Jan. 15, 2007 -- Classical guitarist David Burgess will perform Tuesday, Jan. 23, on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.

His performance, “Guitar Music of Brazil” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Co-sponsors are the Lecture-Concert Series and the ASU Guitar Guild.

Burgess is a former student of Andres Segovia and has performed solo programs throughout North and South America, Europe and the Far East. He has won the top prizes in several international music competitions and has recorded for CBS Masterworks, Musical Heritage Society, Tritone, and Camerata Records.

His most popular program, “500 Years of Spanish Music in the Americas,” is a multicultural performance which includes Spanish music from the time of Columbus, Inca Indian melodies, Argentine tangos, Brazilian sambas, and Caribbean meringues.

Awards won by Burgess include: First prize winner, Andres Segovia Fellowship Competition; top honors in Ponce International Competition in Mexico City; the Guitar ’81 Competition in Toronto; and the 31^st International Music Competition in Munich.

Burgess has toured in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Boston, Seattle, Houston, and Nashville.

The next Lecture-Concert event will be guitarist David Starobin, who will present “An Evening of Classical Guitar Music” on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium.

For more details, please contact Dr. Gil Fowler, associate dean for The Honors College, at 870-972-2308 or via e-mail at gfowler@astate.edu, or visit http://honors.astate.edu.

The Lecture-Concert Series presents diverse programs to enrich the cultural life of the campus, community, and region.

To nominate a speaker or presenter for a future Lecture-Concert Series event, please contact one of the committee members listed on The Honors College web site, under the heading Lecture Concert Series.