Nathan Granner & Beau Bledsoe
Sunday, February 10, 2008
3:00 PM

Nathan Granner's mix of "golden age" timbre and exuberant, daring character on the stage have garnered accolades from Opera News, Opera Now, The New York Times, London Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. He has made leading principal debuts with notable companies including Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Theatre Saint Louis and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Twice he has sung with the National Symphony Orchestra and has been a regional and semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. And with all of this accomplishment, he has still found time to serve as Artistic Director of "Musical Theater Heritage," which produces Night on the Town radio program, hosted by George Harter and Night of Song, featuring intimate nights of musical theater and opera.

Beau Bledsoe's interest in exploring new repertoire, cultures and programming ideas have led to the creation of a large body of arrangements, transcriptions and compositions for the solo guitar and guitar chamber music. Most recently he has co-founded the flamenco music and dance school Manos Rojas, the flamenco dance company Esencias Flamencas and the independent record label Tzigane, which is home to four of Beau's own recorded projects and many other fine artists. Through his many diverse projects and ensembles, Beau has had the great fortune of performing in almost every state in the U.S. as well as touring to Russia, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Germany, France and Switzerland. His music is regularly programmed on radio1 BBC, "Segovia a Yupanki" Radio Nacional Argentina, and "All Songs Considered" on NPR.

Placer High School Auditorium, Auburn

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