Cheryl Grice won a Scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music at 16, also studying privately with John Williams in London. At the age of 19 she won both the Allessandrio (It) and the Lanchester (UK) International Guitar Competitions, also gaining equal 2nd place in the Segovia IGC (UK) a few years later.
In 1980, after giving an outstanding performance of Sevilla in a BBC Master Class with Julian Bream, the Maestro personally invited Cheryl to record a lesson with him in Paris, which was broadcast on French Television.
In the same year she gave her London debut at the Wigmore Hall, followed by the 1st performance of Wilfred Joseph’s Saratoga Concerto for Guitar, Harp and Harpsichord at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Cheryl toured extensively as a soloist, appearing many times on BBC TV and radio. She emigrated to NZ in ’97 with her young family, and continued to tour as a soloist and with Trio Con Brio (guitar/violin/viola.
Cheryl has just returned from an extensive tour of British Columbia. Performing and teaching in Vancouver and around the Gulf Islands. Also in the UK at Winchester, Bristol, Oxford and the Dillington Guitar Summer School. Cheryl presently lives in Wellington and tours as a soloist and with Duo Mosaica (guitar/violin and sax).
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Programme
Variations on a Theme of Mozart………..Fernando Sor
Celtic Blues……………Cheryl Grice
Chaconne in D……………. J.S.Bach
INTERVAL
Toku Wairua…………….Cheryl Grice
Vals in D ………………. Augustin Barrios
La Maja de Goya……………… Enrique Granados
Sevilla…………… Isaac Albeniz
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Where: 1012 East Coast Rd., Torbay (between Glamorgan Drive and Glenvar Rd.) see attached map.