Miles Jackson – The Music of Spain & South America
N.I Tour – Raglan Old School Arts Centre, Friday 12th October at 7.30pm.
Adults $20, school students free.
Miles Jackson – a solo concert with a guitar programme featuring a romantic, exciting and colorful selection of Music from Spain & South America. Performing live at the Old School Arts Centre.
Miles is an outstanding guitarist with a profound affinity for the music and culture of Spain. His virtuosity in both Classical and Flamenco styles make this an inspiring and unique programme. The recital will feature traditional flamenco pieces and Classical guitar works.
Miles lived and worked in Spain during the late 60’s and continuing periods of study and travel there, have given him the techniques and empathy to express this music with beauty, authority and sensitivity.
The recital will include guitar works by Gaspar Sanz, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaias Savio, Augustine Mangore Barrios, Leo Brouwer, Luys de Narváez and Federico Moreno Torroba.
Miles began his musical training on the violin, changing to classical guitar in 1965. He has studied with a number of distinguished teachers. An intense period of study with worldrenowned Czech guitarist Vladimir Mikulka took place in the summer of 1982. This was followed with three years of study with the English master guitarist John Mills, which has provided Miles with a technical facility and musicianship of the highest standard. Periods in Spain have allowed him to explore and become
accomplished in Flamenco techniques and styles.
He has been working as a professional musician and teacher for over 40 years. Apart from solo performances, he has performed with many different Chamber musical combinations. Miles has also been a member of The John Mills Guitar Trio and the Delphinos Guitar Duo. However most of his work for the last 40 years has been with violinist Margaret Jackson as Duo Jackson. They have toured Australasia extensively, made numerous TV & Radio broadcasts and recorded several albums of their music. They have given concerts in many countries including performances at the New Zealand Embassies of Spain and Singapore.
Flamenco
Flamenco has evolved over several centuries in the region of Southern Spain
known as Andalucia. It is a rich musical form finding its expression through several main elements; dance, song, hand clapping and guitar.
The musical traditions of Andalucia have been moulded by many influences and cultures. Among these different cultures one can note the Byzantine, Moorish, Mozarabic and Jewish, whose influences have integrated into the songs and dances of the Andalucian people. Andalucia was under Moorish domination for many centuries – Cordoba being at that time the capital of the Western Islamic world. Therefore the music of this land already reflected an Oriental influence. Later in the 15th century, many tribes of Gypsies found their way into Andalucia. They were a nomadic people who lived in poor conditions – but they had a remarkable facility for rhythm and music, and in Andalucia they found a rich, colourful folklore of exceptional poetic charm that suited their character and came to form part of their lives. They assimilated it and added something of their own to it. This combination of traditions gave rise to the phenomenon of Cante Flamenco, neither gypsy music nor Andalucian folklore, but both.