Jack Sanders will appear at the Park Theater courtesy of a grant from the Piatigorsky Foundation.
Soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, Jack Sanders’ performances have included many music festivals, solo appearances with numerous orchestras, and he has performed in concerts from Hawaii and Alaska to Maine. In addition he conducted a 1988 tour of China which included the Shanghai Conservatory, where Mr. Sanders was the first U.S. guitarist to appear after the Cultural Revolution.
An accomplished luthier, Mr. Sanders builds classical and flamenco guitars, as well as historic reproductions of vihuelas and 19th Century instruments. A faculty member of Pomona College since 1980, he has also taught guitar-building courses at California Institute of the Arts and Pomona College. He received his BFA and MFA degrees from California Institute of the Arts, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Guitar Foundation of America since 1995.
