Guitarist Patrick Rice Comes Home

The Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium (GAMAC) will present guitarist Patrick Rice with special guest guitarist, Daniel Sarkela, as part of its Coffeehouse Series on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 7:00pm at The Market Theatre. 

A native of Anderson, Patrick Rice is building an impressive performance career as a classical guitarist.  A recent graduate of Furman University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in Guitar Performance, he has won several prestigious competitions including the Southern Guitar Festival & Competition, The Appalachian Guitar Festival, and The Columbus State Guitar Symposium.  He participated in the U.S. premier of The Walls by Grammy award winning composer Sergio Assad with renowned guitarist William Kanengiser of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet followed by a performance of Vivaldi’s Lute Concerto with the Furman Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Edvard Tchivzel of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.  In June of 2019, Patrick performed three world premieres in New York’s famed Carnegie Hall as one of forty American guitarists selected to be in the first ever U.S. Guitar Orchestra.  A concert tour of France followed.  In March 2021, he returned to the Furman Symphony Orchestra for their recording of Vivaldi’s Double Mandolin Concerto in G major.

In addition to his classical studies, Patrick is an avid bluegrass musician.  Writing, performing, and recording bluegrass music with renowned fiddler, Dr. Andy Carlson, Patrick’s first bluegrass EP, Don’t Look Too Good, is now available for purchase.

Making his first GAMAC Coffeehouse appearance, Patrick’s performance on February 17 will feature a blend of classical and bluegrass guitar and more.  He will be joined by guitarist Daniel Sarkela.  A graduate student at Furman University, Daniel is a well known classical guitarist and luthier based in Greenville, SC.

Tickets to GAMAC’s Coffeehouse featuring Patrick Rice with guitarist Daniel Sarkela are priced at just $15 and may be purchased online at GAMAC.org. Tickets will also be available for sale at the door beginning at 6pm on February 17. The Market Theatre located at 110 Federal Street in the Anderson Arts Center complex in downtown Anderson, SC.  Concessions will be on sale.  Masks and social distancing will be required.  For more information, please call GAMAC at (864) 231-6147.

This event is made possible with generous sponsorship support from Elaine & Brett Stoll.  Additional support is also provided in part by the SC Arts Commission and the City of Anderson Accommodations Tax Fund.