Guitar concert

Hey, I'm really looking forward to Monday night's concert in Legacy Hall.

Guitarist Atanas Ourkouzouov (don't ask me to pronounce that) will be performing at 7:30 p.m. He is one of the Carson McCullers Center for Musicians and Writers residents. He's composed a piece, "Broken Dance," for the CSU Guitar Ensemble that was performed last Thursday.

One of my colleagues, Michael Owen, is part of the Ledger-Enquirer Guitar Ensemble. It's led by former editorial page editor Billy Winn and also includes Mike Haskey. When I showed Michael a release that Ourkouzouov was going to perform, he said something very interesting. He said that he knows these guitarists can play classical music. Owen said he'd really like to hear them play other forms of guitar music.

Well, Michael, here's your chance to hear something other than classical guitar music. Ourkouzouov will be playing two jazz compositions. One is "No Mystery" by Chick Corea and the other is "Memories of Tomorrow" by Keith Jarrett. On the Jarrett piece, Ourkouzouov will be accompanied by his wife, flutist Mie Ogura.

The rest of the program includes three pieces by Ourkouzouov, "Quatre Legendres" accompanied by Ogura, "Toryanse" and "Kaleidoscore." Another is called "Traditionnel" and features African rondo, bossa, jongara, mini raga and samba for flute and guitar. Throw in a piece by Debussy and you've got a pretty well-rounded program.

I'll see you there tomorrow night.