More dates and details to fill in, so please check back. October 29 Concert, Mini-retrospective of the music of David Leisner, with Emily Albrink, soprano, iO String Quartet, David Leisner, Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, NY, 7:00 pm November 1 Concert, Mini-retrospective of the music of David Leisner, with Emily Albrink, soprano, iO String Quartet, David Leisner, North River Music Series, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House School of Music, 46 Barrow St., New York, NY, 8:00 pm February 11 Chamber Music Concert, "Made in Manhattan", Joan Tower Snow Dreams with Linda Chesis, flute, and David Leisner, guitar, and NYC premiere of David Leisner's Three James Tate Songs with Patrick Mason, baritone, and David Starobin, guitar. Also on program, with other performers: Delpriora, Currier, Kolb, Reich Electric Counterpoint with 15 live guitars, Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Ave. (122nd St.), New York, NY, 7:30 pm March 1 Concert, 75th Birthday Tribute to Julian Bream, Leisner plays Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes, plus Ben Verdery, Bill Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, Fred Hand, David Tanenbaum, 92nd St. Y, New York, NY, 8:00 pm April 18 Concert, Northeastern Pennsylvania Guitar Society, Marion Chapel, Loughran Hall, Marywood University, Scranton, PA, 8 pm May 17 Concert, Wall-to-Wall Bach, Chaconne, Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, Symphony Space, New York, NY, P, F & A - 12:00 pm, Chaconne, 2:05 pm June 22 Chamber music concert, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Schubert/Matiegka Quartet, Piazzolla Histoire du Tango and Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Rockport, MA, 5:00 pm August 4-7 Solo and chamber concerts, Lidköping Music Festival, Lidköping, Sweden. Solo repertoire includes Bach Chaconne, Villa-Lobos 5 Preludes, Leisner Labyrinths, Joplin Chrysanthemum and Maple Leaf Rag, Mertz Sehnsucht and Tarantella; Chamber music includes Piazzolla Histoire du Tango, Mackey A Final Glance, Reich Nagoya Guitars, Leisner Mirage and Acrobats, with Martin Fogel, gt., Ann Elkjär, fl. and Ken Aiso, vln., Rörstrands Museum and St. Nikolai Kyrka, concerts every day at 12:30 pm and 8:00 pm August 20-24 CANCELLED (due to local problems with drug violence!): Concerts and master class, Juarez International Guitar Festival, Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, details TBA photo by Kate Raudenbush Website content © David Leisner 2008. All rights reserved. |

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