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CHILDBLOOM STUDENT PERFORMS ON INTERNATIONAL RADIO SHOW “FROM THE TOP”

BOISE STUDENT RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION

25th Year Anniversary Concert

LARGEST GUITAR GROUP PLAY THE LARGEST CAPITAL


2/2004
CHILDBLOOM STUDENT PERFORMS ON INTERNATIONAL RADIO SHOW “FROM THE TOP”

Allysa Santoyo, 15, a student of Childbloom Direcctor, Kelli Larson of Boise, appeared on the International readion show, “From the Top”. She performed Prelude #1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Hear her performance at: http://www.fromthetop.org/

4/2004
BOISE STUDENT RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Allysa Santoyo receives national recognition from the American String Teachers’ Association. Alyssa competed regionally in her home state of Idaho, then nationally in Dallas.

4/17/2005
25th Year Anniversary Concert

The Childbloom Guitar Program celebrates its 25th year with a concert at St. Stephens Episcopal School in Austin, TX.

The Program will feature three guitar groups with up to 60 young players in a guitar choir, and a number of pieces composed and arranged for guitar combinations and other instruments.

There will be several works premiered for this event. "For Us All", a work for the guitar ensemble, La Bella Corda, and two sopranos by Andrew Sigler was commissioned for this event. Other premiers are "Invocation", for guitar orchestra and trumpet, played by David Pittel, and "Sephardic Journey" for guitar string band and soprano sax, played by Harvey Pitell, composed by Kevin Taylor for those artists. Youth is remembered with an arrangement of "Nostalgia", a song by Clare Barns Greer, sung in the original Italian by Courtney Miller. Ballet Austin will premier a dance to a work for guitar orchestra commissioned in 2000 by the Childbloom Company.

Soloists for this concert are Eliot Wilde and Ryan Voldstad, two Austin 12 year olds. Also soloing is Austin's 16 year old, Catalina Hungerford, and 17 year old Alyssa Santoyo from Boise. Mr. Isaac Bustos, fresh off his fourth competition win this year at the Texas International Guitar Competition will also perform.

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12/15/02
LARGEST GUITAR GROUP PLAYS AT THE LARGEST CAPITAL
twenty-five Childbloom guitar students performed in the rotunda of the Texas State Capital on Sunday, Dec. 15. The group was a combined Childbloom guitar choir of selected students of Slobodan Vujisic and Kevin Taylor, two Childbloom Instructors from Austin, Tx. The group performed instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols. The students were: John Clapham, Aislynn Giotis, Tim Tennant, Catie Hungerford, Ben Wolfson, Owen Hunter, Eliot Wilde, Michael Mitchell, Lowell Sapp, Monet Talesara, Reed Lawrence, Michaela Thomas, Alex Bordeau, Steve Yang, Eric Wood, Sydney Torabi, Anya Reissnecker , Jameson Tieman, Matt Molino, David Horvath, Ryan Volstad, Sebastien Fontaine, Tyler Rhodes, Emily Mink, and Karl Dedow. This was the largest, youngest, and best all-guitar group ever to play in the largest Capital Building in the U.S.

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3/4/01
CHILDBLOOM STUDENTS APPEAR ON NATIONAL RADIO

Six Childbloom students appeared on the PRI national radio show, “From The Top.” The show is due to air on April 28, 2001. The six students are Carissa Chotiros (17), Aislynn Giotis (17), John Clapham (14), Eric Hungerford (15), Erika Flukinger (16), and Bao Nguyen (12). They are students of Kevin Taylor. The show was taped on March 4, 2001 at Bates Recital Hall on the UT Campus. The six performed two Childbloom arrangements of traditional American Folk songs as well as a piece by Renaissance composer, Michael Praetorius. This was the first time a guitar ensemble appeared on the show, according to the producer. The six Childbloom students all started their study of guitar before the age of nine. The members of this performing group have received $30,000 in tuition scholarships from the New England Conservatory in Boston. Parents and students are reported to be pleased.

10/30/00
CHILDBLOOM STUDENTS APPEAR AT INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

Selected students of the Childbloom Guitar Program performed on October 21, in a concert at the Guitar Foundation of America’s (see www.guitarfoundation.org) International Festival in San Antonio. This was the first time this organization has promoted a concert by young players. The Childbloom 2000 Select Guitar Choir, a group of 20 Texas students, played a program of traditional American music from the Childbloom curriculum and the world premier of a piece written for the group by the award-winning Hawaiian Composer/Guitarist, Darin Au. Students were chosen to be in this historical performance due to their advanced skill. “These students have really risen to this occasion. Their competency, musicianship and work ethic make them an obvious choice for this group,” says Kevin Taylor, their guitar teacher and Director of the Childbloom Guitar Choir. Students performing were: Kevin Mullin (9) , Michael Mitchell (9), Carissa Chotiros (17), Aislynn Giotis (17), John Clapham (14), Eric Hungerford (15), Erika Flukinger (16),Bao Nguyen (12), Garret Lindscombe (10), Matt Weigers (13), Cary McNair (12), Nina Thomas (16), Bonnie Thomas (16), Michaela Thomas (12), Rush McNair (16), Matt Tennant (14) , Lowell Sapp (14), Daniel Ripley (13), Barton Starnes (11) and Kyle Dalziel (15). The Childbloom Guitar Program began in Texas in 1980 and now is taught by teachers nationwide. It is the largest guitar program of any kind in the nation.
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