Grammy™ nominated Texas guitar quartet coming to Orcas Center

||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER |||

 Orcas Center is pleased to present Texas Guitar Quartet on Saturday, February 3 at 7pm with a special Thank You to Rosario Resort for sponsoring artist housing.

Formed in 2009, GRAMMY™-nominated Texas Guitar Quartet has been hailed as “Impeccable in every respect” by Classical Guitar Magazine. Throughout the United States, Central America, Spain, and China, audiences have embraced the quartet for their daring programs, dazzling virtuosity and joyful music making.

The TxGQ premiered a landmark new work by lauded American composer Nico Muhly in collaboration with Grammy-winning chamber choir Conspirare, Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and the Dublin Guitar Quartet. The group continues to push the boundaries of the guitar quartet medium by premiering exciting new works by Joseph Williams II, Peter Lieuwen, Aureo Puerta Carreño, Benoit Albert, and John Truitt and creating daring arrangements of orchestral works by Mozart, Beethoven and Ravel.

Red, the quartet’s first album, was released to critical acclaim and was praised by Guitar International as a “tremendous accomplishment for the classical guitar…the TxGQ perform with virtuosity, clarity, balance, and a refined character which will no doubt help to establish them as one of today’s leading guitar quartets.” Their follow-up album, ICON, features the complete 40th Symphony by Mozart and was released in 2017.

The TxGQ has been featured in concertos with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra (Maestro Marcelo Bussiki), Camerata Bach and Nicaraguan Youth Symphony (Maestro César Bermúdez Rodriguez), Sam Houston State University Symphony Orchestra (Maestro Zachary Carretin), Abilene Philharmonic (Maestro David Itkin), and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Columbus, GA). Their commitment to performing outreach concerts led them to be part of the Texas Commission on the Arts Texas Touring Artist Roster from 2010 to 2018. The TxGQ is
Isaac Bustos, Joseph Palmer, Jay Kacherski, and Alejandro Montiel.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.OrcasCenter.org, over the phone at 360-376-2281 x100, or in-person Tuesday – Friday 10am-3pm, and an hour prior to showtime. Ticket pricesrange from $18-$63 with a $2 per ticket fee. There are six $5 tickets available for this performance subsidized by our generous donors – These are available on a first-come/first serve basis by contacting the Box Office. And don’t forget, volunteers who help with iPad check-in or serving refreshments at intermission get to see the show for free!