Guitar Series: Sam Dorsey

Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 4 p.m.
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
2018-2019 VCU Guitar Series

Sam Dorsey is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Norfolk State University. He has studied guitar with Jesús Silva, Michael Lorimer, Julian Gray and has attended Master Classes with Andrés Segovia. Mr. Dorsey has been President of the Tidewater Classical Guitar Society and has been a moving force in bringing to the Tidewater area artists of international acclaim. He has performed with the Virginia Symphony, Virginia Opera, Virginia Stage Company, and the Virginia Beach Symphony. Mr. Dorsey is also the founder of the Tidewater Guitar Orchestra. As a solo artist he has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America. He has been heard in recital in the Teatro Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, and the Cento Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Dorsey earned his Ph.D. in Musicology from the Catholic University of America where he was the recipient of the Paul Furfey Hanley Scholarship.

Tickets:
$15 General Admission
Free for VCU Students with ID