Wed. 6/19 10a: From June 20 through June 23, guitar lovers of all ages converge on the Albuquerque campus of the University of New Mexico for the annual New Mexico Classical Guitar Festival. Along with workshops, classes and lectures, the Festival features concerts in UNM's Keller Hall with visiting guest artists, Benjamin Verdery, Marcin Dylla and Adam Larison. Spencer Beckwith talks about the concerts with one of the organizers of the Festival, from the guitar faculty at Albuquerque Academy, Jeremy Mayne.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.