If you're going to hear USU's guitar students in concert, this is the night or you wait another year. The Monday night concert features two acoustic guitar ensembles and one electric guitar ensemble. And, Christiansen notes, variety is the name of the game. Classical, jazz and funk pieces will be performed. A sampling of the evening's selections shows the program's diversity.
Listeners can close their eyes and they are suddenly in the rainforest.
The electric ensemble, which travels to the Reno Jazz Festival in April, will present a number of standards, the director said. Located in northern Utah's Cache Valley, USU's eight academic colleges, School of Graduate Studies and statewide outreach Extension offices provide comprehensive programs to Utah and the world. Drake, along with two students, is returning from London where he participated in an organ festival. Organists from Europe and the United States were there, and Drake provided a recital as part of the festival. His students were there as observers.