Guitar Sundays featuring Catherine O'Kelly at the PPL

Join us on Sunday December 3rd at 3 PM in the Portsmouth Public Library's Levenson Community Room for a fantastic free classical guitar performance by Catherine O'Kelly. Catherine O’Kelly is a classical guitarist who performs throughout New England as a soloist and a chamber musician. She performs regularly as part of the concert series for The Shirley Meeting House in Shirley, MA.  In June 2020, she founded and directed the Online Guitar Festival, providing performance opportunities, master classes, composition classes, and songwriting classes to guitarists of all ages and levels.

About the Performer
Catherine earned her Master’s degree in guitar performance from The Hartt School in West Hartford CT, where she studied with Richard Provost, and a BA in music and philosophy from Vassar College. Currently, she is finishing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in classical guitar performance at The Hartt School, where she studies with Christopher Ladd. She has performed in master classes for Jason Vieaux, Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Andrew York, Vladimir Gorbach, Antigoni Goni, Oscar Ghiglia, Eliot Fisk, and Jorge Caballero.

In addition to her performing and academic studies, Catherine teaches at The Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, MA; Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA; Powers Music School in Belmont, MA; and at The Community School of the Arts in Storrs, CT. She is currently a board member of the Boston Classical Guitar Society.

About the Guitar Sunday Concert Series
Explore the versatility and range of the guitar—from jazz and classical to flamenco and even the 11-string archguitar! Guitar Sundays is a series of monthly free concerts that showcase a rich lineup of guitar talent from New Hampshire and the greater Boston area. The program is co-presented by Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) and Portsmouth Public Library, in association with the Boston Classical Guitar Society and curated by Mitch Shuldman.

This series is free and open to the public and audiences of all ages! Registration is not required. The location of the concerts alternates between PMAC and the library.