GUITAR AND MANDOLIN STUDIES
3 credits, 45 hours

Prof. John T. La Barbera, Bergen Community College
Professor contact at: labmambo@aol.com

Course description:
This course provides instruction in guitar and mandolin and focuses on improving performance skills and ensemble playing. While developing the student’s level of proficiency on her/his instrument(s), she/he will also have the opportunity to study Italian and Italian culture. Emphasis is placed on, but not limited to, the Italian repertoire for solo guitar or mandolin, music for guitar and voice, and ensemble music, both instrumental and vocal.

Music from: Medieval (Italian 13th century dances, troubadour songs, laude spirituale); Renaissance (lute) songs, music from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte, Monteverdi's Scherzi Musicali, Neapolitan Villanelle); Baroque and Classical literature (including Giuliani, Carulli and Carcassi) and Italian traditional folk music. Students will participate in a final performance that is open to the public in Tuscania. The course is designed for students seeking professional music careers as well as students who wish to play for personal development.

Prerequisite: Ability to read intermediate musical notation, major and minor scales, chords, and one solo piece from the guitar or mandolin literature from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical or contemporary period.

NOTE: Students can contact Prof. La Barbera when they have completed and submitted their application to set up an appointment for an audition or to send a demo
CD with their performance.

Prof. John T. La Barbera
John T. La Barbera is a New York City-born composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist. Mr. La Barbera holds a B.M. in classical guitar from the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford) and continued his graduate courses at Hunter College/City University of New York, in Villa Schifanoia (Rosary College) in Florence, the Academia Chigiana in Siena, and William Paterson University in New Jersey. He currently teaches at the Bergen Community College in Paramus,
New Jersey, and has taught at The Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford); The Guitar Study Center of the New School in New York; Sessione Senese in Siena, Italy; SASI in Bratislava, Slovakia; and SESC in Sao Paulo, Brazil. www.myspace.com/johntlabarbera
www.johntlabarbera.com

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Dates
Arrival/Housing Check-In
Thursday, June 25
Orientation
Friday, June 26
Classes Start
Monday, June 29
Classes End
Friday, July 24
Housing Check-Out/Departure
Saturday, July 25

Guitar and Mandolin Studies
Lessons Monday – Friday
10:00am – 12:30pm: Private lessons
1:30pm – 3:00pm: Ensemble/Master class
Performances open to the public every Friday night

Application Deadline - March 15, 2009
Applications must be submitted with a NONREFUNDABLE
$300 Program Deposit. The Program

Deposit must be in the form of a CASHIER’S CHECK

payable to:
Lorenzo de Medici S.r.l.
BUT mailed to:

College of Staten Island/CUNY
Center for International Service
Building 2A, Room 206
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, New York 10314

An application will only be considered if accompanied by the Program Deposit.

NOTE: If a student is not accepted in the Program, the Program Deposit will be refunded. The Program Deposit will not be refunded for any other reason.