BOONE—The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University presents guitarist Michael Chapdelaine at 8 p.m., Sept. 9, in the Broyhill Music Center Recital Hall. Chapdelaine is an award-winning classical guitarist, a professor of music and head of guitar studies at the University of New Mexico. His performances have earned him top awards in classical and fingerstyle genres in the world’s top competitions. This recital is free and open to the public.

His performances, played on both steel string and classical guitars, include musical styles ranging from blues to Bach to country to rhythm n’ blues as he wins his audiences’ hearts with breathtaking technique and the poetic magic of his original musical portraits and landscapes.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Chapdelaine proved himself to be one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Twice, he won the coveted National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant. In addition, he won first prize at the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition (1982) and the Music Teachers National Association’s Young Artist Performance Competition (guitar; 1977-78). He also won the silver medal in Venezuela’s VIII Concurso International de Guitarra “Alirio Diaz.”

Chapdelaine has toured four continents to give hundreds of performances. He’s also given master classes throughout the world at halls in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Peru, Venezuela, Taiwan and Indonesia and at institutions such as University of Miami, Mannes School of Music, University of Texas and California State University. He holds a Master of Music degree from Florida State University. Chapdelaine studied with Andres Segovia, a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist deemed by many scholars as the father of modern classical guitar.

About the Hayes School of Music

Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music prepares young musicians for professional lives as performers, composers, music educators, music therapists, conductors and music industry professionals, ensuring the next generation of musical leadership for the state, region and nation. Noted for quality instruction by national and internationally recognized faculty musicians, the school offers four undergraduate degree programs and three graduate level programs.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, cost-effective education. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.

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