Guitar Concert

Caltech Performing and Visual Arts presents a concert featuring Matthew Elgart with special guest artist Nicholas Barrett.

Featured music will include compositions by Bach, Satie, Villa-Lobos, Klein and others.  Admission is free with 

Dr. Elgart is currently Lecturer in Music at Caltech and California State University of Los Angeles where he heads the classical guitar department. Matthew received his Masters of Fine Arts in Guitar Performance from UCLA and his Doctorate in Composition from Claremont Graduate School. His work with the  Elgart-Yates Guitar  Duo, formed in 1975, includes recordings, duo-compositions, and frequent  solo and duo performances in the U.S. And Europe. He has received numerous awards and grants including the NEA, California Arts Council and the Swiss Helvetica Fund. His publications and recordings are available on Bridge Records, TR Records, and California Guitar Archives.

No tickets or reservations required. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10 to the guitar department.

For further information about this concert and/or the upcoming January 18th Caltech Chamber Guitar performance, please call the Caltech Office for Performing and Visual Arts at (626) 395-3295.

Presented By: Caltech Performing and Visual Arts