Guitar Ensemble to Play Free Concert April 18

The Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University will present the Southeast Guitar Ensemble in concert April 18 on the University campus.

The program will take place at 8 p.m. in the Lutheran Chapel, located at the corner of Pacific and College Hill. The concert is open to the public and is free.

The concert features performances for classical guitar in a variety of combinations. The Southeast Guitar Quartet will perform two arrangements of Isaac Albeniz's Spanish classic "Sevilla" as well as an arrangement of a movement from J.S. Bach's "Sixth Brandenburg Concerto."

Members of the Guitar Ensemble will be joined by other music students for chamber works featuring the guitar. These pieces include a duo by Paganini for violin and guitar, a South American work for flute and guitar, and a Bach fugue for double bass and guitar. Lauren Sims, soprano, will perform Lennox Berkeley's "Songs of the Half-Light" with guitarist Gabriel Deutsch.

The Southeast Guitar Ensemble is directed by Jeffrey Noonan.