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OSPAC GUITAR FESTIVAL

OSPAC GUITAR FESTIVAL

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When



an entire afternoon is dedicated to the virtuosity of guitar players,



the action onstage gets hot. That’s what we have in store for you at



OSPAC on Sunday August 3 when we launch the first OSPAC GUITAR FESTIVAL.

MAK GRGIC

Born



in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he studied guitar in Zagreb with the revered



Ante Cagalj at the Elly Basic Conservatory of Music and obtained his



Bachelor's Degree with Alvaro Pierri at the Universitaet fuer Musik und



darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria. At the moment he is pursuing his



Doctoral Degree at the USC Thornton School of Music as a student of



William Kanengiser and Scott Tennant of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.



He is also a teaching assistant at USC under the direction of Brian



Head.

Mak



recently took first prize at the Guitar Competition "Luigi Mozzani" in



Italy and has been honored with highest prizes at: the Andres Segovia



International Competition for young guitarists in Velbert, Germany, the



Forum Gitarre Wien International Competition in Vienna, Austria, the



International Guitar Competition in Arrenzano, Italy, the Anna Amalia



Competition for young guitarists in Weimar, Germany, the International



Guitarart Festival and Competition in Belgrade, Serbia and the European



Classical Guitar Competition "Enrico Mercatali" in Italy.


DAVE STRYKER
Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker leading his own group (with 25 CD’s



as a leader to date), co-leading The Stryker/Slagle Band, or as a



featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and many others,



you know why the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive



guitarists to come along in recent years.”
Dave’s new CD “Eight Track” (available now),



is a celebration of classic pop tunes from the 70′s reimagined by his



working trio. Dave’s guitar is joined by Jared Gold on Hammond B3 organ,



and McClenty Hunter on drums with special guest Stefon Harris on



vibraphone. Dave was recently voted into the 2013 Downbeat Critics and



Readers Poll for the 6th time.
… One of the most joyous feels around. -Pat Metheny

BOB DEVOS
With



horn like, blues-drenched lines and a warm, fat sound, Bob DeVos has an



enthusiastic following for his signature mix of groove and



sophistication. His trio's tight-knit performances of jazz standards,



Rhythm & Blues, ballads, and Bob's hip compositions and arrangements



thrill audiences nationwide. His recent HighNote/ Savant Records and



American Showplace releases were all in the Top Ten National Airplay



Charts for many weeks and Top Ten of the Year lists.  Bob



has played with a who's who of jazz legends. In recent years he has



performed at the Kennedy Center, the Blue Note, the Kitano, SMOKE, plus



many national & international festivals. Critics hail Bob as "the



thinking man's guitar hero, a brilliant, knowing bebop player," and dig



his "infectious, funky groove."

NAT JANOFF
guitarist,



composer and teacher Nat Janoff has been working steadily in the



contemporary jazz scene for the past 15 years. After earning his



Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from William Paterson



University in 1996, Nat set to work forging his own musical path. 

The



first marker on that path was Nat’s 1999 debut album, Looking Through,



featuring the rhythm section of world-renowned electric bassist Matthew Garrison and drummer Gene Lake, putting Nat on the map as both a player and a composer. 

Two more albums soon followed—a live acoustic recording with fellow William Paterson alumnus Jake Schwartz(simply titled, Live) and a collaborative project with Rave Tesar on keys (of Annie Haslam’s Renaissance) and Ray LeVier on drums, entitled Berkana. 

Janoff



was honored with the opportunity to contribute to ESC Records latest



tribute album, Mahavishnu Redefined II, recording the track, Are You the



One? with bassist Ray Riendeau and drummerMartin Diamond. Janoff also played guitar on three tracks on Ray Riendau's latest cd, Atmospheres. 

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Nat Janoff’s latest cd, Come Together Move Apart, was released in 2010 and features the great talents of pianist John Escreet, bassist François Moutin and drummer Chris Carroll

In addition to playing with his own groups, Nat Janoff has performed with the R&B singer Joe, R&B legend David "Pic" Conley from the group Surface, legendary pianist Norman Simmonsand drummer Victor Jones’ group, Culturversy. Nat can also be heard on Atlantic Records’ recording artist Debelah Morgan’s cd, Dance With Me and on R&B artist Roland Clark’s new track, The Simple Things.

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BRUCE EDWARDS

For



many years now, Bruce Edwards has been a "first call" guitarist in New



York's music community. His chameleonic ability to adapt his style and



sound to suit the demands of the moment has taken him from playing



bluesy rock with G.E. Smith and Lenny Pickett of the saturday



Night Live band in one moment, to the frenetic avante-garde jazz of



visionary Sun Ra in the next, as well as accompanying artists as diverse



as R&B group Fatty Koo.



As a guitarist, composer, arranger, and musical director, Bruce has



worked on Broadway in the hit musical "Swing!" as well as plays by Keith



Glover, Diane Macintyre, and others
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