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Email PageGlenn Kurtz Reading
June 26, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Glenn Kurtz
Hosfelt Gallery
531 W 36th StIn Practicing: A Musician’s Return to Music, Glenn Kurtz takes us on a journey of hope, loss, and surprising return. Telling the story of his career as a classical guitarist—from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music—Kurtz lets the reader into the passionate, hidden world of making and performing music, revealing the elation, the self-doubt, and the intense determination that define the work of practicing. A prodigy at age ten, by twenty-five, Kurtz realizes that his dream of being the next Segovia will not come true. Devastated by this realization, he quits music forever. Or so he thought. Ten years later, Kurtz returns to the guitar to discover what went wrong. No longer an aspiring artist, he is now a “former musician,” overcoming his earlier disappointment and learning a new and richer kind of love for music. By examining his own return to music, Kurtz shows how learning to pick yourself up and continue may be the practice room’s most important lesson. In this way, Practicing speaks not just to musicians, but to everyone who has striven for an ideal—and learned from disappointment. Containing vivid portraits of his teachers, friends, and competitors, along with a fascinating history of the classical guitar, its players, and composers, Practicing is an inspiring, entertaining, and meditative memoir. A lo ve affair with music.
Glenn Kurtz
Glenn Kurtz is the author of Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music, which the New York Times called "A thoughtful and fluid meditation," and Newsday hailed as "The book of a lifetime." Practicing has been featured on NPR's "Weekend Edition" with Scott Simon, and will be released by Vintage in paperback this August. Glenn graduated from the New England Conservatory-Tufts University Double Degree Program and holds a PhD in comparative literature from Stanford University. His articles and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including ZYZZYVA, Lost, and the Huffington Post. He lives in New York City and is currently working on a novel.
Paul Smith, guitarist
Paul Smith is an active soloist, chamber musician, and composer devoted to the promotion of the guitar. A graduate of the The Juilliard School, Mr. Smith studied under Sharon Isbin where he received his Master's Degree after receiving his Bachelor's of Music from the Mannes College studying under Frederic Hand. Recent premieres and commissions include Robert Cuckson's Guitar Concerto performed with the Mannes Orchestra's contemporary program under David Hayes, and Terry Champlin's "Music at the Close" for solo guitar premiered at The Monkey. Mr. Smith has recently appeared throughout New York in Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Columbia University, The Morgan Library and Museum, The Metropolitan Museum, and the Society for Ethical Culture. His Voice and Guitar Ensemble, the "Janus Duo" with Tenor Daniel Molkentin, has been featured at Vassar College specializing in commissioning new works. As a budding composer, Mr. Smith has written for various ensembles including the Mannes Guitar Ensemble. Recent compositions i nclude "Songs of the Wildflower" for High Voice and Marimba on texts by William Blake commissioned by the Aurora Borealis Duo, a "Fantasy on a poem by Issa", and a Piano Sonata. He has coached with harpsichordist Lionel Party and Yehuda Hanani at the Bachanalia Baroque Festival in Chatham, NY and several masterclass appearances with Evangelos and Liza, Scott Tenant, Roland Dyens, Benjamin Verdery, Oscar Ghiglia, and Aldo Minella.
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