"Spring Pops" - Saturday, March 28 - 8.00 PM at Calvin Presbyterian Church,

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez with Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

Copland - Appalachian Spring, Skalkotas - Greek Dances

Tickets: $25 Adult, $20 Student/Senior

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Reservations: tickets@gtpo.ca, 647 478 6122

Toronto, ON...The Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestras is pleased to announce the Spring

Pops concert, featuring guitarist Jeffrey McFadden. The concert will be held on Saturday,

March 28, 2015, 8:00 pm at Calvin Presbyterian Church. The repertoire for this event will include

three masterpieces of the 20th

solo and orchestra, Copland's Appalachian Spring, Skalkottas' “Greek Dances”.This special

evening has a Spanish, American and Mediteranean feel, full of fire, frenetic finger work, dramatic

chords and melancholy progressions.

Jeffrey McFadden has been acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists of his generation.

Over the past years, concert engagements have taken him throughout Canada and the United

States and into Europe. He has given World Premieres of works by numerous composers and

has been a featured performer at several international music festivals, including "Guitar '87" and

GuitarFest '91 in Toronto , Gitarren-Symposium Iserlohn, Lachine International Guitar Festival,

the Columbus State Guitar Symposium, The Niagara International Chambre Music Festival,

the National Flute Association (USA) Convention, the Festival Mediterraneo della Chitarra, the

Acadia Guitar Festival and others.

His debut recording was the first in the "Laureate Series" on the Naxos label and was released

world-wide. Since it's release, this recording has sold in the thousands of copies. His playing

has received enthusiastic critical acclaim; the "Daily Telegraph" of London (UK) exclaimed

"McFadden's ability to make the guitar sing is second to none", and "Classic CD" has described

his playing as "major artistry". His latest solo release features the complete didactic works

by the 19th century composer Napoleon Coste. "ClassicsToday.com" raved about this disc

saying, "Jeffrey McFadden is not only an extraordinary guitarist -- he's also an inspired

musician." .

He is a lecturer in guitar at the University of Toronto.

Century repertoire: Rodrigo's “Concierto de Aranjuez” for guitar