Sunday, June 12, 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.

John Lehmann-Haupt, a New York-based guitarist, has been playing since he was five years old. Known equally for his arrangements of popular and traditional songs and for his classical interpretations, he has performed throughout the Northeast and in the homes of such prominent New Yorkers as Tom Brokaw, Madeleine Albright, and Donald Trump. His twelve-year engagement at Windows on the World (atop the World Trade Center) was cited for musical excellence by The New York Times in 1986.

John's 2002 CD Songs of the Guitar was hailed by The Audiophile Voice as "a tantalizing musical mix . He makes the guitar sing." Of his 1978 record Unsung Guitar, Guitar Player wrote: "John Lehmann-Haupt's aptitude is beautifully displayed on this disc."

John was a staff instructor at New York's American Institute of Guitar from 1982 until its 2008 closing, and he continues to teach privately. He has written extensively on music for The New York Times, Acoustic Guitar, Family Life, and several other magazines, and has prepared liner notes for releases including Deutsche Grammophon's boxed set The Segovia Collection. He is also a contributing author to the String Letter Press books Swing Guitar Essentials and 21st Century Cellists.