From MSU News Service
Montana State University played a formative role in Luther Enloe’s development as a guitarist, and the university will welcome his return on Thursday, October 8th, for a concert at 7:30pm in Howard Hall’s Reynolds Recital Hall.
Enloe has played the classical guitar across the U.S. and abroad, including performances with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Richard Clement and a tour through Sicily, Italy. Enloe educates the next generation of musicians at the University of North Georgia as a part-time instructor, and he is an artist affiliate at Emory University.
When Enloe arrived in Bozeman in 1991 as a music major from Great Falls, he had no previous experience with the classical guitar, which is played using a fingerpicking technique. At MSU, he began what would eventually become his professional career with the instrument.
His first classical guitar teacher was Mark Tylers, who introduced him to the instrument and its repertoire. Enloe also became deeply involved with jazz guitar, studying with Bozeman jazz guitarist Craig Hall. He later continued his classical guitar studies with Michael Videon, who is now a professor of guitar studies at MSU. While at MSU, Enloe also participated in master classes with classical guitarist Christopher Parkening through the School of Music. Enloe spent two-and-a-half years at MSU.
With his return to the university, Enloe will perform music spanning nearly two centuries and several cultural influences, ranging from Máximo Diego Pujol’s Argentine tango to the 19th century Romantic expression of J.K. Mertz. He will conclude the program with two works by Bozeman-based artist and composer Stuart Weber. “The Night Scribe” explores the recurring appearance of Halley’s Comet and the passage of time, while “Missouri Breaks” draws inspiration from the Missouri River and north-central Montana landscapes.
Concert tickets cost $15 for general admission, $5 for MSU students and are free for those in pre-kindergarten through 12th grades. Attendees can purchase tickets at www.montana.edu/music or at the door. Online ticket sales end at noon on Oct. 8th. •
