
Belgrade, Serbia
March 12 – 17, 2019
Guitar Art Festival – 20th Anniversary
Belgrade, Serbia
Concert: Friday, March 16, 6:00 PM
Masterclasses & Jury member
All Hail Benjamin Verdery
Festival of New American Music
San Francisco Classical Voice
November, 2012
All Guitar, and a Little Comic Relief
in Unexpected Places
New York Times
April 24, 2011
Bach's Music as a Blank
Canvas for Guitarists
New York Times
February 1, 2010
March 12 – 17, 2019
Guitar Art Festival – 20th Anniversary
Belgrade, Serbia
Concert: Friday, March 16, 6:00 PM
Masterclasses & Jury member
Thursday, March 28, 2019
4:00PM
New Haven, CT
Morse Recital Hall
Yale in New York – Music for Guitars
Friday, March 29, 2019
7:30PM
New York, NY
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Yale in New York – Music for Guitars
April 10, 2019
8:00pm
Bedford Chamber Concerts
St Matthew's Episcopal Church
382 Cantitoe Street, Bedford, NY
Bedford, NY
Saturday, April 13, 2019
7:00PM
New York, NY
Art of the Guitar Series
Pre-Concert Lecture (David Russell)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Montreal, QC
Conservatoire de Musique
Jury member - Guitar
Saturday, February 9, 2019
7:00 PM
New York, NY
Art of the Guitar Series
Pre-Concert Lecture (Manuel Barrueco)
Portland International Guitar Series
February 7, 2019
1:00pm
89.9 All Classical FM
Portland, OR
February 7
Masterclass
7:00pm
Eliot Center
1034 SW 13th Ave., Portland, OR
February 8
Concert
8:00pm
Eliot Chapel
1034 SW 13th Ave., Portland, OR
Peninsula Guitar Series, Santa Clara, CA
February 2, 2019
Concert
7:00pm
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
1600 Santa Lucia Ave, San Bruno, CA
February 3, 2019
Masterclass
time tba
California Conservatory of Music
2905 Stender Way #72, Santa Clara, CA
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Master Class
Time / Location: tba
Friday, February 1, 2019
Concert
7:30pm
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
402 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA
performance to include Ellis Island for guitar orchestra
January 18, 2019
7:30pm
NYCCGS / Guitar Plus
celebrating David Leisner's 65th birthday!
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY
Chile Guitar Residency:
Nov 5: Masterclass at Instituto Profesional Escuela Moderna de Musica y Danza, Santiago
Nov 6: Masterclass at the Catholic University, Valparaiso
Nov 7: Masterclass at the University of Chile, Santiago
Nov 8: Concert & Workshop at Colegio Artistico Sol del Illimani, Santiago
Nov 9: Concert at Isidora Zegers Hall, University of Chile, Santiago with guest artist "Ensamble de Guitarra de Chile"
Further details to be announced soon.............
GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Ave, Cincinnati, OH
5:30 pm - Doors open
6:15 pm - Remarks Elizabeth Pierce, CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center HP Newquist, Executive Director of National Guitar Museum
6:45 pm - Benjamin Verdery Remarks and Performance
8:00 pm - Reception and self-guided tour of exhibition, live Performances by local Cincinnati talent
July 29 - August 3, 2018
Peabody Institute Summer Guitar Intensive & Festival
John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Monday, July 30
Workshop: time, location TBA
Concert (faculty recital)
8pm
Tuesday-Friday July 31 - Aug 3
Workshops
9:30am-12pm
Friday, Aug 3
Student Concert/Guitar Orchestra
4pm
Ben conduct’s Ellis Island
I'm excited to announce my 19th guitar class on the island of Maui in Hawaii from Tuesday, July 3 through Thursday, July 12, 2018. Joining me as guest teacher this year will be acclaimed guitarist Scott Tennant, faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and member of the Grammy Award–winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Joining again this year as guest ukulele teacher and ensemble assistant will be Hawaiian guitarist and ukulele player Ian O’Sullivan, currently on the faculty of the University of Hawaii.
To register and details: Maui Guitar Class
June 11-17, 2018
Classical Guitar Corner Summer Academy
Endicott College
376 Hale St, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
Tuesday, June 12
Ben's Concert
7:30pm
The Rose Theatre, Walter J Manninen Center for the Arts
Endicott College, Beverly MA.
June 6
6pm
concert
students will perform a guitar orchestra piece by Ben and Ben will conduct
Susan Wagner High School
1200 Manor Rd
Staten Island, NY
Info: Joseph Maniscalco
jmaniscalco@schools.nyc.gov
Info: Joseph Maniscalco
jmaniscalco@schools.nyc.gov
May 30
2:40-4:30pm
coaching
Susan Wagner High School
1200 Manor Rd
Staten Island, NY
Info: Joseph Maniscalco
jmaniscalco@schools.nyc.gov
May 23
2:40-4:30pm
technique / ensemble coaching
Susan Wagner High School
1200 Manor Rd
Staten Island, NY
Info: Joseph Maniscalco
jmaniscalco@schools.nyc.gov
May 18, 2018
9am
workshop
Bayonne High School
669 Avenue A, Bayonne, NJ 0700
Info: Vin Downes
May 17
2:40 to 4pm
technique workshop
Susan Wagner High School
1200 Manor Rd
Staten Island, NY
Info: Joseph Maniscalco
jmaniscalco@schools.nyc.gov
92Y
7:30pm
Kaufmann Auditorium
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128
Guest: St Lawrence String Quartet
World premiere: Bryce Dessner (The National) - new work for guitar and string quartet
NY premiere: Searching for a Chorale, Seymour Bernstein
NY premiere: the rain falls equally on all things, Benjamin Verdery
Saturday, March 31, 2018
7:30pm
Morse Recital Hall
470 College St
New Haven, CT 06511
Guest artist: Simon Powis What He Said (Ben Verdery)
Saturday, March 17
7:00pm
Pre-concert talk with Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Kaufmann Hall - 92Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
March 13-15, 2018
Residency with students of Martha Masters and Andy York
California State Univ - Fullerton
800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831
Thursday, March 15
Concert
8:00pm
Clayes Performing Arts Center
Recital Hall
800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831
to include performance of Ben's Ellis Island with students (Ben will conduct)
Friday, March 9
7:00pm
Henry W. Coil Sr. and Alice Edna Coil School for the Arts
Riverside City College
3890 University Ave
Riverside, CA
Saturday, February 10
Pre-concert talk with Jorge Caballero
Kaufmann Hall, 92Y
Friday, February 2 - Sunday February 4
Connecticut Guitar Festival
Artistic Director, Ben Verdery
Westport, CT
I'll conduct a master class Sunday, February 4 - time/location TBC
Sunday November 5
8:00pm
Kulas Recital Hall
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH
Monday November 6
masterclass
2:30pm
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH
venue TBA
Saturday October 28
Concierto de Aranjuez, Joaquín Rodrigo
8:00pm
Greater Bridgeport Symphony
The Klein Memorial Auditorium
910 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT
Sunday October 15
3:30pm
The Bonner Meisterkonzerte
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Monday October 9
Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater
Rostock, Germany
information: Thomas Offermann OffermannGuitar@aol.com
Tuesday October 10
Wednesday October 11
masterclasses
Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater (HMT)
Rostock, Germany
information: Thomas Offermann OffermannGuitar@aol.com
Berklee School of Music Summer Session
Boston, MA
Concert
August 16
7:30pm
Boston Conservatory Concert Hall
31 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA
Teaching Clinic
August 17
12pm-1pm
The 6th GCC International Guitar Festival
Changsha, China
Ben to compose piece for final round of Festival competition and will be a jury member for the final round
Concert
July 17
time tba
Masterclass
July 18 or 19 - tba
July 20
final Round Festival competition