilhoes at http://www.capocchimusic.com/music-group-21.html

My usual Friday gig at the Dragon Room now goes from 7 to 10 pm - an extra set, so you can have an extra beer. Detail in the calendar.

To cut down on travel time and offer more lesson time options, I'm moving my private teaching to the College of Santa Fe, Contemporary Music Department in Benildus Hall, room 248A. It's only a couple of blocks away from the Rosina Street location. Here's a campus map: http://www.csf.edu/csf3/pix/visit/map.pdf and you can find the building named Benildus Hall on number 37. If you need a map to the campus click here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=college+of+santa+fe&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.077336,58.623047&ie=UTF8&ll=35.661236,-105.976267&spn=0.008281,0.014312&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1

Sunday Brunch at the Inn of the Anasazi has been a traditional place for guitar music in Santa Fe - Brian DeLay played there for years, then Ronald Roybal. I'll be playing there every other week through September. - Details in the Performance Calendar - http://www.capocchimusic.com/calendar.html

Starting this Fall, I'll be teaching at the College of Santa Fe, in Santa Fe NM, Highlands University, in Las Vegas NM, United World College in Montezuma NM, and at Adams State College in Alamosa CO.

Last week's gig at the Dragon room went very well. I'll be playing there every Friday, 7 to 9pm, for the rest of the year - see the calendar.
406 Old Santa Fe Trail - http://www.thepinkadobe.com