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Classical Guitar
music will be performed by
Robert Sharpe
on Thursday evening from 6-8 PM.
Robert
Fielding Sharpe began formal study of the
classical guitar with Dr. Andrew Zohn in 2000.
Since his national radio debut on NPR's
acclaimed program From the Top, Sharpe has
received many awards and honors including first
prize in the 2006 East Carolina University
Guitar Competition, second prize in the 2006
Music Academy of North Carolina Guitar
Competition, third prize in the 2006 St. Joseph
International Guitar Competition, fourth prize
in the 2004 Guitare Lachine International Guitar
Competition, and fourth prize in the 2006
National Guitar Workshop Competition.
Mr. Sharpe has performed as a
soloist in the United States, Italy, and
Slovenia. He has been a performer at the East
Carolina University Guitar Festival, the 92nd
Street Y, the Tennessee State University
Classical Guitar Seminar, the Fitzgerald Arts
Council Concert Series, and the Fort Worth
Guitar Guild. International performances include
concerts at the Guitar Festival on the
Mediterranean in Italy and the Guitar Festival
of Lipica in Slovenia. Mr. Sharpe has also
served on the faculty of the 2006 Tennessee
State University Classical Guitar Seminar and
the 2007 East Carolina University Guitar
Festival. He has performed in masterclass with
such acclaimed artists as The Assad Brothers
Duo, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, David
Russell, David Tanenbaum, Jorge Morel, Lorenzo
Micheli, and Paul Galbraith. Mr. Sharpe holds a
B.M. in Music Performance from Columbus State
University, where he was the recipient of the
Woodruff Award and the Presser Foundation Music
Scholarship. He is currently studying with
Benjamin Verdery and pursuing a M.M. from Yale
University. |