Lamb's Players Theatre Presents The Peter Pupping Band & Guitar Extravaganza 2009 8/16

Lamb's Players Theatre welcomes back multifaceted musician Peter Pupping and his string quartet for Guitar Extravaganza 2009, the newest installation of the Sunday Night at Lamb's series. Known for their versatile and eclectic mix of Latin jazz, bossa nova, flamenco, classical, Spanish and more, the group will perform for the third time at Lamb's Players Theatre on Sunday, August 16 at 7:00pm.

After 15 years of performing as a solo guitarist, Pupping formed the Peter Pupping Band in Encinitas, CA in 1996. The quartet is comprised of Peter Pupping and William Wilson on guitars, Jeff Basile on upright bass and Roy Gonzales on percussion. The band has performed throughout southern California at a variety of concert venues including the Del Mar Fair, the Hotel del Coronado Library Concert series, the KIFM Friday Jazz Series, and at most major resorts such as the Four Seasons, L'Auberge, Hyatt Regency and Loews Coronado. They have also appeared on Channel 8 news, the KUSI morning show and can be frequently heard on Internet radio www.worldmusic.com.

Along with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from San Diego State University, Pupping has studied with Robert Wetzel, Brian Kilmer and Celin Romero of the internationally known Los Romero's Guitar Quartet. He also broadened his traditional classical guitar focus through jazz studies with saxophonist Charles McPhearson, bassist Gunner Biggs and pianists Art Resnick, Ivar Antonsen, guitarists Charles Wheeler, Andy Riley, Mark Shapiro, Peter Sprague and Bill Coleman. In 1999, the Peter Pupping Band released their first album, "Samba Nights", after Peter had already released three instrumental guitar albums of his own. Due to their diverse training and broad musical background, the versatile Peter Pupping Band has a very eclectic repertoire that spans centuries of classic art music, world music, jazz and pop styles.

Lamb's Players Theatre has been inviting guest artists to perform during the Sunday Night at Lamb's series since 2003. During that time, diverse acts such as pianist Liz Story, singer/songwriter Chris Smithers, Mark O'Connor and his Appalachian Waltz Trio and Irish musicians Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning have performed. Through this popular series, Lamb's Players Theatre enables audiences to discover new acts while enjoying a wide variety of musical performances.

The Peter Pupping Band and Guitar Extravaganza 2009 will perform at Lamb's Players Theatre, located at 1142 Orange Avenue in Coronado. Tickets are $20 - $44 and are available by calling the LPT Box Office at (619) 437-0600 or online at www.lambsplayers.org. Discounts are available to groups, seniors, students, and active-duty military.

Lamb's Players Theatre is one of San Diego's leading professional theatres. The company produces in two of the region's premier locations: San Diego's vibrant downtown Gaslamp Quarter, and the beautiful island community of Coronado. In the Gaslamp Quarter, Lamb's Players produces longer-running productions at the Horton Grand Theatre, a beautifully intimate 250-seat proscenium theatre located steps away from dozens of restaurants and nightspots, the San Diego Convention Center, and Petco Park. In Coronado, the theatre presents a full subscription season in its beautiful 350-seat theatre, just a short drive over the Bay Bridge from downtown San Diego. The company's Coronado theatre is within walking distance of numerous shops and restaurants, the Coronado beach, and the historic Hotel del Coronado.

San Diego's third largest theatre company, Lamb's Players Theatre is one of only a handful of artist-directed Ensemble theatres in the nation. The theatre is committed to the tradition of "repertory" theatre, maintaining both a long-term ensemble of resident actors and a body of work to which they frequently return. In addition to producing classics and lesser-known gems of the theatre, Lamb's Players is committed to the development of new work. The theatre also has a special interest in exploring spiritual issues for a diverse mainstream audience.

 

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