Live From the Rockies: Ibison Guitar Duo

Event Description

Live from the Rockies concludes its summer series with Grammy-nominated husband and wife guitarists Chad Ibison and Janet Grohovac. Making their Banff debut, the duo will take the audience on a journey through a rich emotional palette of passionate, intimate, and bold as they showcase their inventive artistry and dynamic presence.

CONCERT REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS
-Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite (1984)
-Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 3
-Enrique Granados: Danza Española

ARTIST BIO
The Ibison Guitar Duo, Chad Ibison and Janet Grohovac, are Grammy-nominated guitarists whose performances have been praised as “superb and sublime" (Austin American-Statesman) while presenting a "refined and elegant style" (This is Classical Guitar).

The duo performs throughout the US and abroad with recent appearances at the Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Taxco, Mexico; Christ Church Cathedral series, Canada; Ticino Musica’s concerts in Lugano, Switzerland; and the Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition. Both hold Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Ibison has won many top prizes in competitions including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America and the JoAnn Falletta Concerto Competition.

Dr. Grohovac won 1st prize awards at the Southern Guitar Competition, and the Northwest Guitar Competition. Chad was the Teaching Assistant to Professor Adam Holzman at UT-Austin for 4 years and is the Professor of Guitar at Austin Community College. Janet is the Professor of Guitar at Concordia University Texas and Austin Community College.

They also manage their own very successful Austin-based guitar studio where the duo teaches close to seventy students a week. Janet and Chad perform on Martin Blackwell guitars handcrafted in the Sunshine Coast of BC, Canada.