LECTURE DEMONSTRATION: BACH ON THE GUITAR: Saturday, March 8 - 9:30 to Noon
Location: CIM Studio 113 (Map)
Admission: Free
Information: Call Guitars International (216) 752-7502

PERFORMANCE & LECTURE PRESENTATION: Sunday, March 9 - 1:00 to 3:30 PM
Jonathan Leathwood, six and ten string guitars
Stephen Goss, composer
Location: CIM Studio 113 (Map)
Work to be performed: STEPHEN GOSS Oxen of the Sun
Description: Performance by Jonathan Leathwood of Goss' seventeen minute epic work, Oxen of the Sun (written for Jonathan Leathwood),followed by adiscussion of the composer/performer relationship in the composition process. (See Stephen Goss' entry below forvideos of Jonathan Leathwood's performance of this work).
Admission: Free
Information: Call Guitars International (216) 752-7502

"Jonathan Leathwood is a genius." Therese Wassily Saba, Classical Guitar [UK]

"To have early mastered the utmost technical demands of so difficult an instrument as the guitar is rare. To possess not only an infallible memory for its repertoire, but a depth of understanding at once intuitive and analytical, is rarer still. And to be able to communicate such understanding with an intensity that has audiences hanging upon every note is rarest of all. Speaking at once as a composer, critic and listener, I would say that Jonathan Leathwood has it all." Bayan Northcott, composer and critic [UK]

Jonathan Leathwood is one of the few guitarists to perform on 6 string and 10 string guitars, mixing modern and traditional works in his innovative programs. Just a few of his many recent recitals include appearances at the Festival di Cervo in Italy, the International Festival of the Classical Guitar at West Dean in the UK, and the Nürtingen Festival in Germany.

Equally known as a collaborator with performers and composers, Jonathan Leathwood has recorded two albums with the legendary flutist William Bennett. He has also recorded and broadcast with elite cellists Rohan de Saram and Steven Isserlis. With his commissions young composers such as Param Vir, Stephen Goss, Robert Keeley and Chris Malloy have pushed the boundaries of both 6 and 10 string guitars. After his London performance of Stephen Goss's Oxen of the Sun, in which Jonathan Leathwood played both 6 and 10 string guitars simultaneously, Classical Guitar called him a "genius"; his recording of this work is now available on the Cadenza label. Jonathan Leathwood's exploration of the works of senior English composer Stephen Dodgson led in 2006 to the release of an album in which Leathwood made premiere recordings of a number of Dodgson's solo and chamber works.

Jonathan Leathwood is equally noted as a teacher and writer on music. In 2001 he conceived and edited Guitar Forum, a new scholarly journal for the classical guitar published in the United Kingdom by the European Guitar Teachers' Association (EGTA UK). Jonathan Leathwood teaches at Denver University and the University of Northern Colorado. Website: http://mysite.du.edu/~jleathwo/bio.html