I have been writing about the guitar-making competition and wasn’t able to say much about the student concert that closed CSU’s Summer Arts programme in Granada this year. This is the second year that La Guitarra Española has been held in Granada and on wednesday evening we were told that it will be held here next year again. The students spend 3 weeks studying in Granada with great guitarists in a masterclass setting.  Over the past two years we have seen the likes of Scott Tennant, Pepe Romero, William Kanengiser, John Deaman, Matthew Grief, Vicente Coves, David Martinez, Magarita Escarpa, Rafael Aguirre, Kai Narezo and the director of the course Dr. Scott Morris.
The concert on August 8 was very well played, eclectic and enjoyed by the varied public present in the town hall courtyard. Bach, Spanish composers, brazilian music and contemporary composers like Brouwer were all represented. There were even two flamenco pieces which all of the students played together. My favorites always seem to be the quartets as they are impeccably played and often much more interesting musically. Believe it or not even a guitar-maker can get tired of solo guitar after seeing so many guitar concerts in such a short time during the Festival which runs parallel to the Summer Arts course.