ASSUMPTION COLLEGE HUMANARTS
presents

PETER CLEMENTE, guitar

Sunday, October 17, 2004, 2:00 pm, Chapel of the Holy Spirit

MUSIC FROM SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA

Preambulo (in the style of Alessandro Scarlatti) (54.8MB, 5:25)	Manuel Ponce (1886-1948)
Leyenda (64.5MB, 6:23)	Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
La Catedral (82.6MB, 8:10)         Preludio         Andante Religioso         Allegro Solemne	Agustin Barrios (1885-1944)
Two Preludes (71.6MB, 7:05)	Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Sonatina Meridional (95.6MB, 9:27)         Campo         Copla         Fiesta	Manuel Ponce
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (51.4MB, 5:05)	Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)

Peter Clemente was the first prize winner in both the Guitar Foundation of America's International Solo Competition in 1986 and the Ovation Classical Guitar Competition in 1981. He also won second prize in the International Guitar Competition of Puerto Rico in 1985, and was chosen by Segovia as a finalist in the Segovia Fellowship Competition in 1984. Mr. Clemente has performed solo and chamber music throughout New England and has completed successful concert tours in California and the southwestern United States. He has been featured live in concert/interview radio broadcasts on WGBH, Boston and KPFK, Los Angeles, and in 1990 made his New York debut at Weil Hall with soprano Katherine Emory. Mr. Clemente has been a welcome guest soloist with many performing groups, including the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Pro Musica and the Meliora String Quartet. He was invited to record on the CD, The Winner's Circle, which was released by the Guitar Foundation of America in 1994. In 2001, Mr. Clemente released his first solo CD entitled Serenade. It features original compositions along with a variety of classics and seldom-heard masterpieces.

A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Clemente studied the guitar with Richard Provost at the Hartt School of Music, where he holds the distinction of being the only guitarist to receive the prestigious Applied Music Award for outstanding musical performance. Later training was with David Leisner at New England Conservatory and with Neil Anderson at the Boston Conservatory. Peter Clemente devotes considerable time to teaching, and currently is on the faculties of Clark University and Assumption College.