Community Concert featuring Eric Christensen on Saturday, October 18

Join us for a FREE Community Concert @FranklinUMC featuring Eric Christensen on Saturday, October 18, at 7 PM.

Eric Christensen has performed and taught professionally on guitar for over twenty years. Primarily a classical guitarist, he has performed as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist throughout the United States and Canada. He has appeared in several major cities including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago as well as popular destinations such as Cape Cod, Aspen, and Palm Beach. 

Eric Christensen on Saturday, October 18

He has appeared on many concert series including Music on the Hill, East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Spire Series, Pompano Beach, Florida; and Classical Mandolin Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has performed live on National Public Radio (NPR) in Palm Beach, Florida.  

Eric gives master classes and chamber music instruction to area high schools and special presentations to elementary schools throughout the country. He has directed and adjudicated the Rhode Island All-State Guitar Ensembles. He has recorded CDs with such ensembles as Enigmatica and the Providence Mandolin Orchestra. Eric studied at Lawrence University, Yale University School of Music, and the New England Conservatory. 

His primary teachers were Michael Nicolella, Benjamin Verdery, Robert Paul Sullivan, and Eliot Fisk. He currently teaches guitar at Rhode Island College, Lifelong Learning Academy, Ivy Music Academy and Ensemble Music School.

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