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The 2012 New Mexico Classical Guitar Festival

Fri. 6/15 10a:  On the weekend of June 22-24, guitarists gather on the Albuquerque campus of the University of New Mexico for the annual New Mexico Classical Guitar Festival.  Taking part in the Festival will be the innovative French classical guitarist Roland Dyens, who will conduct a master class on June 22 and give a solo concert on June 23, both in UNM's Keller Hall.  Host Spencer Beckwith speaks with one of the organizers of the festival, from the guitar faculty at Albuquerque Academy, Jeremy Mayne.

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.