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Membership Total
Member: $25 Individual $40 Professional* $15 Student & Senior
(Full amount is tax deductible) Membership Level = $
Discount on season subscription
Ability to buy four tickets at member’s price for each concert For Friend level and above, please print name of individual(s) to be recognized on
Guitar Day invitation programs.
* Ability to buy advance group tickets for your students (Prof. Members and higher)
* Free bio listing for yourself or your business on the BCGS web-site (Prof. Member
and higher) Membership needs to be renewed when purchasing tickets at member prices.

Friend: $50-$99 (Full amount is tax deductible) Subscription

All of the above plus... Subscriptions include guaranteed ticket availability, discounts on general admission
Recognition in the BCGS program prices. Tickets are not refundable. (Please circle which category, if not General
Preferred seating admission.)
General admission $100 x =
Supporter: $100-$249 ($85-$234 is tax deductible) Member/Senior/Full-time Student $80 x =
All of the above plus...
Special Gift Individual Tickets (Please circle which category, if not General admission.)
The Katona Twins (General admission) $30 x =
Donor: $250-$499 ($195-$444 is tax deductible) The Katona Twins (Member/Senior/Full-time Student) $25 x =
All of the above plus... Jason Vieaux (General admission) $25 x =
Pair of tickets to a non-premium concert Jason Vieaux (Member/Senior/Full-time Student) $20 x =
Lukasz Kuropasczewski (General admission) $25 x =
Patron: $500-$749 ($395-$644 is tax deductible) Lukasz Kuropasczewski (Member/Senior/Full-time Student)
All of the above plus... $20 x =
Pair of tickets to a premium concert Manuel Barrueco (General admission) $35 x =
Manuel Barrueco (Member/Senior/Full-time Student) $30 x =
VIP Seating

Benefactor: $750-$999 ($525-$774 is tax deductible)

All of the above plus... Young Talent Concert (not a part of the regular Subscription series)
ChromaDuo (General admission) $15 x =
Total of two free tickets to each concert
ChromaDuo (Member/Senior/Full-time Student) $12 x =

Sponsor: $1,000-$2,499 ($605-$2,104 is tax deductible) TOTAL =

All of the above plus...
Invitation to “Meet the Artist” dinner Mailing Information
Special dinner with BCGS Board
Special private recital by a young guitar virtuoso for you and your guests Name
Address
A copy of our current financial statement is available upon request by contacting the BCGS City State Zip
at 4607 Maple Ave., Baltimore, MD 21227, tel: (410) 247-5320. Documents and information Daytime phone Evening phone
submitted to the State of Maryland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act are E-mail
available from the Office of theSecretary of State for the cost of copying and postage.
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• Go to www.bcgs.org • Email: admin@bcgs.org
• Call (410) 247-5320 • Mail this form to BCGS, 4607 Maple Ave.
• Fax this form to (410) 242-0326 Baltimore, MD 21227

Tickets purchased a week prior to a concert will be held and may be picked up the night of
the concert.
2009-2010 Concert Season

Baltimore Classical
Guitar Society
2009-2010 Concert Season
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www.bcgs.org
email: admin@bcgs.org
tel: (410) 247-5320
Baltimore, MD 21227
4607 Maple Avenue
Baltimore Classical Guitar Society

The Katona Twins

Saturday, October 3, 2009
at 8 p.m.
Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall,
Towson University

Jason Vieaux
Saturday, December 5, 2009
at 8 p.m.
Baltimore Museum of Art

Lukasz Kuropasczewski
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Baltimore Museum of Art

Manuel Barrueco
Saturday, May 1, 2010
at 8 p.m.
Friedberg Hall,
Peabody Conservatory
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and featuring
emerging
young artists
ChromaDuo
(Tracy Anne Smith
and Rob MacDonald)
Sunday,
February 7, 2010
at 3 p.m., An Die Musik
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2009-2010 Concert Season
The Katona Twins
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University
“the Hungarian Katona twins... are stunning: full of the flair,
drama and passion.” (BBC RADIO 3)
Hungarian born Peter and Zoltán Katona make up the
Katona Twins, a guitar duo which has given recitals
throughout the world including Carnegie Hall in New York,
Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam,
the Konzerthaus in Vienna , and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
The twins have won numerous prizes, both individually and
together. In 2004 they were awarded with the prestigious
Borletti-Buitoni prize, the first guitar prize in the trust’s
history. In 1998 they won the Concert Artists Guild
Jason Vieaux
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Baltimore Museum of Art
“...among the elite of today’s classical guitarists.”
(Gramophone)
One of America’s leading guitarists, Jason Vieaux is
changing the face of guitar programming and has earned
a devoted international fan base along the way. Recent
performance highlights include recitals for New York’s 92nd
St. Y Series and San Francisco’s OMNI Foundation for the
Performing Arts, concertos with North American orchestras
from coast to coast, a debut for the prestigious Nürtingen
International Guitar Festival in Germany, tours of Mexico,
debuts in Brazil and Poland, and triumphant returns as
“series favorite” in Boston, Hartford, Cleveland, Knoxville
and St. Petersburg.
Lukasz Kuropasczewski
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Baltimore Museum of Art
“A master technician which displays artistic maturity well
beyond his years...” (Classical Guitar Magazine)
Polish guitarist Lukasz Kuropaczewski has
given recitals worldwide, including London, Berlin,
Paris, Rejkjavik, Prague, Sofia, Minsk, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Washington, and New York. He was the
first Polish classical guitarist and one of the first
Polish soloists in history to perform during one season
in prestigious concert halls Carnegie Hall in New York
and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Manuel Barrueco
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Friedberg Hall, Peabody Conservatory
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Grammy nominated Manuel Barrueco is internationally
recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our
time. His unique artistry has been continually described as
that of a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant
musician, possessing a seductive sound and uncommon
lyrical gifts. His career has been dedicated to bringing the
guitar to the main musical centers of the world. During three
decades of concertizing, he has performed across the
United Sates from the New World Symphony in Miami to
the Seattle Symphony, and from the Hollywood Bowl with
the Los Angeles Philharmonic to New York’s Lincoln Center.
He has appeared with such prestigious orchestras as the
ChromaDuo (Tracy Anne Smith
and Rob MacDonald)
Young Talent Concert
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 3 p.m., An Die Musik
Max Zuckerman has won first prizes in the Portland Guitar
Our programs are supported by the City of Baltimore and The Maryland State Arts Council, The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, Baltimore County
Commission on Arts and Sciences, Free Fall Baltimore and The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, the D’Addario Foundation for the Performing
Arts with support from J. D’Addario & Company Inc., D’Addario Strings and Rico Reeds, and Mel Bay Publications.
Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University, Osler & Cross Campus Drives, Towson, MD 21252
Peabody Conservatory, One East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
For more information, please call (410) 247-5320 or visit www.bcgs.org
Competition held in New York, and in 1997 they were win-
ners at the Young Concert Artist Trust auditions in London.
The wide repertoire of the duo spans from Scarlatti to
Piazzolla’s tango music. Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham,
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and several other contemporary
composers have written for and dedicated works to the
Katona Twins. From the age of ten the twins have studied
both individually and as a guitar duo in Budapest, Frankfurt
and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. During their
studies they benefitted from classes with Julian Bream and
John Williams. The Katona Twins have been invited on
numerous occasions to record for the BBC and other
international television and radio stations.
The Katona Twins will perform pieces by Mozart, Vivaldi,
Piazzolla, and de Falla.
Mr. Vieaux is a frequent guest with orchestras across the
United States. He has performed as concerto soloist with
the Cleveland Orchestra, Ft. Worth Symphony, San Diego
Symphony, he Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the
Auckland Philharmonia, while working with such renowned
conductors as Miguel Harth-Bedoya, David Robertson,
Jahja Ling, and Alasdair Neale. His triumphant programs
and collaborations for Music@Menlo, Strings Music
Festival, Grand Teton, and Jupiter Chamber Players have
forged his reputation as a first-rate chamber musician. As a
passionate advocate of new music, Vieaux has premièred
new pieces by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, José Luis
Merlin, and Eric Sessler. Mr. Vieaux already has ten
recordings to his credit and many more to come under his
multi-record deal with Azica Records.
Mr. Vieaux will perform his “e/Merge” program,
including pieces by Albeniz, Brouwer, Bach, and
Pat Metheny.
Mr. Kuropaczewski performs as guest artist every
year at the most important music festivals in the world
where he also works with prominent artists such as
Igor Yuzefovich (assistant concertmaster of the
Baltimore Symphony), Jan Stanienda, Martin Chalifour
(concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony), the
musicians of Concerto Avenna, the San Antonio
Symphony and the Cleveland Symphony. In Poland he
has performed the celebrated Concierto de Aranjuez’
with the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
among others. Mr. Kuropaczewski has recorded five
critically acclaimed CDs. He has been living in the
USA for six years where he was granted a prestigious
scholarship at the Peabody Conservatory and has
been a student of Manuel Barrueco.
Philadelphia Orchestra and with the Boston Symphony un-
der the direction of Seiji Ozawa, in the American Premiere
of Toru’s Takemitsu’s To the Edge of Dream. In addition, he
appears regularly with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
and with San Francisco Performances. His international
tours have taken him to some of the most important
musical centers in the world, and his recording catalogue
includes over a dozen recordings for the EMI label. Recent
CD
releases include two recordings that feature the music of
Astor Piazzolla: Grammy-nominated “Solo Piazzolla” (2007)
as well as “Tango Sensations” (2008), a collaboration with
the Cuarteto Latinoamericano that includes the music of
Carlos Gustavino. These recordings are part of the exclu-
sive Manuel Barrueco Collection on Tonar Music label.
Mr. Barrueco will perform an hommage to Tarrega and
Albeniz, in this centenary of both of the composers’
deaths, as well as Mendelssohn at the bicentennial of the
composer’s birth.
Festival Solo Competition, the Menuhin-Dowling Young
Musicians Competition, and the American String Teachers’
Association national competition, where he was the first
classical guitarist to ever win the Grand Prize for all string
inurrently continuing post-graduate studies withs Manuel
Barrueco. ned by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society.