Flamenco guitarist Jose Vega will be performing a concert at Dalhousie University on Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm.
The concert will be held in Potter Hall, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.
Tickets are $20/$15 students/seniors and Dal people.
Jose Vega Biography
José Vega’s passion for flamenco began 20 years ago in his hometown of Cadiz, Spain. At 16 years old, José began performing in the flamenco bars and tablaos of Cadiz, and throughout Andalusia. He is an accomplished guitarist and powerful expressionist and has performed in the most prestigious peñas and tablaos in Spain, including Peña la Perla de Cadiz, Tablao Cordobes (Barcelona) and Casa Patas (Madrid). He has accompanied some of flamenco’s top artists including Andres Peña, Marco Flores and Carmen Jara. José has also accompanied numerous workshops with artists such as Isabel Bayón, and Ramón Martínez.
José has also had international success performing in the International Music Festival of Qatar, and the Montreal Flamenco Festival, and the Luminato Festival in Toronto. José recently moved to Canada where he performs with various flamenco companies including the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company. José has performed in shows across Canada such as “Mezquita”, in Vancouver, “Imagines” in Calgary, and “Spain Meets Canada”, in Saskatoon.
For those of you who loved the Don Ross concert that we held here last week, here is one of his CDs that you might want to check out.
And keep your eye on this blog, as Don will be doing a class for the guitar students (it's also open to non Dal students). It will probably be happening sometime in February, 2010. We'll post an announcement.
I've had this cd a week and already I wake up in the morning with these wonderful melodies playing in my head. The tunes are infectious and his technique is amazing. If you like fingerstyle guitar, I would venture to say you would like this. If you don't have any fingerstyle guitar in you music collection, this would be a very nice start.
Acousticphonics Guitar Master
Review Date: June 24, 2000
Reviewer: Chen Jung Kuei, Taiwan
Before I listen to Don's album, I already knew that after Michael Hedges the acousic guitar textures is going to a much wider zone than ever, but Don is absolutely amazing, you have to listen to his album if you like acousitc guitar, there is more creative space for him to lead, what more you can get from acoustic guitar solo?
Amazing CD!
Review Date: February 7, 2000
Reviewer: ,
This CD is just amazing. I saw him live a little while ago and he is the most amazing guitar player I ever saw. Go out and get this CD!
Pure and Powerful Guitar
Review Date: May 21, 2000
Reviewer: T. Dowdle, San Diego, CA
If you are a fan of the late Michael Hedges, you will greatly enjoy this CD. While by no means a clone of Hedges, Ross draws the same energy and dynamic range of tones from his instrument. The production quality is clean and there is not a less than superb track on the CD. I am looking forward to his next project. BTW, I hope Ross can NOT sing--I've never gotten over the loss of George Benson's guitar in favor of his voice.
New Guitar SuperStar.
Review Date: May 30, 2000
Reviewer: Robert Lunte, Seattle, WA USA
Buy it. Plays a 7 string baritone guitar for an interesting twist. One of the best finger-stylists today.
Dalhousie Guitar Ensemble playing Jazz East Blues by Halifax composer and Dal guitar prof. Scott Macmillan. This is a run-through that the ensemble did at a noon hour concert.
Flamenco guitarist Jose Vega will be performing a concert at Dalhousie University on Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm.
I really like this cd
