Kathryn Evans, soprano and Enric Madriguera,
guitar present Spanish music from the Renaissance
to the 20th Century.
Evans and Madriguera were guest performers
and judges at the International Guitar Competition
in Rust, Austria in 2001 and 2002 and will
return in 2004. Together, they direct the
Annual
Texas Guitar Competition hosted by UTD.
As a special release from the UTD Guitar
Series, they collaborated to produce a CD
featuring works for voice and guitar by
Ernesto Cordero and John Duarte, who will
be featured at the 3rd Annual Texas Guitar
Competition.
Buy
the CD here!
Kathryn Evans joined
the faculty of the University of Texas at
Dallas in 1994 where she is currently the
Associate Dean for the Arts in the School
of Arts and Humanities. She also teaches
vocal and choral music, and directs the
UTD Chamber Singers. She was Arts Coordinator
for the School of Arts and Humanities from
1995 to 1998, and Assistant Dean from 1998
to 1999. She is an accomplished recitalist
and chamber musician, and performs in the
Dallas-Ft. Worth area and in Europe. Before
coming to UTD, she was the Director of the
Bach Society Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
in La Jolla, California and the Musical
Director of the Orpheus Ensemble. She founded
and directed the Washington Pro Musica and
the Early Music Ensemble of San Diego and
directed European concert tours of Switzerland,
Germany, France and Italy. Ms. Evans holds
Master of Arts degrees in Music and in Mathematics
from the University of California at San
Diego. Ms. Evans recently completed tours
of music for voice and guitar with fellow
faculty member Dr. Enric Madriguera in Austria,
Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Mexico.
Enric Madriguera is Director
of Guitar Studies at Eastfield College of
the DCCCD and at the University of Texas
at Dallas. He is past advisory chair for
the Dallas Guitar Society. He performs and
teaches at home and abroad with annual tours
of Europe and the Americas. Recently, Enric
was invited to participate at the Darwin
Guitar Festival in Australia in 2002. In
2001 he visited Vietnam and he was the first
US Guitarist to perform and offer a class
at Hanoi Conservatory of Music. Enric has
recorded "Frida" by UTD's Robert
X. Rodriguez and a tribute to Eduardo Mata
entitled "Voces Americanas" as
a member of the new music ensemble "Voices
of Change" on the CRI Label. His recordings
"Old World - New World" and "Duo
Madriguera, Music for Two Guitars"
with his wife Sabine are released on the
Encore Gold Label. |