Harold Gretton

Doors open 6pm, performance beings 6:30pm.

Harold Gretton began playing guitar at the age of 7. He first studied at the ANU before completing a course specialising in guitar duo performance in Strasbourg (France).

He has won numerous international competitions, both as a soloist and in various chamber music combinations. He has been invited to perform concerts all over Europe, as well as in the USA, Mexico, Vietnam, and all over Australia. He has performed with orchestras in Australia and Europe, and gave the world première of Westlake's concerto Shadow Dances under the composer's baton.

He has recorded three CDs, a solo album, an album of Australian guitar quartets with Guitar Trek, and a mixed album of guitar duos, made possible by a successful crowd-funding campaign.

A dedicated pedagogue, Harold has given masterclasses in numerous guitar festivals, lectured at Universities and has participated on numerous juries in international competitions. He has held teaching positions in Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Lichtenau (Germany) and Saint-Louis (France), and currently the Associate Director of the Riverina Conservatorium of Music, where he also teaches guitar.

Program

1. Four Latin favourites

i. Danza Brasilera - Jorge Morel

ii. Natalia (Venezuelan Waltz) - Antonio Lauro

iii. Estrellita - Manuel Maria Ponce

iv. Tango en Skai - Roland Dyens

2. Julia Florida and Waltz no. 4 - Augustin Barrios Mangoré

3. Flock - Harold Gretton

i. Currawong

ii. Magpie

iii. Blue wren

iv. Galah

v. Rainbow lorikeet

4. Mutant frames of reference - Samuel Smith

5. Cloudforms - Richard Charlton

i. Cumulus dance

ii. Silver stratus

iii. Ring around the moon

iv. Cloudburst (after the Drought)

6. Gran Jota - Francisco Tarrega