Alex DeGrassi/Andrew York Duo; Badi Assad 2016

Alex de Grassi and Grammy award winner Andrew York are widely acclaimed as leading innovators and virtuosos of acoustic and classical guitar; the duo combine their distinctive compositions, arrangements, and technical mastery to deliver an astonishingly diverse program of music. Assad is a vibrant and exciting singer/guitarist from Brazil who transcends traditional styles with her unique mixture of pop, jazz and ethnic sounds from around the world.

De Grassi’s long-running Summer Intensive Guitar Workshop, held here on the coast, runs concurrently with the Festival, and last summer he was joined on stage by his students to perform a guitar ensemble composition he had composed for the occasion.