The First International Ten-String Guitar Festival
  July 7-10, 2005
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Janet Marlow, Founder and Director of the First
International Ten-String Guitar Festival announces a four
day festival event from July 7- 10, 2005 bringing ten-string
guitarists from around the world to Litchfield, Connecticut.
The Festival is being held at the White Memorial Conference
Center.  Ten-String Guitarists from South Africa, Canada,
Japan, South America, Europe and the Unites States will be
attending master classes, workshops, panel discussions and
participating in two major evening concerts open to the
public. All levels of players and guitar enthusiasts of all
ages are welcome to participate or observe workshops.

The festival is a focus on the evolution of the modern ten-
string guitar which began with it's innovation by Maestro
Narciso Yepes  in a 1964 performance of Rodrigo's Concerto
de Aranjuez performed with the Berlin Philharmonic. Since
then, the world of multi-string guitars has become an
interest of player's world- wide. There are six reasons for
the evolutionary development of the 10-string guitar. The
First Reason- adding four extra bass strings provides
necessary sympathetic resonance which evolves the physical
acoustics of the guitar. A Second Reason- lute music of the
Renaissance and Baroque eras conceived on 14 strings or more
can be further transcribed; J.S. Bach and S.L.Weiss. A Third
Reason- greater sustain occurs for more sound projection  A
Fourth Reason- for new compositions, the composer and player
have new and expanded possibilities. The Fifth Reason- *all
six string guitar repertoire can be played on a ten string
guitar. The Sixth Reason- The ten-string is a threshold for
expanded improvisation.

The director of the festival, Janet Marlow, is an
internationally acclaimed 10-string guitarist and composer.
She is also the founder of the First International Ten-
String Guitar Society and author of the book/DVD, Playing
The Ten-String Guitar: An Approach Guide for Guitarists,
(Mel Bay Publications)

For schedule of workshops, registration and concert
information for " The First International Ten-String Guitar
Festival" please visit:   www.tenstringguitar.com

For press, photos and further information please contact:
Janet Marlow Music LLC
  O.  860-567-9217   C.  860-459-8000
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