Hello Guitar Lovers!
Our debut CD "Beings" for Soundset Recordings, named after one of Olga's compositions recorded for the first time on this album, is finally available for purchase. It is gratifying to see the result of all the hard work that went into making it happen! 
Olga's guitar quartet Intermezzo has been published by Productions d'Oz. The piece is inspired, among other things, by commedia dell'arte, therefore her choice of cover, a Renaissance depiction of a commedia troupe.
We are extremely excited to announce the publication of Olga's composition Ex Tenebris as part of The Frank Koonce Series of the Canadian publishing house Productions d'Oz. This work was commissioned and premiered this year by Valerie Hartzell. Being included on The Frank Koonce Series is a great honor, and it was a learning experience to go through all the stages of the editing process with him in preparing this work for publication. The images on both the front and back covers of the score are details from one of Olga's original art pieces. The composition is now available at Productions d'Oz.
Our August concert in Ecuador was held in the beautiful performance space of Museo de Los Amantes de Sumpa in the city of Santa Elena. The roof of this elegant hall is built out of bamboo, a common building material in Ecuador, and thatched with bamboo leaves, which gives the place an upscale yet "earthy" look. More than 300 people were in the audience, and it was a thrill to play for them since we were told that this was the first classical music concert ever held in Santa Elena.
This past weekend, we had the great pleasure of playing in the guitar orchestra for the Dallas premiere of Shingo Fujii's "Concierto de Los Angeles" with William Kanengiser as the soloist. The performance took place at the University of Texas at Dallas on the concluding night of the Ninth Annual UTD International Guitar Competition and was conducted by UTD's Dr. Enric Madriguera. The composer was in residence for the entire duration of the festival, and the whole experience was inspiring and educational.
Labels: Fernand Vera, Olga Amelkina-Vera, Shingo Fujii, William Kanengiser
