John Dearman, Matt Greif, William Kanengiser, and Scott Tennant, guitar

Philip Proctor, narrator

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performs a program including music from The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Words and Music from the Time of Cervantes, with acclaimed actor Phillip Proctor as narrator. With a nearly 30-year performing history, the members of the Grammy Award-winning quartet continue to set the guitar-ensemble standard for expression and virtuosity. Over the course of more than a dozen recordings, they have established themselves as both masters of the classics and creators of a unique blend of world music and contemporary styles. Their Telarc recording LAGQ's Guitar Heroes won a Grammy for best classical crossover recording in 2005. The Los Angeles Times enthuses, "The world's hottest classical ensemble or its tightest pop band? However it helps you to think about the LAGQ, keep the emphasis on superlatives for its unrivaled joy, technical élan, and questing spirits."

Tickets are $26 for the general public, $22 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff, and $10 for students*.

*Student rush tickets will be available for $5 in the Pick-Staiger lobby the evening of the concert. Please bring a valid student ID to receive the rush pricing, and arrive early for the best available seating.

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This performance will also be presented as a live webcast.

CONCERT PROGRAM:

Manuel de Falla (arr. I. Krouse), "Danza Ritual del Fuego" from El Amor Brujo

Georges Bizet (arr. W. Kanengiser), Carmen Suite

- Intermission -

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote, featuring guest artist Phillip Proctor; arranged and adapted for the stage by William Kanengiser; text based on El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall is an event partner of the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.