Guitarist David Rogers performs with Roland Stearns at SUU
By Ashley H Pollock
Southern Utah University’s music department welcomes guitarist David Rogers to campus Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall in SUU’s music building. Rogers and SUU adjunct music professor Dr. Roland Stearns will join forces to bring to life music from the 16th and 21st centuries, performing the music of Bach, Dowland, McLaughlin, and Rogers. This concert is free and open to the public.
David Rogers is a versatile guitarist who studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland; Indiana University; Oakland University; and Wayne State University. He performed with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 18 years and taught at Southern Oregon University for 13 years. His performances have been broadcast nationally, and he has been called “a prominent guitarist” by the New York Times.
“To bring in musicians who are performing in the ‘real world,’ such as our guest guitarist David Rogers, is very beneficial to our students,” said Dr. Lawrence Johnson, chair of the music department at SUU. “They can see firsthand that professional musicians not only exist but thrive! And to have the opportunity of our expert faculty, namely Dr. Roland Stearns, performing with guest artists is an even greater bonus for students and community enthusiasts alike. Concerts of classical guitar duets are quite rare, so my advice would be to attend this unique concert and enjoy the enriching experience of hearing live classical music by professional musicians!”
Dr. Roland Stearns studied in Madrid, Spain and Salzburg, Austria. He has performed nationally and internationally. Stearns headed the University of Alaska-Anchorage’s guitar program prior to his move to southern Utah.
For more information about the music department at SUU, please visit suu.edu/pva/music.
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