Encinitas Guitar Orchestra Concert June 5

Encinitas Guitar Orchestra Dedicates June 5 Concert to

Water Themes in Music

ENCINITAS, CA – May 16, 2015 – The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra’s upcoming concert explores water themes from a wide variety of musical genres. The concert is at 7:30 pm Friday, June 5, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 925 Balour Dr., Encinitas.

Peter Pupping, who leads and conducts the orchestra of 35 beginning to advanced guitarists, said he chooses a theme for each spring and fall session that ties the music together. This year, the theme is water, which coincidentally matches a project headed by one of his private students, 11-year-old Sarah Maloney, a student at St. James School. Sarah will give a brief presentation at the concert about the Thirst Project, which provides money to build wells in third-world countries. Each of the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra musicians will be wearing a shirt purchased from the charity in an effort to raise funds, and attendees at the concert will be invited to support the cause.

Concert selections include Handel’s Water Music, Led Zeppelin’s The Rain Song, surf classic Pipeline, folk standard Down by the Riverside, and much more. In addition to pieces performed by the full orchestra, there will be a variety of solo and small group ensemble performances.

Professional, award-winning, multi-instrumentalist Allan Phillips will join the orchestra on percussion and keyboards, to round out the music and provide balance. Pupping said the orchestra is very fortunate to have a musician of Allan’s caliber play with the orchestra.

The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra is comprised of local musicians who learn technique and theory under the supervision of Peter Pupping and William Wilson, two accomplished Encinitas-based musicians and teachers. Pupping has organized and conducted a guitar orchestra since 1999.

Pupping has been teaching and performing in Southern California for more than 30 years. His band, the Peter Pupping Band, has released several CDs. The latest, entitled Café Pacifico, combines a variety of music including Nuevo Flamenco, Cuban, West African, Nuevo Tango, Bossa Nova, Samba and Latin Smooth Jazz. Pupping earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from San Diego State University.

For more information, contact Peter Pupping at Guitar Sounds, (760) 943-0755 or peter@guitarsounds.com. A $12 donation at the door is suggested.

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