Nicholas Ciraldo

Praised as “an exceptionally musical and accomplished guitarist,” Nicholas Ciraldo is a leader among his generation of American classical guitarists.  He has won awards and reached high levels at several prestigious solo competitions, including the Tredrez-Locquemau International Guitar Competition (France), twice at the MTNA Guitar Competition (USA), the Gaetano Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition (Italy), the GFA Solo Guitar Competition (USA), and the Portland International Guitar Competition (USA).  Dr. Ciraldo has enjoyed numerous solo, chamber, and concerto performances throughout the United States, South America, and Europe, from Boston’s Jordan Hall to Berlin’s Berliner Dom to Brazil’s Teatro José Maria Santos.

An avid chamber musician, Nicholas Ciraldo has collaborated with many fine performing artists, including harpist Franziska Huhn, flutist Thomas Robertello, guitarist Eliot Fisk, violinist Stephen Redfield, and the Quadrivium Guitar Quartet.  Currently, Dr. Ciraldo enjoys a busy concert schedule with his wife, flutist Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo, as the Ciraldo Duo.  Their recent concert venues include the National Flute Association Convention, the Pelican State Chamber Music Series of Baton Rouge, the Christ Church of Pensacola, and the Escola da musica e bellas artes do Parana, Brazil.

A participating member of the arts community, Nicholas Ciraldo has held diverse positions with several arts organizations, including Artistic Director of the Boston Classical Guitar Society and Vice President of the Austin Classical Guitar Society.  Dr. Ciraldo is also founder of the Hammer/Nail Project, a program that links student composers with guitarists and shows how to write for the guitar in the most idiomatic way possible.  He currently serves as faculty advisor to the USM Guitar Society.

Another of Dr. Ciraldo’s activities is as artist/teacher.  The Quadrivium Guitar Quartet performed as artists-in-residence throughout rural Kentucky under the auspices of New Performing Arts.  The Ciraldo Duo twice has been invited by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Austin Classical Guitar Society to be artists/teachers-in-residence.  Dr. Ciraldo has given numerous lectures and masterclasses throughout the U.S. and Brazil.  Dr. Ciraldo is on the faculty of the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Music in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

St Peter’s guys at our last gathering on April 19th at Perkins -

ROMEO guys

April 5 MAUNDY THURSDAY
7pm- Maundy Thursday Service
8pm- Prayer Vigil Starts at

April 6th GOOD FRIDAY
Noon- Prayer Vigil ends
12:15pm- Good Friday Liturgy
2pm- Stations of the Cross
7pm- Good Friday Liturgy

April 7th HOLY SATURDAY
7:31pm- The Great Vigil of Easter

April 8th EASTER
8am and 10am Easter Services – Open Baptism at 10am
 

The Omer Quartet is coming to St. Peter’s Church on Sunday, March 25th at 2pm as part of Great Music without Barriers.Consisting of four Cleveland Institute of Music juniors hailing from around the nation, the quartet’s members include violinist Mason Yu and Erica Tursi, cellist Alex Cox, and violistJoe LoCicero.

The tentative program includes two pieces for quartets: Haydn opus. 20 no. 2,  and Bartok no. 1

The concert is free and open to the public. A “Meet the Artists” reception will follow the concert.

Credit to Carl Feather, Ashtabula Star Beacon

See the Star Beacon Article

We will be doing a Bible study using the Belize Bible Study Program on Tuesdays at 4:30pm.  Martha Shippy will lead it.