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Please click the following link below to join the concert. Please note the password below. Please do not join before 7:20 pm. We will still be setting up. See you soon!
https://zoom.us/j/99163077066?pwd=eGRjZWFjckl0WjRTbSsyNHZUYU1pUT09
In lieu of this years canceled Okanagan Guitar Festival , VCGS will be presenting a number of online concerts. These concerts featuring some faculty from the canceled festival event. These presentations will be free for the public, so please save the date and tune in!
Join us on October 24th for the presentation in collaboration with CREW Studios featuring David Sossa and Joel Thomson. The presentation will take place on the popular Zoom application. The link to follow will be posted here and on VCGS social media closer to the date!
Keep an eye on vancouverguitar.org for more online presentations as the Covid pandemic persists. We are working to help keep the spirit of music-making alive and well in Vancouver.
David Sossa Acclaimed for his charisma and versatility, guitarist David Sossa has fascinated audiences internationally. As a soloist, David has performed in Japan, Italy, France, Spain, England, Canada, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador.
David was born in Toronto, Canada, and grew up in Colombia. He received his early musical education from his teachers Humberto Montoya, on the bandola and folk guitar and Gerardo Giraldo on the classical guitar. Later, he studied with Jairo Cardona, Jesus Marin, Roberto Fernandez, Dario Echeverri, and Daniel Bolshoy.
David played as first guitar at The Toronto Guitar Society Orchestra during the seasons 2011 to 2013. Among his recordings are a solo CD, which was released in December 2010 on the Salty Road label, getting over 1000 copies sold in just 2 months, his collaboration with various commercial CD recordings locally and internationally such as "The Anechoic Experience", and "Jumblesque" by Canadian composer Unthunk, and the music for two documentaries in Colombia.
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Throughout his career, David has been recipient of numerous scholarships, among which are: Marie Elizabeth and William Adolphe Pal Jones (2014), Eleanor and James Wrigle (2014), Faculty of Graduate Award (2014), Faculty of Graduate Award (2013), TD Bank Financial Group Graduate Bursary (2013).
David holds a Bachelor of Music from Universidad de Antioquia and a Master of Music from the University of British Columbia. Currently, David is the Head of the Guitar Department at the British Columbia Conservatory of Music.
During his teaching career many of his students have participated in festivals and have won competitions in Canada, USA, and Colombia.
Frequently, David is invited to give lectures, workshops, and masterclasses overseas.
David´s solo career has been featured in different interviews at some radio stations, TV shows and newspapers in five different countries. David is a D’Addarío Artist and plays on a 2013 Joshia de Jonge guitar and on a 2019 David Villegas guitar.
Joel Thomson
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