Guitar for Sale!!
1994 Concert Guitar by Thomas Rein
Engelman Spruce top, east Indian Rosewood back and sides,
650 MM scale, mint condition, snake wood rosette, french polish,
lattice fan bracing.
This is the perfect guitar for a serious college level student,
semi-professional guitarist, or for an advanced amateur player.
This guitar has won international competitions, been on television,
radio, and has concertized in the US and Europe.
Price: $4500 with hard shell case (listen to a clip found below with my
bio, guitar seen on K-Artist of the Month Pictures)
Please email me at valeriehartzell@yahoo.com
Salon Concert
Saturday, April 9, 2005 at 7pm
Canadian international guitar competition winner, Aaron Brock, will
perform a solo guitar concert at a private residence in the
Woodlands. Tickets are
$10 for students/GH members/senior citizens and $15
for the general public. The concert starts at 7pm and will
have appetizers served at intermession.
A three course dinner will be served immediatly following the
concert. The price of the dinner is $15 without wine and $25 with
two glasses of white or red
wine. All proceeds from the dinner will
benifit the Texas Music Festival: 'Classical Minds' Guitar
Festival.
RESERVATIONS must be made by April 5th. For
directions and address, please call Valerie Hartzell at 281-856-9920 or
email her at valeriehartzell@yahoo.com
Aaron
Brock is gaining a reputation as an artist who “plays with superior
musical depth and technical knowledge” (Colony Reporter, Mexico) while
delivering his audiences “a spellbinding evening of music” (Sun
Tribune, Canada). Aaron Brock has won numerous prizes and awards
including first place at the Rantoucci Guitar Competition and the
Appalachian Guitarfest Competition as well as top prizes at the Barnett
Foundation Guitar Competition, the Schadt String International Concerto
Competition and the American String Teachers Association.
Currently, Aaron is on the guitar faculty at the Royal Conservatory of
Music in Toronto. Upon receiving his
Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, where he
studied with Nicholas Goluses, Brock was chosen to be the first ever
recipient of Eastman’s ‘Andrés Segovia Award’. The award is
granted for showing a
‘deep commitment to expanding the technical and musical boundaries of
the guitar repertoire’.
Aaron Brock's new cd, Toccata, will be for sale at Saturday's concert.
“Aaron Brock played with superior musical depth and technical knowledge
and charmed audiences with his relaxed poise and openness.
There’s no question that this gifted young musician has a bright future
ahead.”
Jeanne Chaussee, Colony Reporter (Ajijic, Mexico)
“A spellbinding evening of music.” Kate Gilderdale, Sun Tribune (York
Region, Canada)
To watch video clips of his playing or to read more about the artist,
please go to his web site: http://www.aaronbrock.com/main.html
"Classical
Minds" Guitar Festival
University
of Houston
Moores School of
Music, Texas Music Festival
May 31st - June 5th,
2005
Valérie Hartzell, director
and
Kithara Duo, co-directors
Private
lessons • Chamber
music coaching and Guitar Orchestra Class • Master classes • TMF
Faculty Artist
Concert Series featuring Kithara Duo, Garvin-Snauffer Duo, Randall Avers, Beau Benson,
Lucia y
Valdemar: Gitanerias Flamenco • Student Recital
Click HERE for general
information, more details to come!
Biography
Valérie
Hartzell began her
classical
guitar studies on a half size Ramirez at the age of three.
At the age of six, she studied with maestro Alexandre Lagoya at the
Académie
Internationale d’Eté de Nice, France. She has participated
in master classes with several internationally acclaimed artists,
including
Ako Ito, Castellani-Andriaccio Duo, David Russell, and Elena Papandreou.
In 1991, Ms.
Hartzell made her debut
performing Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s "Concerto for guitar and orchestra"
with the New
Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving, Texas. She made her
international
debut in San Mamete, Italy at the Festival del Piccolo Mondo in August
1994.
She has
performed in Europe, Canada, the
U.S.
and has appeared on television in Nice, FR.In August
2003, Ms. Hartzell was the first performer to win the “K-Artist
of the Month Contest”
sponsored by Houston's classical station, KRTS, 92.1FM.Additionally,
in June 2000, Ms. Hartzell won first prize at the "Concours de Guitare
Classique Heitor Villa-Lobos" in Nice, FR and 1st prize at the 10th
International Guitar Competition “Simone Salmaso” in Viareggio, Italy
in April 2001
.
At the Peabody Conservatory of Johns
Hopkins University, Ms. Hartzell was awarded the highest undergraduate
scholarship for the classical guitar and studied with Manuel Barrueco
and Julian Gray earning her Bachelor's Degree in 1997. She was
awarded a Graduate
Teaching Fellowship at Radford University and was placed as Adjunct
Faculty
while studying for her Master’s Degree in Music with Dr. Robert
Trent.
She received her performance degree in May of 1999 and moved to Houston
where she currently teaches through the Preparatory Department at
Moores School of Music, University of Houston and at Houston Community
College.
Examples of Valerie's playing:
(right click and select 'save target' to download the clip) Pujol Dyens-LIVE Barrios
MEDIA
APPEARANCES: Houston:
Interview
with Dean Dalton on KUHF,
88.7FM
May 28, 2004
(With Beau Benson and Kithara Duo) Houston:
Interview
with Dean Dalton on KUHF,
88.7FM
June 2, 2004
(With Randall Avers) Houston:
Winner of the
“K-Artist of the Month Contest”
-Interview with Tom Richards on 92.1FMAugust
14, 2003
-Performance (live broadcast) at
Magnolia Bar &
GrillAugust
17, 2003
-60 second bio spot on 92.1 FM; three times a day for all of
August
Houston:
Interview
with Dean Dalton on KUHF,
88.7FM May
8, 2003
FESTIVALS: Director of "Classical Minds"
Guitar Festival at Moores School
May 30 - June 5, 2004
of Music, University of Houston (Texas Music Festival)
(pictures and music available soon!)
Faculty: Randall Avers, Kithara Duo, Beau Benson, Steve Kostelnik,
Valerie Hartzell, Marc Garvin
Lecturers: Mike Surrency, Marc Garvin, Valdamar Phoenix
The Houston Festival was a great experience. The festival provided one of the most thorough and comprehensive programs available for classical guitarists of all levels. Each day, the student is completely immersed - from warming up, ensemble practice, master classes to lectures on guitar building and flamenco among other things. The aspect that truly sets this festival apart was the laid-back atmosphere and the staff's ambition to design a program that is well rounded and accommodating to the student.
Here are what some of the students had
to say: "What a fabulous week! Thank
you so much for all your work, loved the faculty, classes and all your hard work came
through. See you at the next one!" - Vicki Cottrell
"I have learned so much in one week. Really, really enjoyed it!"
- Andy Vejvilai
"Thanks for your hard work organizing this! I appreciate the time spent
guitaring!" - Barbara Lyle
"Thanks for everything you have done in the Houston Guitar Scene.
If we did not have people like you (Hartzell),
the guitar would die out. You are a great teacher and friend." -
Gabriel De Hoyos
Co-Director of "Close Encounters:
Chamber Music Festival for
June 1 - 6, 2003 Voice and Guitar"; Moores School
of Music (University of Houston)
Director of Montgomery College Guitar
Festival;
February 29 - March 1, 2003 Montgomery College, Conroe, TX
Competitions
First person to win 92.1 FM's K-Artist of the Month Contest
August 2003
Semi-Finalist in Stotsenberg International
Competition;
May 30- June 1, 2003
Malibu, Ca
2nd Place Winner
of the Portland Solo Guitar
Competition:
March 9, 2002
Portland, Or.
Finalist in Appalachian State Guitar Competition
April
2001
First Prize: 10th International Guitar
Competition
March 30, 2001
‘Simone Salmaso’: Viareggio, Italy
Finalist in East Carolina University Competition
July 2000
First Prize: “Villa-Lobos” Guitar Competition: Nice,
France
June 2000
Performances
Guitar Concert
sponsored by the Ft.Worth Guitar Guild at
March 14, 2004 theSouthwest Regional Library
Auditorium; Ft. Worth, TX
Salon
Concert at Van Meter's Residence; sponsored
March 6, 2004
by Guitar Houston
Close
Encounters: Chamber Music for
Voice and Guitar June 5,
2003.
Katherine
Ciesinski, director Valerie Hartzell,
co-director
Flute and Guitar recital at the First Unitarian
May 11,
2003
Universalist
Church; Houston, TX
Voice and Guitar Concert at Moores School of Music with
April 14,
2003
Sandi Johnson,
soprano; Houston, TX
Montgomery College Guitar Festival featured Kithara
Duo,
February 28 - March 1, 2003
Valerie Hartzell and Mike Havens.
Tour: Saluda, NC; Wofford College, SC;
September 29 – October 5, 2002
Appalachian State
University, NC; Elon University, NC
Guitar Salon Series sponsored by Jerry Yglesias
September 22, 2001
and Guitar
Houston
Guest Artist at
the Winner’s Recital of the Villa-Lobos
April 23, 2001
Guitar Competition, sponsored by KATAULUS: Nice, FR
Faculty Recitals
at Montgomery College
October 12, 2002 February 17, 2002, February 24,
2002, March 18, 2001, October 28, 2001
Guest Artist at the Summer Guitar Workshop:
June 22, 2001
Greensboro,
NC
Guest Artist at the Arts Festival
presented by
the
May 21, 2000
American School in Switzerland, Villa Monticello:
Montagnola, Switzerland
Guitar Recital presented by the
Guitar Houston,
at
February 20, 2000
Texas Select Music: Magnolia, TX
Guitar Recital presented by the
Guitar Houston,
at
October 1, 1999
St. Dunstan's Church
France Debut: Guitar Recital
at the Saint
Antoine
May 28,
1999
de Ginestière Church presented by the Ars
Antonina:
Nice, France
Guest Artist at the Arts Festival
presented by
the
May 22, 1999
American School in Switzerland, Villa Monticello:
Montagnola, Switzerland
Guitar Recital, Christopher Newport
University:
April 20, 1999
Newport News, VA
Faculty Recital, Bondurant Center
(Norwood
Room):
December 4, 1998
Radford, VA
Switzerland Debut: Guest
Artist at the Arts
Festival
May 23, 1998
presented by the American School in Switzerland,
Villa
Monticello: Lugano, Switzerland
Italy Debut: Chiesa di San
Mamete, San Mamete,
Italy
August 24, 1994
Austrian Debut: Civic Hall,
Radstadt,
Austria
July 1994
Debut:
Guest Artist with the New Irving
Philharmonic,
April 1991
Irving, TX
RESUME
Please click HERE
for
a list of teaching experience, judging, and awards.
Information
If you are interested in private
lessons,
concert bookings, or would like more information, please:
Valerie
Hartzell
Performance
and Instruction
Biography 