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Peter Fletcher began guitar study at the age of seven. In 1980 maestro José Tomás, Andrés Segovia’s teaching assistant in Spain, held a weeklong Master Class in Atlanta, GA. Peter Fletcher was the youngest student to perform in the class, playing music by Bach and Carcassi. In December 1983, he made his formal debut under the auspices of The Brasstown Concert Association in North Carolina. Wrote the critic of The Cherokee Scout, “He has technical facility but what one remembers about his playing is the nuances, the poetical phrasing, dynamic and tonal changes, his harmonics, his cadences.”
Fletcher furthered his studies in Master Classes with David Leisner, David Russell, Oscar Ghiglia and Pepe Romero.
As a performer in the Christopher Parkening Master Class in 1988, he was broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR). In 1990, the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) awarded Fletcher a prize at its National Level Competition, and in 1995 he received the Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music under Nicholas Goluses and was twice the recipient of an Eastman Graduate Award.
In demand as a performer in cultural venues throughout the country, Mr. Fletcher has been invited to give recitals at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY; Cincinnati’s Memorial Hall; St. Philip Cathedral in Atlanta; Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and many others. In 2003 he performed on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at the Chicago Cultural Center. In January 2005, Mr. Fletcher was invited to join the distinguished Jury of the 9th Annual Schadt String Competition in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He made his New York Debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in February 2007, and returned in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to a completely sold-out house.
Highlights of Fletcher’s past concert seasons have included appearances at Peter also broke new ground in El Paso, TX when he became the first ever classical guitarist to perform an entire solo recital as part of the Bruce Nehring Consort, an accomplishment which led to a feature article in the El Paso Times. More engagements included an appearance in Naples, FL as part of the Music at Trinity-by-the-Cove concert series, and a feature recital for the inaugural season of the Firehouse Arts Center in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 2013 Fletcher performed once again at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The program featured the Suite Compostelana by Catalan composer Federico Mompou in celebration of his 120th birthday. In addition, Peter performed the world premiere of Diary of a Camino by American composer Jeremy Gill. Peter’s last recital at Carnegie Hall took place on May 6, 2017, with rave reviews, and he made his solo recital debut in Detroit on May 6th, 2018, on the Cathedral Cultural Series at Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Fletcher’s many radio and television appearances have included Storyline on Fox-affiliate WAGA-TV’s “Good Day Atlanta”; KCSC in Oklahoma City; Long Island’s Public Radio WLIU 88.3 FM and NPR-affiliated Classical 94.5 WNED in Buffalo/Toronto. In 2019 he was interviewed on City Lights at WABE in Atlanta
Current recordings involve an all-Grieg album, for which he himself wrote the guitar transcriptions, released in
2014 on Centaur Records, and a self-released Christmas Album in 2015. In 2016 he released a CD entitled “On Tour” which features live performances of Bach’s First Lute Suite, Ravel’s Empress of the Pagodas, Leyenda and Sevilla by Albeniz, and music by Tansman, Reusner, Couperin, Visée, Satie and Carlo Domeniconi. His current CD, “In Concert,” Includes music by Sor, Villa-Lobos, Tarrega, De Murcia, Scarlatti, Ponce, Albeniz, Segovia and Mudarra.
On November 9th of 2023 he performed a solo recital at The Silco Theater, an art deco gem in the heart of historic Silver City, New Mexico.
Highlights of Peter Fletcher's 25’-26’ season include solo recitals at the prestigious 'Music at St. Mary's' concert series at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in-the-highlands in Cold Spring, New York; Remsen Arts Center in Remsen, NY; the Pipestone Performing Arts Center in Pipestone, MN; Saint Mark's Church in New York City; the Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK and The Calhoun County Museum and Cultural Center in St. Matthews, SC.
On April 10th, 2027, he will return to Carnegie Hall for his eighth solo recital.
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Sat, Nov 21, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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La Veta Mercantile
300 South Main StreetLa Veta, Colorado 81055
