Mannes 2013 Guitar Seminar-"BE A PLAYER"

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Tonight is the opening concert for this year's MANNES GUITAR SEMINAR which will be held at the The Americas Society-680  Park Avenue at 7pm. As usual Festival Director Mariano Aguirre, has kept us well informed over the last several months leading up to this week's festivities.
 The central focus of this year's seminar is getting and creating job situations in this modern age of marketing.Artistic Directors Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, have once again assembled a group of great artists for this year's Master Classes,Concerts and workshops all of which are opened to the public.
Tomorrow morning ( Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00 ) is registration and from 1:30 to 4:00 each day is master class time with several outstanding artists instructing students on the details of musical performance.
Sprinkled at various times-usually just before dinner break,are forums on various aspects of making a living with this glorious instrument. Using tools of today's multifaceted computer techniques, our forums will supply us with the tools we need to get and create jobs for ourselves.I have spoken to several young players over the decades who have it all together artistically but fail in the marketing department because they are on their own unless they begin to make associations while in school. Since I am not on the College scene, I have heard that there have been some attempts to rectify that situation and I hope it is true because it is really
incredibly tough out here for young artists in this current society. This year's seminar should go a long way in preparing these kids for the big hustle of real life on the concert platform!

I will be an auditor this year as my health is not really up to my usual jumping around ,but I do hope that readers of this site will be encouraged to attend this great event starting with tonight's concert. Tonight's Concert is the only "Off Site" location during the Seminar.Starting tomorrow, all forums,Master Classes and concerts will be held on site at Mannes College ( 150 West 85th street ) through  Sunday, July 14th. For details on the seminar, go to the Mannes Website:

WWW.MANNESGUITAR.COM.

I can't promise you a detailed daily report but will try to leak some tidbits to you as my strength will allow.