Sunday, June 14, 2009, at 4:00 pm

Presented by The Roger Smith Hotel
Co-Sponsored by New York City Classical Guitar Society
Frank Wallace and John Olson, co-curators

Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Avenue
New York City (see map)

Tickets $15. For reservations, email rogersmitharts@rogersmith.com or call (212) 755-1400.

Scott Morris (guitar) gave his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 1998. He has studied at Yale University, the USC Thornton School of Music, the Aspen Music Festival, Musician’s Institute (GIT) and Claremont Graduate University from which he holds the degree of Doctorate of Musical Arts. He has appeared as a soloist throughout North America, Europe and Asia. In 2005 he gave his Chinese debuts in both Beijing and Shanghai to great critical review. Recent festival appearances have been made at the St. Joseph Guitar Festival, Boston Guitar Fest, the Iserlohn International Guitar Symposium in Germany, Beijing Guitar Festival in China, La Guitarra, and the Dominguez Hills Guitar Festival.

Dr. Morris is equally respected for his work on the concert stage, in the classroom and the recording studio. He has recorded three CDs for Eroica Classical Recordings (Danza, Invocation, and Hollywood Guitar Duo). On Danza, Scott worked with longtime Neil Young producer Niko Bolas. 20th Century Guitar Magazine called Danza, a "classical guitar masterpiece." He is a founding member of the YMT Guitar Trio along with Jeff Young (formerly of Megadeth/Badi Assad) and Steven Thachuk, which will make their European debut at the Bath Festival in the United Kingdom this August.

Currently, he is Coordinator of Guitar Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills and served as the Convention Director for the 2007 Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition in Los Angeles, California and is the current Artistic Director for the Dominguez Hills Guitar Festival. His newest CD, The Guitar Music of Paganini is now available from Centaur Records.

Richard Kravchak (oboe/English horn) has been heard as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas, in both jazz and classical idioms, performing on all of the major woodwind instruments. He has appeared as a soloist with ensembles as diverse as The Dubuque Symphony, The University of Hawaii Wind Ensemble, The Carson Symphony, and the Orquesta Symphonica de El Salvador. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald has written "Kravchak's playing revealed a real beauty of tone, not monolithic, but always changing in color and intensity. He makes even the most difficult lines seem almost effortless." The Florida Flambeau raves "Kravchak made a good case for his virtuosity." Dr. Kravchak has been invited to present solo performances at conferences and festivals including The International Double Reed Society, The North Amercian Saxophone Alliance, Festival Forfest, the International Clarinet Society, and many others. He holds performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School, and Florida State University. Dr. Kravchak is currently Professor of Music at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he chairs the music department, leads the music education area, and serves as a studio woodwind instructor.