EVDIV 251 - Guitar Class

Mark Delpriora
This course explores classical guitar techniques relevant to beginners, advanced players, or students brushing up on previous experience with the guitar. The course will consist of fundamental right- and left-hand techniques and basic music reading applied to the guitar. Ensemble playing and learning will be emphasized and solo playing encouraged. Part of the class will be devoted to the literature of classical guitar, which we will approach by studying the great performers and composers of the past and present. We will discuss the careers of major players such as Segovia and Bream and their impact on the field. Engaged listening will be encouraged via listening lists and recommended recordings.

For advanced placement, the applicant should be able to play one of the following: An Etude from Carcassi opus 60, an Etude from the Sor/Segovia Etude edition or a Villa-Lobos Prelude.

Placement application required. Students are responsible for procuring their own instruments.

Biography: The New York Times wrote of Mr. Delpriora’s debut, “The first notes of Mark Delpriora’s guitar recital established him as a musician of authority…. Mr. Delpriora is a guitarist to be reckoned with.” Mr. Delpriora, Chair of the Guitar Department at Manhattan School of Music, has performed and/or given master classes at Eastman School of Music, Skidmore College, Stetson University Guitar Festival, Mannes Festival, University of Illinois/Urbana Summerfest, GFA Festival, Ligita Festival, Dublin Guitar Symposium and with the New York Contemporary Music Band, New Music Consort, Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort. He has been a guest teacher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, where he taught students from throughout South America. He has also been on the juries of several international competitions, including the Naumburg, Guitar Foundation of America, Lagonegro (Italy) Barrios and the D’Addario Concerto competitions. He has contributed to Guitar Review and Soundboard and has written articles on music for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and NewMusicBox. Mr. Delpriora’s teachers include Rolando Valdes-Blain and Manuel Barrueco. He was chosen to perform in Andres Segovia’s legendary New York master classes in 1982 and 1987, which were broadcast on PBS and other television stations. Mr. Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells, Philips, Tzadik, and CRI. He has recorded seven CDs with flutist Laurel Zucker on Cantilena Records. Delpriora’s compositions are published by Berben Edizioni Musicali, Edizioni Curci, Editions Orphee, Guitar Arts Publishing, and Les Productions d’Oz. Sections of his work “Variations on a Theme by Sor” were used as the set piece for the 2011 Guitar Foundation of America Competition and he has composed the set piece for the James Stroud Competition. In addition, his works have appeared in anthologies published by Mel Bay and Dover.

11 weeks

Tuesdays 5:30–7:30pm ET or 7:30-9:30pm ET

October 1–December 17

Thursdays 7-9pm ET

October 3–December 19

In Person Only

$990 per semester

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