Founded on the common belief that the arts and creativity should be encouraged
92 Race St., Holyoke, MA 01040
Date: February 12th, 2023.
Feb 12th 2pm, Doors Open at 1:30pm
The Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts, 92 Race Street Holyoke, MA 01040
Sponsored by Gateway City Live
Guitarist, composer, arranger and conductor Peter Blanchette is known around the world as the inventor of the 11-string archguitar. His extraordinary repertoire of internationally acclaimed arrangements and compositions spans from the medieval, renaissance and baroque music to World Music, New Music, and his own original pieces. He performs and records in solo recital, and together with Mané Lareggla (of Madrid, Spain) as Archguitar Duo. Blanchette and Archguitar Duo also record and perform with selected other instrumentalists to form the Virtual Consort. Blanchette has been heard on hundreds of recordings, film and television scores, public radio in the US, Canada, Europe and across Asia, on his own 17 archguitar albums for the Dorian label and his own imprint, Archguitar Music.