Interlochen Center for the Arts, long known as the premier training ground for young classical musicians, is holding it's inaugural adult education Guitar Institute this summer from Aug 24-27, 2006.

16 to 19 August 2006, El Barraco, Avila – Spain

The second International Guitar course "Áureo Herrero" will take place from 16 to 19 August 2006. In this second course we will have with us guitarrist Antonio Domínguez Buitrao, a disciple of Áureo Herrero's, of international renown. The course will focus on the most representative works of Segovia's repertoire (Turina, Moreno-Torroba, Ponce, Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Villalobos, Tansman,etc.) which make up the greatest achievement of the brilliant Andrés Segovia for the guitar of the twentieth century.

For the last 10 years, an annual series of concerts has been celebrated in honor of the great musician, pedagogue and composer Aureo Herrero, in his native village, El Barraco (Avila). In these concerts, celebrated during August and September, guitar players who were students of Aureo met with other young performers from different Spanish provinces and abroad in order to share during some dearly evenings the feeling of respect for the music and in particular for the guitar of Aureo Herrero’s legacy. As time goes on the public from El Barraco and from other villages of Avila and Madrid, comes to these concerts with more enthusiasm. Now it has become a cultural event of first class expected with impatience by the music lovers with a great social reaching in the whole province of Avila.

If you're on the West Coast, and would like to catch some contemporary flamenco music and dance, here are the dates of a little tour the Mojacar Flamenco group have starting later this month.