Roberto Capocchi, guitarist: News

On Sunday March 26, I'll be performing in a triple bill with Rico Stover and Daniel Weston. Rico is the schollar who edited all the Barrios publications, and Daniel is a fine classical player with a sensitive Spanish touch. Details in the calendar.

The Los Alamos Guitar Council will be offering a new guitar recital series in 2006, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Greg Schneider.
The venue is the Fuller Lodge.
Greg is a fine guitarist, with whom I played The Beggar's Opera for the Santa Fe Opera, and I hope he'll be playing there soon.

I've recently heard from two cool jazz musicians I had not heard from in years: Conrado Paulino, with whom I studied in the mid 80s (www.conradopaulino.com.br/) and Joe Weinberg, who studied with me at the University of Arizona in the mid-90s. Conrado's in Sao Paulo, Joe's in Boston. Check them out!

SOULSTICE, the best party band in New Mexico has a new website: http://soulsticesantafe.com These guys will get EVERYBODY on the dance floor.

Fancy. Very Fancy. Chef/Owner Mark Kiffin is the James Beard Foundation's "Best Chef of the Southwest 2005"

Please call (505) 982-4353 for reservations.

http://www.compoundrestaurant.com

Thank you all who bought our CD at CDBABY.COM recently. Combined sales of all the musicians enrolled in the effort, plus the donation of CDBABY's handling fees, amounted to more than $200.000.00 to the Red Cross's relief effort.

Steve Aron put toghether the best GFA in years. The level of playing was tremendous, and the concerts were varied and outstanding. Jerome Ducharme won the competition. I'll be trying to bring him, Dominic Frasca, and Duo46 to play in Santa Fe this year.

Phenomenal guitarists Michael Lich, Benjamin Silva, and Joseph V. Williams II celebrate the birthday of their favorite guitarist/composer, Tunisian/French Roland Dyens, playing a lot of his music on his birthday, October 19, 8PM at GiG, 1808 Second Street, Santa Fe, as part of Classical Wednesdays. A special thanks to Joe Williams, who has been very generous with his time helping me prepare for the GFA.

I've been drafted as the curator for Classical Wednesdays at GiG. Gig is a small stat-of-the-art performance space featuring live music five times a week. If you'd like to perform there, let me know. Check out www.gigsantafe.com.

Sol Cafe has extended their musical offering through December, so we're adding nine more solo guitar performances. It's a small room, so reservatons are a good idea. I play whatever I feel like, from the Bach Chaconne to Walton Bagatelles. All accoustic. Check out the Calendar for dates.

Two new live recordings: Manuel de Falla's Duermete Nino from Siete Canciones de Espana and Sir William Walton's Bagatelle 5 in the MP3 page.

Duo Guadalupe performs four Paganini sonatas and two Carulli Serenades on October 7th at the historic Santuario de Chimayo in Northern New Mexico. Seating is very limited and tickets are only available in advance. Details in the Calendar.

Thousands of independent musicians have come toghether offering their entire wholesale profit from cd sales to the Red Cross.

Www.cdbaby.com, the coolest independent music online store, is setting up a special gallery pointing to the CDs that are donating their sales to the Red Cross.

Our cd "Duo Guadalupe Music for Violin and Guitar" is there, and there are all other kinds of music. I'm sure you'll find something you like.

There are almost nine thousand different titles available. If each one sells a handfull of copies, we could raise hundreds of thousands of dollars quickly. Please check it out.

Also, you can donate directly at www.redcross.org

I've just posted some new MP3s, including a home recording of a charming little Brazilian tango. Check out the MP3 page.

After a few years I've got the itch to do little competing again, so I'll be in the Guitar Foundation of America Solo Guitar Competition in October. I'll have the pleasure to prepare for it with Joe Williams, who'll be there too.

Listening to Round Mountain is one of the most interesting musical experiences I've had in a while. Check them out Saturday August 27 at the College of Santa Fe "Quad" at 4:30.

The annual Santa Fe Bluegrass Festival starts today and runs for
three days
through this weekend. All activities are at the Santa Fe
Fairgrounds.

For details, look at
http://www.southwestpickers.org/festivals.html.

At 11 AM on Saturday, California based Eric Thompson is giving a 1 hour-long advanced
Flatpick guitar
workshop and that at 2 - 4 PM Saturday, Bob Fisher is giving the
beginning Flatpick
guitar workshop. If you are interested, catch one or both of
these
workshops. I
You can contact Bob Fisher at
992-3930

Due to the great demmand, my friend Pablo Champion has joined me in the Faculty at the Santa Fe Waldorf High School Guitar Department. Hopefully now we'll be able to accomodate all interested students!

I'll be teaching the Advanced Guitar Ensemble Class at Santa Fe Waldorf High School this year. They are very supportive of the music program. I'll post their performance dates on the calendar as they get chosen.

Solo guitar at Sol Cafe, every Friday evening through September. Great food, beautiful service, in the hart of Canyon Road in Santa Fe. Fancy! - Details in the Calendar

The most amazing jam sessions have been going on at GiG. Sometimes after playing at the Lensic, major artists have come by for late night performances, or have just dropped by to scare us all: Jamie Hadad, Paul McCandless, Marc Copeland, Art Lande, and the likes.
www.gigsantafe.com

Celebrating the new production of Osvaldo Golijov's opera Ainadamar, the Santa Fe Opera will be ofering a series of performances about the lives of Federico Garcia Lorca and Margarita Xirgu. "LORCA: LANDSCAPES & IMPRESSIONS", August 5 through 20 should be a blast, the musical director is Gonzalo Grau.

SANTUARIO DE GUADALUPE
100 South Guadalupe St., SANTA FE, NM
Tuesday, AUGUST 16, 2005, 6:00 pm

FEATURING YOUNG ARTISTS:
CECILIA LEITNER, Soprano
GENEVIEVE LEITNER, Guitar

The Leitner sisters are great performers. I had the pleasure to teach Gnevieve years ago, and we recently played toghether in Abiquiu. Cecilia's singing is also extrordinary. They have been studying at the North Carolina School for the Arts for a few years now.

This concert features music of Martini, Schubert, Mertz, Brouwer, Pernambuco, San Andres, Gounod, Tarrega, Blanch, and New Mexican Songs. They just performed this program in the Illuminations Series in North Carolina.

Info. & Advance tickets: (505) 920-9728 or (505) 351-4283

Come by GiG (1808 2nd Street) this Wednesday, July 6, at 8:00. I'll be playing a couple of sets 'tillabout 10:00. While you're there, give all your money to the Open Arts Foundation, before you spend it on rent, food, or other silly things.

Meridian Cafe is looking for musicians for Sunday mornings. I was playing there in June, and it's a realy nice gig. OH, AND THE COFFEE...