Award-winning classical guitarist William Feasley will perform at St. Anastasia Catholic Church on Saturday, February 23 at 7 p.m. Feasley’s multimedia performance will take place in St. Anastasia’s new building, the St. Edna of Aran Formation Center’s Celebration Hall. As always, all are welcome and donations will be graciously accepted to offset our expenses. $20 donations are strongly encouraged as there is very limited seating.  To reserve these seats, please contact Peter Morin at staccmusic@aol.com

William Feasley was the first guitarist to be awarded the Peabody Conservatory’s coveted Artist Diploma. He has since been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards: a gold medal in the 1987 PanHellenic Guitar Competition in Athens, the 1990 and 1995 Baltimore Chamber Music Awards and a 1996 Governor’s Citation for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts in Maryland.

Since making his debut in 1980 with the San Francisco Ballet, performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez for Lou Christenson’s ballet, Don Juan, William Feasley has maintained an active international touring schedule.

He has appeared in the Ohrid Spoleto Festival in Macedonia and venues such as St. Martin in the Fields in London, the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Washington National Cathedral and the Yale University Centre for British Art. He has toured with the Russian Chamber Orchestra, Music Viva , in the former Yugoslavia, with the Moyzes String Quartet in Slovakia, performed live on ABC International Radio in Australia, with New York’s Bacchanalia Ensemble under the direction of Nina Beilina and Washington’s 20th Century Consort.

Feasley has released four critically acclaimed discs for the Sonora label and has recently released a new album, Behind the Moon, with oboist Emily Tsai, his partner in the D’Amore Duo.