The Art and Times of the Classical Guitar CONCERT

Alan Rinehart

SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH,  4pm

Tickets $20 adult, $15 seniors/students

Alan Rinehart has over 50 years’ experience as a professional classical guitarist with many contributions to the guitar world as a performer, teacher, and music editor. Upon completing university, he studied lute repertoire and technique in London, England at the Early Music Centre. 

From 1983 to 2003 he was a faculty member of the music schools at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Community College. He is a co-founder of The Vancouver Guitar Quartet, which became a regular part of the Vancouver and Western Canadian music scene from the late 1980s to 2003, with many concert and radio appearances.

He had the honour of performing for their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (the current Prince and Princess of Wales) during their 2016 Royal Tour visit to BC.

He has released ten solo CDs and one CD with the Vancouver Guitar Quartet, all to international critical praise. His sixth solo CD, Verdi’s Guitar was chosen by Classical Guitar Magazine as one of the top 10 recordings of the year. 

His recordings include one of works by Baroque composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss was released in September 2021. His latest recordings released on digital streaming platforms include Musick to Delight, Elizabethan lute music played on guitar and recently released In Parlors Past, light music from early to late 19^th century. Alan has also been editing and fingering three volumes of John W. Duarte's transcriptions of lute music, recently published by Ut Orpheus.