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Rodrigo
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Edward Grigassy is a sought after guitarist and bandleader based
in the Southeast Texas region.
Mr. Grigassy studied classical
guitar with the legendary virtuoso Adam
Holzman at the University of Texas (Austin), earning a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in 1996. Mr. Grigassy then received his Master's
Degree (1998) in Classical Guitar from the New England Conservatory
in Boston, under the tutelage of world-renown guitar virtuoso Eliot
Fisk.
Mr. Grigassy is skilled in many forms of music.
Having traveled to Central and South America, he has absorbed various
Latin American styles of guitar playing, including Mariachi, Bolero,
Pasillo, Bambuco, Joropo, Vals, Argentine Tango, Bossa Nova, and
Samba. While at the New England Conservatory he studied jazz guitar
with Gene Bertoncini,
perhaps the leading North American expert on Bossa Nova.
Mr.
Grigassy is a full-time instructor for the guitar department at
Bellaire High School, where his students participate in regular
recitals and regional competitions. Bellaire's guitar program is one
of the largest in the country with a total of 13 classes, or approx
320 guitar students, per day.
Mr. Grigassy has shared his
musical journey with audiences, as a soloist, along with Rodrigo
Gamboa in the Carnaval Guitar
Duo, and in larger ensembles, throughout the United States and
Central America. He has performed live and been featured on public
radio in Austin and Houston. In addition to presenting solo and duo
guitar, he also leads the Old
School Swing Band and Latin Carnaval,
each group specializing in upbeat dance music of the western
hemisphere.
To
contact Edward Grigassy for more information or for bookings:
Phone: 713.995.1729
