Brian Cullen - Bach, Brazil, Beatles and Bohemian

5 Depot Street,Freeport ME 04032

16 July, 2021

Description

Brian Cullen has been playing and teaching the classical guitar for 30 years. He is originally from South Africa and was founder of the Durban Classical Guitar Society in South Africa. He teaches locally both privately and Merrymeeting Adult Education. He graduated from Trinity College of London in guitar performance and music theory. He studied with with Narciso Yepes and his student Fritz Buss, Professor of guitar at University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg SA and also studied at the Len Williams Classical Guitar School in London "Cullen played with delicate subtlety and a lyrical sense of phrasing. I was impressed by his ability to play multiple melodic lines simultaneously without losing continuity or a sense of line. In Cullen's capable hands, the guitar can truly sing." Christopher McPhee Brian's program will feature some of the well known and loved classical guitar pieces such as Spanish folk song(Romance),Cavatina(Deerhunter Theme),Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Asturias (Leyenda) Variations on the Magic Flute(Mozart) - Fernando Sor, Bach preludes and music of Brazilian composer Villa Lobos. Bossa-nova, Flamenco, Tango.Beatle instrumental solos and favourites such as Classical Gas and Here comes the Sun. Some contemporary and renaissance vocals are also part of the program, with arrangements for voice and guitar ie Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel) , Annies Song (John Denver), Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a wonderful world. https://www.cullenclassicalguitar.com/