Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements Christopher Mallett

• Alfred Humphreys Pease (1838 - 1882): Delta Kappa Epsilon, Grand March (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 1Pease: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Grand March (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)03:48
• Traditional: 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 2Traditional: 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)04:54
• Spanish Fandango (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 3Traditional: Spanish Fandango (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)04:21
• Benedette sia la madre (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 4Traditional: Benedette sia la madre (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)05:11
• Ferdinand Beyer (1803 - 1863): Soirées musicales, Op. 109:
• 5Beyer: Soirées musicales, Op. 109: No. 7, Last Waltzes of a Madman (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)04:05
• Sir Henry Bishop (1786 - 1855): Home Sweet Home (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 6Bishop: Home Sweet Home (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)04:49
• Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834 - 1861): The Maiden's Prayer, Op. 4 (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 7Bądarzewska-Baranowska: The Maiden's Prayer, Op. 4 (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)03:29
• W.H. Rulison: Rochester Schottisch (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 8Rulison: Rochester Schottisch (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)01:55
• Alphons Czibulka (1842 - 1894): Stephanie-Gavotte, Op. 312 (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 9Czibulka: Stephanie-Gavotte, Op. 312 (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)04:02
• Justin Holland (1819 - 1887): An Andante in C Major:
• 10Holland: An Andante in C Major04:04
• Alfred Humphreys Pease: Antoinette Polka Mazurka (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 11Pease: Antoinette Polka Mazurka (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)05:58
• Alphonse Leduc (1804 - 1868): Pearls of Dew, Polka Mazurka (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 12Leduc: Pearls of Dew, Polka Mazurka (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)03:56
• Justin Holland: Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee in E Major:
• 13Holland: Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee in E Major04:05
• Traditional: Carnival of Venice, Fantaisie (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar):
• 14Traditional: Carnival of Venice, Fantaisie (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)06:42
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Justin Holland was an important African American figure in the national US anti-slavery movement as well as being a significant figure in guitar composition and methodology. As a composer he synthesised European models and embraced popular, church and parlour songs generating a rich variety of works. A master of virtuosic variations, his arrangements are witty, elegant, and colourful, culminating in Carnival of Venice, which shows the full range of his gifts, sweeping in breadth and dazzling in effect.

Christopher Mallett, classical guitar

Christopher Mallett
is an American classical guitarist and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Soundboard Magazine has described him as "Virtuosic," and he was dubbed a "trailblazer" by the St. Louis Dispatch.

His performances have taken him to some of America's finest concert halls. Guitar societies, and festivals, including the Kravis Center in Palm Beach, Florida, The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, the 92nd St. Y in New York, the Guitar Foundation of America's Convention (GFA) in Indianapolis, the New York Guitar Society, the Austin Guitar Society, The Cleveland Guitar Society, and more. He also performed throughout Asia, with performances in Beijing, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Mallett's work with Duo Noire has been called "truly pathbreaking" by All music, and their most recent album, Night Triptych, was named one of the best classical albums in 2018 by both All Music, and I Care If You Listen. Mallett has commissioned new works by over a dozen composers, including Clarice Assad, Gity Razaz, Gabriella Smith, Courtney Bryan, Javier Farias, Ray Lustig, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and more. Mallett recently recorded several videos of the music of 19th century African American classical guitarist and civil rights activist Justin Holland for the Austin Marie Guitar Collection on period instruments. Chris headshot for homepage.jpeg

Mallett has been on the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, since 2016 as a lecturer of classical guitar studies. He has given lectures at institutions such as The Juilliard School, the New York Guitar Society, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the South Bay Guitar Society, and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In 2019 he joined the GFA's Board of Trustees. Mallett is the co-founder and co-director of the California Conservatory of Music with two locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and co-founder of the Peninsula Guitar Series.

His students have received top prizes in international guitar competitions, including the GFA's Junior and Senior youth divisions, the James Stroud Competition, the Columbus Guitar Symposium, the Boston GuitarFest, Domain Forget, Young Arts, and more. Several of his students have been invited to perform on NPR's From the Top and Tiny Desk Concert series.

Mallett has been featured on the cover of Soundboard magazine and in Classical Guitar Magazine, the American Suzuki Journal, and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Les Productions D'Oz recently published his arrangements as part of the GFA Spotlight Series.

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