Acclaimed guitarist latest to perform at Hoag Library for concert series

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Nicholas Goluses performs on Saturday in the Hoag Library concert series. Goluses, a professor of guitar at the Eastman School of Music, opened the concert on Saturday with “Fantasis our guitare seul, Op. 58” by Fernando Sor.

Goluses followed that “The Five Preludes” by Heitor Villa-lobos.

Goluses performed for about 50 people in Saturday’s concert. He has played around the world as a soloist, with an orchestra and as a chamber musician. He has a new album, “Across the Horizon,” which was released in the fall by Parna/Albany Records.

Goluses praised the acoustics at Hoag Library during Saturday’s concert.

“I love the sound in this room,” he said. “It’s very nice. Sometimes you play in places and it’s as dead as a doornail. Here, it’s very alive.”

He performed as part of the third concert series at Hoag. The concerts are at noon on Saturdays. The series started on March 28 with Medusa Quartet.

The remainder of the schedule includes:

• Striking Strings Ensemble – May 23 at 12 p.m.
• The White Hots Jazz Trio – May 30 at 12 p.m.
• Matthew Ardizzone – June 27 at 12 p.m.
• Lynn McGrath – July 25 at 12 p.m.
• Adrianna Noone – August 22 at 12 p.m.
• Muriel Anderson & Kinloch Nelson – Sept. 12 at 12 p.m.
• Evie Ladin & Keith Terry –October 10 at 12 p.m.
• O’s Pipa & Fiddle Witch Duet – Nov. 7 at 12 p.m.
• Rochester Ukulele Orchestra – Dec. 5 at 12 p.m.

All performances are free and open to the public. The Hoag Music Series is aimed at bringing unique music experiences to Albion from artists who do not frequently perform in Orleans County.

The events are possible with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts that is administered by GO Art!