Canada’s classical guitar icon Liona Boyd brings her Summer Tour 2015 to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Fergus on July 10.
On this evening Boyd, accompanied by guitarist/vocalist Michael Savona, will perform material from her recent Universal Records release The Return…To Canada With Love as well as popular songs from her numerous career recordings.
Doors open at 7:30pm and the concert starts at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $39.50 for regular admission and $34.50 seniors students. All purchases have a service charge. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketweb.ca, 1-888-222-6608 and at I Love Chocolate, 128 St. Andrew St. West, in Fergus.
Liona Boyd
Liona Boyd, known as “The First Lady of the Guitar,” has introduced millions around the world to the art of classical guitar through her concerts, television specials, and twenty two recordings, many of which have gone gold and platinum.
Boyd gave concerts around the globe and has played for dozens of world leaders such as the British royal family, the king and queen of Spain, Presidents of the United States, and prime ministers of Canada, France and Britain.
Her guitar music filled concert halls all the way from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Bangkok, New Delhi, Edinburgh, Paris, Auckland, Frankfurt, Santiago, Rio, Bogotá, Havana, London, to Copenhagen, Lisbon and Mexico City. She has recorded with Sir Andrew Davis and the English Chamber Orchestra, Yo Yo Ma, Georges Zamfir, Michael Kamen, Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, David Gilmore, and Roger Whittaker. She has been a special guest on dozens of American television shows including The Tonight Show, Today Show, Nightline, and Entertainment Tonight. A highly successful recording career for CBS/Sony Records brought her music to a vast international audience. Boyd has won five Juno awards, the Vanier Award, five honorary doctorates, the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.
