The Metropolitan Guitar Trio

Steve Gibb - Carol Hamersma - Victor Keremedjiev

 

Formed in 2004, The Metropolitan Guitar Trio performs extensively throughout the metropolitan area to great acclaim.
(See below for booking information)

 

Steve Gibb

Carol Hamersma

Victor Keremedjiev

Award-winning guitarist and composer Steve Gibb studied classical guitar with Hector Quine and Timothy Walker at The Royal Academy of Music in London where he won the John Mundy Prize for "excellence in the playing of a stringed instrument."  He has performed all over the world both as a soloist and ensemble player and is equally at home in the classical and pop music genres having appeared with such artistes as Eartha Kitt, Meatloaf, Britney Spears and The London Sinfonietta. He is currently appearing in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical 'Jersey Boys'.
"
Virtuoso" - The Times  (London)              "more than ample technical resources...presented with such persuasive advocacy" - Musical Times
"Great Facility...musically engaging"
- Julian Bream     
"Amazing Versatility...excellent and entertaining on all counts"
- Highland News          
     "Steve Gibb has us mesmerised by his performance" - Oman Observer

Carol Hamersma, classical and jazz guitarist, has performed extensively in the metropolitan area, and has played for such dignitaries as Governors Florio and Whitman, Mayor David Dinkins and Donald Trump. She has a Bachelor of Music from the Mannes College of Music in Classical Guitar and a Masters in Jazz Performance from Queen's College. She is currently on the faculty of County College of Morris and Seton Hall University.

Mr. Keremedjiev has been a classical guitarist for over twenty years, as a soloist and ensemble player. In a recent performance with violinist Basia Danilow, Classical New Jersey wrote: "The spirit and spontaneity with which the tunes flowed was infectious...the two players just looked at each other and out it came like a fountain of Eastern soul." He has appeared in many venues, including the New Philharmonic Chamber Music Series, the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival and, notably, in concert for the Romanov family at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Mr. Keremedjiev is the founder and director of the Classical Guitar Studio of Montclair and Denville, New Jersey, and is currently on the faculty of County College of Morris. He is a graduate of Montclair State University and the Manhattan School of Music.

 

Sample repertoire:

Dances from 'Terpsichore' (1612)   Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621) arr. Gibb
Nine Canzonettas   Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602) arr. Gibb
Passamezzos / Saltarello   Simone Molinaro (c.1570 - after 1633)
     
3-Part Inventions   J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) arr. Gibb
Sonata   Johann Mattheson (1681 - 1764)
     
London Trio No.1   Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
     
Passacaille / Gymnopedie No.1 / Rag-Time (from Parade)   Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) arr. Gibb
Dolly, Op.56   Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924) arr. Gibb
     
Dance of the Corrigedor / Dance of the Game of Love   Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1945)
Rafaga   Joaquin Turina (1882 - 1949)
Dances gitanes, Op. 55   Joaquin Turina (1882 - 1949) arr. Gibb
Danza Espanolas, Op. 47   Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) arr. Gibb
South American Folksongs   Anon
     
Rondo (1923)   Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
Rant - Scottish Suite No.1 (2005)   Steve Gibb (b.1964)
Waltz for Three (2003)   Steve Gibb (b.1964)
Manciniana (2005)   Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994) arr. Gibb

 

 

 

For further info and booking email
steve (at) stevegibb (dot) com