Sunday, May 8, 2011, at 4:00 PM

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

Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Avenue at East 47th Street
New York City (see map)

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

While studying Spanish as a foreign exchange student in Mexico, Lynn McGrath bought a guitar on a whim and asked a visiting professor, Alfredo Sanchez, for lessons, never imagining that years later she would be invited back as a professional musician. Since then, Lynn McGrath has performed in multiple international festivals including the XIX Festival Internacional de Guitarra (Lima, Peru), the Guitar on the Mediterranean Festival (Italy), the III Muestra de Guitarra Ajijic (Mexico), and the 2009 Guitar Foundation of America Convention. In her unique rendition of Platero y Yo by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Lynn McGrath has astounded audiences and received critical acclaim by performing the role of guitarist and narrator simultaneously.

Lynn McGrath has performed and given masterclasses for prominent guitar programs including the University of Veracruz (Mexico) and Oberlin Conservatory, and has appeared on a number of arts series and for colleges across the United States. In 2008, she completed a 6-concert tour of Peru, and has been an outreach artist for organizations such as the Austin Classical Guitar Society and the Da Camera Society (Los Angeles). She has appeared as a soloist with the Northern New York, has adjudicated a number of international competitions, and in 2009 was selected as the clinician and conductor of the Albuquerque Honors Guitar Group.

After having received degrees in Spanish Language and Literature, Education, and Music, Lynn received her Master and Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Southern California. She has studied with some of today's most prominent guitarists, including William Kanengiser, Pepe Romero, James Smith, and Douglas Rubio. Lynn McGrath is a former faculty member of the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, where she received a Student Choice Award in 2006. She serves as the Tour Director for the Guitar Foundation of America and presently lives and teaches in Albuquerque, NM.