A World Not So Round | guitar quartet by Frank A. Wallace

A World Not So Round, guitar quartet written for New England Guitar Quartet: Nick Cutroneo; Jeremy Milligan; Daniel Hartington; Christopher Ladd
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The New England Guitar Quartet has been stunning audiences since their debut performance at The Hartford Women’s Composers Festival in 2012 with their dynamic virtuosity, inventive programming and artistic interpretations.  The quartet delivers an eclectic mixture of fiery Latin American rhythms, exotic modalities and complex baroque counterpoint in their performances.  Their concert programs bring to life both historically significant repertoire as well as newly composed works for the guitar.

Jeremy Milligan received his Bachelors degree in Classical Guitar Performance from Keene State College in 2001, where he graduated with honors and was awarded the KSC ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ award for 2001. Immediately following school he began work for Royal Caribbean Intl. as the guitarist for the ‘Enchantment of the Seas Orchestra’.  Jeremy recently received his Masters Degree in Classical Performance from the prestigious Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT, where he studied with Richard Provost.

Not only a soloist, Nicholas Cutroneo is a highly sought after chamber musician. During his time at The Hartt School, Mr. Cutroneo was a member of the prestigious Performance 20/20 honors chamber music program. Devoted not only to standard repertoire, Mr. Cutroneo has premiered many new works for the classical guitar by Thomas Schuttenhelm, Frank Wallace, Sean Pallatroni and including a Guitar Concerto written and dedicated to him by Dan Lis.

Daniel Hartington serves as director of the Connecticut Guitar Society’s Guitar Ensemble.  Under his direction, this group of amateur guitarists has performed on stage with William Kanengiser (2009) and the Mark and Beverly Davis guitar duo (2010) and presented a series of concerts throughout central Connecticut. As a teacher, Daniel maintains several studios, serving on the faculty of the Hartt Community Division at the Hartt School, Miss Porter’s School, The Music Academy of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.

Award winning guitarist Christopher Ladd has been a prizewinner in numerous competitions including the Appalachian Guitar Festival Solo Competition, American String Teachers Association Competition and was twice a semi-finalist in the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Competition. He received the highly coveted Artist Diploma from The Hartt School where he studied with Richard Provost. Mr. Ladd currently serves on the faculty of The Hartt School in West Hartford, Connecticut, Central Connecticut State University and the New England Music Camp in Sidney, Maine.