Frederic Hand is a guitarist and composer who lives in the New York City area. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...

His versatile performances range from early music to jazz to his own compositions, and he has been a guest artist at the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Marlboro Music Festival, with the New York Philharmonic, the Waverly Consort, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, among others. Early music is European classical music before the classical music era and after Ancient music. ... Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ... The Mostly Mozart Festival is a summer series of concerts held at Lincoln Center in New York City. ... The Marlboro Music Festival is a music festival founded in 1951 by Rudolf Serkin and Adolf Busch. ... The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States. ...

As a composer, his scores have been featured in films such as This Boy's Life, Kramer vs Kramer and The Next Man, as well as television programs Sesame Street, As the World Turns, and The Guiding Light. For the 1993 film based on the novel, see This Boys Life (film). ... Kramer vs. ... The Next Man is a 1976 thiller. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light), airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm. ... This Guiding Light logo, which debuted in 1982, was used, save for background changes, until 1990. ...

For 20 years, Hand has been the official guitarist for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ...

Frederic Hand is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music and studied in England with Julian Bream on a Fulbright scholarship. Hand is currently chairman of the Classical Guitar department at the State University of New York at Purchase, and he also serves on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music and Bennington College. Mannes College The New School For Music is a music conservatory located in New York City, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Julian Bream (born July 15, 1933) is a British guitarist and lutenist. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the family of musical instruments called chordophones. ... The State University of New York at Purchase, also known as Purchase College and SUNY Purchase, is a public liberal, visual, and performing arts college in Purchase, New York, United States, a part of the State University of New York system. ... Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont. ...

References

• Dickenson, J. Andrew: "Pit Stop", Urban Guitar, July 2006

External links

• Official Site of Frederic Hand