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“From Dowland to Domeniconi: Peter Fletcher presents the art of classical guitar”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:       April 18, 2005
Contact:  Judith Graham, Public Services Librarian, (310) 458-2295
               Nancy Bender, Public Services Librarian, (310) 458-8922

Peter Fletcher, classical guitarist, will perform on Saturday, May 7, at 2:00 p.m. in the recreation room at the Santa Monica Senior Center, 1450 Ocean Avenue.  The concert will feature selections from Fletcher’s newest recording, Mompou – Guitar Works, as well as the popular Sunburst by Andrew York; Leyenda by Isaac Albeniz; new transcriptions of the French composers Erik Satie and Francois Couperin; Manuel M. Ponce, and 16th century lute transcriptions of John Dowland.  The concert will culminate with an intensely powerful new work for classical guitar by the Italian guitarist and composer, Carlo Domeniconi, entitled Koyunbaba. 

The picturesque Senior Center is located near the Santa Monica Pier, on Ocean at Broadway.  All ages are welcome!

For more information, call the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600, or visit the Library’s website at www.smpl.org.

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