{"id":30186,"date":"2022-03-08T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=30186"},"modified":"2022-03-07T21:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T03:38:33","slug":"guitarfest-returns-to-austin-peay-state-university-with-trio-of-concerts-at-mabry-concert-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2022\/03\/08\/guitarfest-returns-to-austin-peay-state-university-with-trio-of-concerts-at-mabry-concert-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"GuitarFest returns to Austin Peay State University with trio of concerts at Mabry Concert Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) will host its annual GuitarFest from March 14th-16th.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will feature three concerts, each highlighting an esteemed guitarist showcasing a different style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"2022 GuitarFest at APSU\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-GuitarFest-at-APSU.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The concerts \u2013 all free and open to the public \u2013 start at 7:30pm each night at the Mabry Concert Hall in APSU\u2019s Music\/Mass Communication building at Eighth Street and Marion Street.<\/p>\n<h3>This Year\u2019s Musicians Are:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alan Mearn<\/strong>, performing on Monday, March 14th at 7:30pm. Mearn is a virtuoso classical guitarist and Austin Peay State University alumnus. His concert will focus on music from his recently recorded CD of virtuosic Bach transcriptions.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belmont.edu\/cmpa\/music\/faculty\/faculty-bios\/oliveira_paulo.html\" ><strong>Paulo Oliveira<\/strong><\/a>, performing on Tuesday, March 15th at 7:30pm. Oliveira is a Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist and serves as an assistant professor of music at Belmont University. He will present a mixed program of jazz and Brazilian music by Metheny, Bonf\u00e1, Bosco and original compositions, including a looping pedal.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arts\/directory\/izquierdo-rene\/\" ><strong>Rene Izquierdo<\/strong><\/a>, performing on Wednesday, March 16th at 7:30pm. Izquierdo is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso Cuban classical guitarist and is a professor of music at the University of Milwaukee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GuitarFest is sponsored by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/music\/\" >the APSU Department of Music<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/ceca\/\" >the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact APSU professor of music Dr. Stanley Yates at <a href=\"mailto:YatesS@apsu.edu\">YatesS@apsu.edu<\/a> or the APSU Department of Music at 931.221.7818.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) will host its annual GuitarFest from March 14th-16th. 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