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CSUF Guitar Ensemble Tours Bulgaria

Cal State Fullerton’s Guitar Orchestra toured Bulgaria this summer. Their trip began in Ruse, Bulgaria, for the first of a series of concerts the 17-member ensemble performed during its three-week tour.

At several of the concerts, the orchestra was the headliner for international music festivals, including the first stop on the tour, the International Festival for Orthodox Music, Thursday, June 11.

Other cities on the tour were: Burgas, Kazanlak, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Varna and the capital of Sofia. In the capital, two concerts were scheduled, the first (June 21) in the Zala Bulgaria— regarded as the most prestigious venue in Bulgaria and the equivalent of Carnegie Hall — and the second (June 25) at the United States Embassy.

“A tour like this gives students a very practical experience in the life of a performing musician,” said David Grimes, orchestra director.

“The preparation and execution of a concert tour is complex and demanding and cannot be addressed adequately in a class. An international tour allows the students the cross-fertilization of meeting, hearing and working with students and professionals from different cultures and very different backgrounds,” he explained. “In many cases, the contacts made initially in musical travel —especially at festivals— help lay a vital foundation for the networking that is essential in establishing a career.”

Previous tours saw the orchestra performing in Greece (2001) and Hawaii (2005), as well as California, where the group tours most summers.

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