Andrew Zohn

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Publication Date

2-5-2005

Year of Release

2005

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Andrew Zohn, Guitarist

Co-Sponsored by Marshall University’s Department of Music and Route 60 Music

Artist's Profile

Guitarist/composer Andrew Zohn has been hailed as "one of the finest guitarists of his generation" by Anthony Morris, host of the internationally-syndicated radio program Classical Guitar Alive. His ability on the instrument has earned prizes in five international competitions including the Guitar Foundation of America and the Stotsenberg lnternational. In addition to concertizing throughout North America and in Europe as a soloist, Andrew Zohn is active as a chamber musician, orchestral soloist, and as a part of Duo Spiritoso with acclaimed Canadian guitarist and Naxos recording artist Jeffrey Mdfadden. Recent performances include venues in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Ottawa.

Andrew Zohn holds a doctorate of music degree from Florida State University, a master of music from the University of Texas, and a bachelor's degree from the North Carolina-School of the Arts. Since 1999, Zohn has served on the faculty of Columbus State University, where he founded and directs the annual CSU Guitar Symposium and Competition. He also currently serves on the faculty of the Guitar on the Mediterranean Festival in Cerva, Italy, and the Guitare Lachine festival in Canada, each summer. Dr. Zohn is a frequently invited guest artist, lecturer, and clinician at music festivals, seminars, and universities throughout North America. Students of Andrew Zohn have won prizes in international competitions, and have been featured on the American national radio program From the Top.

Beginning a career in composing in 1998, Zohn has already received commissions for new works from, among others, La Flame Records, Canada, the Campbell University Foundation for the Arts, and the East Carolina New Music Festival. In 2004 and 2005, Zohn was selected as a recipient of a Plus Award from the American Society of Composers. Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) in recognition of his compositions. Original compositions and transcriptions by Andrew Zohn are published through Les Productions d'Oz, Canada, Tuscany publications (Theodore Presser), and FJH Publications. His latest recording, Music of Piazzolla, Debussy, Gershwin, and Zohn, is now available through Centaur Records.

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Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV

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Arts and Humanities | Fine Arts | Music | Music Performance

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Huntington Museum of Art, Music at the Museum Series, presents, Andrew Zohn, Guitarist

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