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September 11, 2009 06:42 AM PDT
Mckay Tebbs and the Master Singers are featured performers at the Orchestra of Southern Utah Fall Recital Songs for Voices and Instruments. Also featured is composer Geoffrey Gordon.
Tebbs has been called “a top-notch guitar player” by The Independent Newspaper music critic Kyle England. “[He] can easily call himself a guitar virtuoso,” England added. When Tebbs was still in high school, his life was changed forever. He made a trip to Las Vegas where he discovered the music of Steve Vai and realized that he needed to practice more. His serious study of the guitar eventually led him to Berklee College of Music where he graduated with a degree in professional music. These different experiences have influenced Mckay's music to sound like what 20th Century Guitar described as "Adventurous smooth jazz." His music is characterized by instrumental rock guitar melodies played over jazz chord progressions. Tebbs described it as, “kind of like Carlos Santana going out to lunch with Kenny G.”
After graduation, Tebbs was hired by Southern Utah University to teach guitar. In 2007 he recorded his first CD, "The Way." Which music critic England said, "Will certainly bowl over guitar lovers and appreciators everywhere." In support of that CD, Tebbs has played at many different events and festivals all across Utah including: The Highland City Fling, Brian Head Summer Concert Series, The Zion Canyon Arts Concert Series, The St. George Arts Festival, Ancestor Square, the Dixie Center, The Electric Theater, and The Grind. His band was also picked as the opening act for the Oak Ridge Boys concert at the SUU Centrum in Nov. 2007. McKay Tebbs plays “Caprice #24” by Paganini and “Prelude” by Heitor Villa Lobos for the OSU recital.
The Master Singers are performing the Irish Folk Song “O Danny Boy” and the English folk song “Vive la Compagnie.” They are under the direction of James Harrison and accompanied by Roland Williams.
The Southern Utah String Quartet presents “The Rose” by Amanda McBroom and “Unchained Melody” by Alex North. The quartet is comprised of violinists Patty Walser and Suzanne Stewart, violist Sara Penny, and cellist Leah Brown. All are OSU musicians.
“Trio in D minor, Op. 49 No. 1, Molto Allegro ed agitato” is played by the Amor Trio. The trio includes pianist Tracey Bradshaw, violinist Sara Penny, and OSU cellist Brooke MacNaughton. Bradshaw will solo with OSU on November 19th during the Fall Concert.
Tenor Lawrence Johnson and oboist Virginia Stitt perform “Cruelty has a Human Hearth” and “The Piper” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Both are SUU music professors and have extensive performance experience.
We are also pleased to introduce a Geoffrey Gordon, composer, to our podcast family as we play his extraordinary work for Wind Symphony "Sones sueno del Maya."
Podcast Hostess: Sandy Hedgecock
Sound/Recording: Ken Hedgecock
Photo: Mckay Tebbs, used by permission
Revised 9/24/09
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