Glenn Sharp
Flamenco • Classical
BIOGRAPHY
Glenn is a professional flamenco and Spanish guitarist based in Manchester. He has performed numerous solo gigs and his work has appeared on many recordings. He has studied with some of the leading guitar teachers including Juan Martin (UK) and Francisco Morales (Seville), and has performed with numerous world music artists including Nitin Sawhney, Aref Durvesh and Nizar Rohana. He brings passion and flair to his music which combines traditional falsetas with his own technically excellent improvisations. Aswell as his solo work, Glenn is the guitarist for ‘Calaita - flamenco son’, with ‘La Cartagenera’ (dance), Chico Pere (voice) and Pepe ‘El Leon’ (cajon) and for local flamenco dance troupe Candela.
He started to learn classical guitar at the age of eight and has studied at various music colleges including Dartington College of Arts and University College Salford, where he took a degree in popular music and sound recording. Since then, Glenn has been working as a professional guitarist, composer and producer, in the UK.
Glenn started to play flamenco in the mid 1990’s and since then it has been his passion. He now performs regular solo concerts and in bars and restaurants and private functions. Glenn plays a mixture of improvised flamenco and traditional Spanish guitar which is perfect for themed events or for background ambience.
Additional flamenco musicians available on request.
REPERTOIRE
Improvised
- Solea
- Granadina
- Taranta
- Seguiriya
- Buleria
- Alegria
- Tientos
- Guajira
- Peteneras
- Solea por buleria
- Buleria (A minor or E minor)
- Columbiana
- Rondena
- Taranto
Pieces
- Curvas
- El Primero Fandango
- Rumba de Bernado
- La Guitarra Vieja (farruca)
- Cancion Pampeana
- Moorish Dance
- Dance of the Miller
- Pamplona
- Arisqueando
- Malaguena
- Orient
- Danse Espagnole
- El Vito
- Fandanguillo
- Fandangos (Juan Grecos)
- Andalusian dance (Tarrega)
- Alegria
- Seguiriya
- Rumores de la Caleta
- Seguidillas
- Danse
- Bolero
- El Testamen de N’Amelia
- Homenaje (Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy)
- Evocacion (Jose Luis Merlin)
- Seguiriyas de Montoya
- El Mirador
- Fandango (Luis Maravilla)
- Fandango (Vincent Lindsey-Clark)
- Alegrias por Rosas
- Peteneras
- Farruca
- Guajiras
REVIEWS
"The event was a great success and Glenn was excellent. I will certainly bear you in mind again should we hold another similar event."
"Glenn was excellent and went down well!"
"The event was fabulous - everything went without a hitch! Glenn was wonderful and so professional, he looked fantastic."
"Glenn was absolutely brilliant and did a fantastic job – he’s so talented. He even did longer than he should have so it was very good of him."
MULTIMEDIA
Alegria112 by icmagency Granadina112 by icmagency Rondena112 by icmagency Seguiriya112 by icmagency Solea112 by icmagency
PRICES
1-piece band from £235 plus VAT*
*Rates are for maximum 90 minutes (1.5 hours) for engagements within 25 miles of Manchester (M1), and exclude:
- expenses (transport, accommodation, subsistence)
- extended timings (early arrival, late finish, extended duration maximum 120 minutes / 2 hours)
*Transport is charged at £0.75 per mile from postcode M1, for 1 vehicle.
*Extended engagement charge:
1-piece band from £305 plus VAT* for anything between 90 - 120 minutes (1.5 - 2.0 hours)
*Rates include technical provision (sound, lighting) for events with maximum 150 guests. Additional equipment may be required for large venues / capacities at an extra charge. Group fees are also available on request.
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Simply contact Rory Duffy, Development Assistant, via any of the following methods...
T: 44(0)1618303885 / 44(0)7737760520
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