Chamber series welcomes Spanish guitar duo

Posted 2/27/19

The Grand Montgomery Chamber music series welcomes Jay & Lee, Spanish Guitar Duo on Sunday, March 3 at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street.

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Chamber series welcomes Spanish guitar duo

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The Grand Montgomery Chamber music series welcomes Jay & Lee, Spanish Guitar Duo on Sunday, March 3 at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street.

Jay & Lee Spanish Guitar Duo play a unique brand of guitar fusing Classical, Spanish and Flamenco styles.

Jason and Elysa Hochman are the founders of New York Guitar Academy and Jay & Lee Rumba Flamenca. They are a married couple originally from Brooklyn. Jason is an Argentine-American and Elysa has a Mediterranean background. Jason and Elysa are top performing Spanish Guitarists in New York City. Jason and Elysa released their new album titled “Guitar Duets” in March 2018. They also released their first book titled “Classical and Flamenco Guitar Solos and Etudes” published under MelBay. Publications, one of the top guitar publishing companies world-wide this in May 2018. This book includes 22 of their original etudes and songs composed for classical and flamenco guitar students that they created through their experiences teaching thousands of students in New York City.

While Elysa was attaining her master’s degree in Music and Music Education from Columbia University she and Jason lived in Andalucia, Spain. They studied with the renowned Jose Luis Balao and Santiago Moreno in Jerez de la Frontera. They studied at Carmen de las Cuevas School of Flamenco in Granada. In 2012, Jason and Elysa studied with legendary Flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano. Jason and Elysa refined their Classical and Flamenco guitar techniques by studying routinely with virtuoso guitarist Grisha Goryachev.

Sunday’s concert includes original compositions by Jason (Rumba Nights) and number of traditional Flamenca compositions with the couple’s own unique arrangement.

The concert begins at 3 p.m. Admission is free.