The Fremont Symphony Orchestra presents classical guitarist Jeremías García on March 19

Dated: Saturday, March 19, 2022
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10 Individual / $20 Family / $5 Student
Driver: Rebecca Murdock
Guest soloist: Jeremías Garcia, guitarist
On March 19, 2022, the Fremont Symphony Orchestra will feature guitar virtuoso, Jeremías García. García will be presented in the auditorium of Lander High School at 7 p.m.
According to Rebecca Murdock, the director of the FSO, García will perform Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Jeremy Garcia has performed all over the United States. He has also collaborated as a soloist with the Houston Grand Opera and as a soloist and composer with the Helena Symphony in Montana, the Fort Bend Symphony and the Brazosport Symphony. García has performed at many festivals as a soloist and has worked with many great flamenco artists.
He has recorded two CDs, “García y Reyna’s Baile del Sol” and “Café Khytaro’s Distancia”. In 2009, Garcia co-founded Solero Flamenco, Houston’s first flamenco performance company, with Irma La Paloma; the two went on to co-found and run the Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival (2011-2016).
As an educator, Garcia served as director of guitar studies at San Jacinto College for 20 years. He is currently Associate Artistic Director of the Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and a Master of Music from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
In addition to García’s performance, the FSO will feature works by Offenbach, Enescu, Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, Frescobaldi, Dvorak, Khachaturian and Piazzolla. Murdock said it will be a varied program with popular, romantic and contemporary styles.
The FSO has been led by Rebecca Murdock since the 1970s. The orchestra has grown and developed into a highly respected performance ensemble of internationally renowned soloists who perform frequently with the 50-piece ensemble.
Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 for adults, $20 for families and $5 for students.