An Afternoon with Jonathan Roth

Dr. Jonathan Roth will be performing a FREE classical guitar concert at Christ Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 14th, 2013 at 4pm.  Jonathan’s program will include exciting works from France, Germany, and Spain as well as his own hymn arrangements and compositions.

Dr. Roth teaches guitar for the American Music Institute, the premier musical education organization. AMI’s mission is to provide high-level music education to all students in all instruments, levels, ages, and styles.  Its vision is to preserve the cultural art of music education and music performance for future generations.

Jonathan Roth is a guitarist-composer from the greater Chicagoland area.  He began his undergraduate work in 2002 at the College of DuPage before transferring to Pepperdine University to study the guitar with Christopher Parkening.  After graduating from Pepperdine in 2006, Roth continued his education at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music where he completed the M.M. and D.M.A. degrees under the instruction of Scott Tennant.  Dr. Roth has served on the faculty of Pepperdine University, Indiana University South Bend, and Trinity Christian College and has recorded two albums of original compositions and hymn arrangements (Meditations, 2005; Nostalgia, 2009) as well as a joint project with Rick Foster (Faith is the Reason, 2011).  Jonathan lives near Chicago with his wife Alana where he teaches, composes and performs.

Read more about Jonathan at his website: www.jonathanroth.comFor more info on the concert, log onto: www.YourChrist.org or call (630) 325-2220

Christ Lutheran Church is located near the NW corner of Rt 83 and 55th St in Clarendon Hills, IL