We're excited to host FOUR very talented guitarists for a concert on Sunday, August 19th at Lakeside Street Coffee House. In years past, we've had the good fortune of catching some fierce players coming to the Midwest for the prestigious Wilson Center Guitar Competition and this year is certainly no exception. Dan Kyzer, Noe Garcia, Evan Taucher, and Jesus Serrano will be fresh from that competition and will be bringing their most demanding and perfectly honed material.
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Dan Kyzer brings soulful emotion and unique insight to the classical guitar and its repertoire. As a soloist, Dan prides himself on giving audiences across the US an experience that is both introspective and uplifting. His roots are in the bluegrass and blues music he played as a teen in Jackson, MS, but upon discovering the classical guitar as a high school senior, Dan immediately began studying under Dr. John Ingwerson at Hinds Community College. After finishing his undergraduate work at the University of Southern Mississippi with Dr. Nicholas Ciraldo, Dan earned a scholarship to the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA where he studied with the world-renowned guitarist Eliot Fisk. While in Boston, Dan maintained a studio at the Boston School of Guitar and performed with groups like the Boston Metro Opera and MIT Women’s Chorus. Dan also played concerts at the Boston Public Library, Allston-Brighton UMC, Wood’s Hole Library and Williams Hall at NEC. He interned with the Boston GuitarFest and worked with Guitar and Friends, a non-profit guitar organization.
After earning a Master of Music with Academic Honors from NEC, Dan moved to Denton, TX to begin doctoral studies at the University of North Texas under the tutelage of Mr. Thomas Johnson where he earned a Doctoral Teaching Fellowship. An important contributor to the Dallas-Ft. Worth classical guitar scene, Dan is an adjunct professor at both Mountain View College and North Central Texas College, and serves as the Director of the Mountain View College Guitar Festival, now in its fourth year. He regularly performs outreach concerts and community performances as the Social Media Director for the Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society. His chamber music collaborations include Fort Worth Opera, Orpheus Chamber Singers, UNT University Singers, and Music Theater Denton.
Dan also holds prizes from several national guitar competitions including first prizes from the New Orleans International Guitar Festival, Southern Guitar Festival, and Mississippi Guitar Festival, and second prize from the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival. Most recently, Dan completed a solo concert tour through the Midwest and Southeast in February 2018, including concerts at Oklahoma City University, Louisiana Tech, and the University of Southern Mississippi, and appearances on the Allegro Guitar Series in Dallas and Fort Worth, TX.
Dan plays a 2014 Aaron Ringo double-top guitar made in Weatherford, TX.
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Classical guitarist Noe Garcia Jacinto received his Music Education degree from the University of Texas at Brownsville under the direction of Dr. Michael Quantz and Dr. Jonathan Dotson. In 2015, he completed his Masters in Performance from Columbus State University where he studied with internationally recognized guitarist Dr. Andrew Zohn. He has performed in master classes for world-renowned artists such as Manuel Barrueco, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Pepe Romero, Beijing Duo, Zoran Dukić, Adam Holzman, Goran Krivokapić, Gabriel Bianco, Marcin Dylla, and Duo Melis. Noe is a top prizewinner in competitions including the 2018 New Orleans International Festival & Competition in New Orleans, Louisiana; 2017 Florida Guitar Festival & Competition in Tallahassee, Florida; 2016 Appalachian State Guitar Festival & Competition in Boone, North Carolina; 2016 Wilson Center Guitar Festival & Competition in Brookfield, Wisconsin; 2016 University of Louisville Guitar Festival and Competition in Louisville, Kentucky and the 2015 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition in Columbia, South Carolina. In 2017 he was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Schadt String Competition for Classical Guitar. In the summer of 2016, Noe traveled to Carrion de los Condes (Palencia), Spain to perform as part of the Camino Artes concert series. Most recently, Noe traveled to China for the second time and performed a series of concerts in Qinhuangdao, Jinan, Dalian, Suzhou and Beijing with Trio Resonance. He is currently working on doctoral studies at the University of North Texas where he was awarded a teaching fellowship.
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American classical guitarist, Evan Taucher was born in 1992 and began classical guitar studies at age 19. Since then, he has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions. Taucher holds a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University where he studied with the world renown pedagogue Bruce Holzman, and recently completed a Master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee where he studied with the Cuban Virtuoso Rene Izquierdo. During his studies, Taucher had classes with musical luminaries such as John Williams, Alvaro Pierri, Sergio and Odair Assad, Aniello Desiderio, and Soloduo among others.
During his two years of study with Rene Izquierdo, Taucher won 8 separate prizes in professional competitions throughout the United States including 1st prizes in the Schubert Club Competition, Appalachian State Guitar Competition, and the SIYAO instrumental competition where he competed against all instruments and ensembles. In 2017, Taucher was awarded a grant from the U.S. Embassy to compete in the GuitarArt festival in Belgrade, Serbia. In the summers of 2014 and 2015, he performed at Busch Gardens Tampa on both solo classical and electric guitar with the award-winning Burn the Floor dance company. Taucher was also the first guitarist to enter the University of Texas at Austin’s prestigious Artist Diploma program where he currently studies with Adam Holzman.
Taucher actively engages with a large social media presence consisting of aspiring classical guitarists where he live-streams technique workshops weekly to those looking to improve their technical abilities.
Taucher plays Steven Walter guitars and exclusively uses D’Addario strings.
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JESUS SERRANO HUITRON
"A true artist! Jesus, has the mature phrasing, wonderful tone and stage presence of a master guitarist..." Will Douglas (Guitar Fort Worth)
Mexican guitar virtuoso Jesus Serrano concluded his degree with honors at National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City under the guidance of Selvio Carrizosa and Jaime Soria, currently is pursuing a Master Degree in the prestigious class of Carlo Marchione at Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands.
A constant touring schedule has lead him to perform concerts in some of the most diverse halls in Holland, Mexico, Canada, the United States & Turkey. His discography includes two albums “Santo Antonio” and “Fantasía Tropical”, both recorded as an active member of 3NS4MBL3 (guitar trio/quartet) and were his debut work as an audio engineer.
Has attended masterclasses with Adriano del Sal, Antigoni Goni, David Russell, Eliot Fisk, Leo Brouwer, Marcin Dylla, Marco Tamayo, Paolo Pegoraro, Pepe Romero, Ricardo Gallén, Víctor Pellegrini, William Kanengiser, Xuefei Yang, Zoran Dukic, etc.
Jesus has won more than two dozen international guitar competitions all over North America, including the 2015 Boston GuitarFest, the 2016 Florida Guitar Festival and the 2017 Festival et Compétition Internationale de Guitare Classique de Montréal.
Jesus Serrano plays on his Signature Model The Aztec Guitar made by Aaron Ringo.
In Canada:
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Montreal 2017
In the United States:
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Classical Minds 2017
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Annual Texas UTD 2017
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Florida Tallahassee 2016
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition SouthernGuitarfest 2016
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition LoneStar 2016
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Boston 2015
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition San Francisco Bay 2015
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Indiana 2014
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition MTSU Tennessee 2014
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Columbus 2014
In Mexico:
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Taxco 2017
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Saltillo 2017
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Zapopan 2016
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition UACJ, Chihuahua 2013
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Xalapa 2013
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Virtuosismo Guitarristico 2012
-1st Prize at International Guitar Competition Fronteras Chihuahua 2012
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition BUAP 2011
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition 2011
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Ramon Noble 2011
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Ciudad de Colima 2011
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Ixtlahuaca 2008
-1st Prize at National Guitar Competition Paracho, Intermedios 2007