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Tony Morris, guitar, is heard each week by public radio listeners nation-wide as the host of the Classical Guitar Alive! program. Now in its seventh year of national distribution, the program is currently broadcast in over 220 cities across America and is simulcast world-wide on the internet. In 2003, Classical Guitar Alive! expands internationally with broadcasts throughout Europe via the European Broadcasting Union's Euroradio network. In 2004, he begins filming a Classical Guitar Alive! special for future broadcast via PBS and Eurovision TV. In Austin, Classical Guitar Alive! airs at its new time on Saturdays at 6:00pm on KMFA 89.5FM. In conjunction with his broadcast career, Mr. Morris maintains a vigorous performing schedule as a solo guitarist and chamber musician. He has performed at the White House in Washington DC, and throughout the US. He received his Master's Degree in Music from UT Austin in 1993, and his Bachelor's Degree in Music from the University of South Carolina in 1990. In addition to premiering new works by living composers such as Jorge Morel and Kaare Norge, he also actively seeks lost or forgotten works of the past, and performed the world-premiere of the newly-discovered "Aria" for oboe, cello, and guitar by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco . Renata Green, flute, began her musical training at age 12 with Centaur Recordings artist Megan Meisenbach. She has also studied with Baroque flute specialist Dr. Marcus McGuff of the early music ensemble "La Follia." She has participated in numerous music festivals, workshops, and master classes, including the Texas Flute Festival at the University of North Texas, and the Boxwood Traditional Music Camp in Laramie, Wyoming, where she studied with Dorian Recordings artist Chris Norman of the Baltimore Consort. Her concert repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to works by living composers, including Argentine composer Jorge Morel, who co-dedicated his "Rapsodia Latina" for flute, guitar, and cello to her in 2001. Ms. Green has performed throughout the United States, including live television and radio broadcasts. On Dec. 16, 2002, she performed at the White House in Washington DC in a private performance for White House staff and administration officials. Jennifer Bourianoff, violin, is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and has served as Assistant Concertmasters of the Britt Festival Orchestra in Oregon and the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, as well as Principal Viola of the San Antonio Opera. Recently awarded Outstanding Musician by the Austin Critics Table and Teachers Who Make a Difference by Fox 7 News, Jennifer is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a minor in Psychology from Case Western University, and a Master of Music with Honors from the University of Texas. She has studied with such renowned teachers as David Cerone, Jascha Brodsky and David Updegraff and has performed in Master Classes presented by Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, and Dorothy Delay. Jennifer is a leader and soloist with the Chamber Soloists of Austin, A. Mozart Fest and is a member of the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra and the Austin Chamber Music Center. She has served on the faculty at St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Texas Lutheran University and the American Festival for the Arts as Professor of violin/viola and chamber music. She was invited to perform chamber music at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires in 1997 and the VIII Internacional Festival de Otoņo in Mexico of 2001. Ms. Bourianoff can also be heard on recordings produced by Disney, Capital Records, Plasma Records, and live concerts aired on National Public Radio as well as performing as Concertmaster of the Texas Philharmonic which performed the soundtrack to Spy Kids 2 and national commercials for the Texas Travel and Tour Industry, Southwestern Bell, Schlotsky's Sandwiches and Daisy Sour Cream. Jennifer has coached chamber music, taught master classes and performed throughout the United States, South America, Germany, Mexico and France.
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