Marc Teicholz performs Sérgio Assad's Phyllis' Portrait | Guitar by Masters

"Phyllis' Portrait" is a very entertaining composition by prominent Brazilian guitarist and composer Sérgio Assad. It is one of the several "portrait" pieces that Sérgio has composed throughout the years, and this one is dedicated to Phyllis Bolton, a major supporter of the guitar program at the University of Arizona. "Phyllis' Portrait" takes the listener to a very engaging journey through several contrasting sections inspired by different genres of American popular music. Outstanding American guitarist Marc Teicholz offers a wonderful rendition of this piece, as well as detailed, insightful comments at guitarbymasters.com for you to craft your own interpretation! Learn with Marc today! Guitar made by Glenn Canin - Marc Teicholz, classical guitarist, is the first prize-winner of the 1989 International Guitar Foundation of America competition. Marc Teicholz has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, receiving critical acclaim for his recitals and masterclasses. Mr. Teicholz has toured Russia, Poland, and Switzerland as well as Southeast Asia, Fiji, and New Zealand under the auspices of the U.S.I.A. Artistic Ambassador program. He has recorded several CDs for Naxos, Delos, and Sugo, as well as the pilot soundtrack for George Lucas’ “Young Indiana Jones.” His solo CD of waltzes (“Valseana”) was recorded on vintage instruments with GSI and was named by Acoustic Magazine as one of the 10 best CDs of 2011. His recording of the music of Ernesto Nazareth, arranged and produced by Sergio Assad, was released in 2016 and named by Acoustic Magazine as one of the 10 best CDs of that year. He also premiered a new concerto by Clarice Assad dedicated to him in 2016. Marc Teicholz is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at California State University East Bay. He graduated from Yale University in 1985, received a master's degree from the Yale School of Music in 1986, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley at the Boalt School of Law in 1990. Sérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother, Odair Assad, in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers. Born into a musical family in Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil, Sérgio Assad began creating music for the guitar not long after he began playing the instrument. He learned Brazilian folk melodies from his father. By age 14, he was arranging and writing original compositions for the guitar duo he had formed with his brother, Odair. At the age of 17, he and Odair began their studies under the best-known classical guitar teacher in Brazil at the time, Monina Tavora, a former disciple of Andrés Segovia. Sérgio later went on to study conducting and composition at the Escola Nacional de Música in Rio de Janeiro, and worked privately with Brazilian composition teacher, Esther Scliar. Over the last twenty years, Assad has concentrated most of his efforts on building a repertoire for the guitar duo. As a composer, Assad has completed more than fifty works for guitar, many of which have become standards in the guitar repertoire. - https://www.guitarbymasters.com   / guitarbymasters     / guitarbymasters   Marc Teicholz Website: http://marcteicholz.com/ Sérgio Assad Facebook:   / assadbrothers   YouTube:    / @sergioassad