ENCINITAS GUITAR ORCHESTRA PERFORMS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM DEC. 5

ENCINITAS, CA Nov. 14, 2014 – The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra will perform its holiday and seasonal program “A Christmas, Renaissance and Baroque Guitar Orchestra” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. The orchestra’s 30 mostly amateur guitarists from all over San Diego County will perform at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 925 Balour Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024.

Performances include those of the entire orchestra, as well as small ensembles and solos. Music includes a beautiful collection of arrangements such including pieces by Bach, Telemann, Praetorius, Sting and others.

The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra is comprised of local musicians from beginner through advanced levels 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. He organizes and directs the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra twice each year.

For more information, contact Peter Pupping at Guitar Sounds, (760) 943-0755 or peter@guitarsounds.com.

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