Norwegian Would: Four in Recital

Guitar Friends and

Cebu Luthiers Education Foundation

With the support of the UP School of Economics

Present

Four in a Classical Guitar Recital

CATHERINE BELLE

CRISTINA H. LOZANO

MARGA ABEJO

JENNY DE VERA

6 p.m. October 15, 2011

Elizabeth Yu Gokongwei Hall

UP School of Economics, Diliman

Admission is free. Cocktails will be served.

CATHERINE BELLE

Catherine Belle first took up classical guitar at the age of 13, enrolling in the UP College of Music Extension Program. She trained under Nathan Manimtim and Ferdinand Medina.

In college, Catherine fed her passion for the guitar by joining the UP Guitar Orchestra, with whom she has performed in numerous concerts including the 1st and 2ndPhilippine International Guitar Festival, the 2011 Asia International Guitar Festival in Bangkok, Thailand and the World Classical Guitar Music Festival in Nakhon Ratchasim, Thailand.

When Catherine Belle is not holding a guitar, she is the vocalist for Spiral Eli and for SoulPage. In her spare time, she infuses her business savvy and music industry encounters to prepare for her future role as a prominent talent manager/music critic/record label executive.

CRISTINA H. LOZANO

Cristina Hontiveros Lozano is an architect who plays the guitar as a hobby. She has been playing since she was 13 years old, influenced by her father who is the guitarist/musician Rudy Lozano. She started learning the classical guitar in 2008 with Luthier Armando Derecho as her teacher and joined The Guitar Friends in 2010.

MARGA ABEJO

Marga Abejo is a Music Education major (concentration in guitar) from the UP College of Music. She has been a member of UPGO for a year. She had guitar lessons under Barney Fojas, Joe Valdez, and Lester Demetillo. Before joining the guitar orchestra, she immersed herself in different extra-curricular activities. She was a former member and officer in the UP Varsity Swim Team. She is also part of the Delta Lambda Sigma Sorority, which exposed her to many socio-civic activities. She is currently on her graduating year and is savoring the last moments in UP.

JENNY DE VERA

Jenny de Vera began her love affair with the guitar at age 12 and by the age of 15 had progressed to the classical guitar. Under the auspices of Professor Lester Demetillo, Jenny became the first female Bachelor of Music Major in Guitar graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Music. She was a soloist for the UP Guitar Orchestra and one of her most memorable performances include her Philippine Premiere of Handel’s Harp Concerto in A major for Guitar and Guitar Orchestra. She has performed all over the Philippines and Thailand. She had masterclasses with Flavio Cucchi, Tomonori Arai, Steve Lin and Angelo Favis. At present, she is teaching at the UP College of Music Extension Program and the Miriam College Center for Applied Music.

PROGRAM

Danza del Sur - Hansjoachim Kaps (Guitar Trio)

Asturias - Isaac Albeniz (Marga Abejo)

Sons de Carrilhoes - Joao Pernambuco (Cristina H. Lozano)

Jota Aragonaise - Georges Bizet (Guitar Trio)

Bolero - Julian Arcas (Jenny de Vera)

Cancion del Fuego Fatuo - Manuel de Falla (Jenny de Vera)

Cancion - Carlos Rafael Rivera (Jenny de Vera)

Lullaby - Andrew York (Catherine Belle)

Thusslegarth - Stephen Funk Pearson (Catherine Belle)

Rondo from Duo in G - Ferdinando Carulli (Guitar Duet)

Concerto para 3 guitarras - Antonio Vivaldi (Guitar Trio)