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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 necessary. The location alternates between PMAC and the library, so please read the event listings for details.
Thank you to Service Credit Union for their generous sponsorship of this series.
THATCHER HARRISON
Thatcher Harrison is a guitarist and a composer. As a guitarist, he plays everything from classical guitar to jazz guitar, to fingerstyle guitar and more. As a composer, Thatcher Harrison specializes in what he calls “classical fusion” composition: pieces based in classical composition and performance techniques, but with influences from jazz music, rock music, fingerstyle guitar music, film score music, and world music. You can hear influences from a wide range of music genres in his original compositions.
As a competitor, Thatcher Harrison has won 20 prizes in regional, national, and international competitions. Thatcher is currently studying for his Masters degree at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconisin – Milwaukee with René Izquierdo. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance at New England Conservatory where he studied with Eliot Fisk and Jérôme Mouffe.