Fourth Friday Music: Handler & Levesque

Description

The Marlborough Arts Center welcomes husband and wife duo Judy Handler and Mark Levesque for our February 2025 4th Friday @ the Arts Café series. The concert will be held on Friday, February 28th at 7:30 pm.

Husband and wife duo Handler and Levesque have performed over 2,000 concerts together in the United States & Europe. Their sophisticated & expressive arrangements blend classical, Brazilian, Latin American, klezmer, gypsy, jazz, Celtic and folk music influences to create a unique and extraordinary sound. This, matched with their impeccable musicianship, has won them a widespread enthusiastic following.

Judy Handler, guitar

Judy has given concerts & workshops throughout the United States and Europe. Her solo playing spans diverse genres of music including classical, Latin American, Brazilian, and jazz arrangements. She has performed with many prominent guitarists, including Charlie Byrd and Oscar Ghiglia. Judy has received numerous awards including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council.

Judy Handler received a Master of Music in guitar performance from the Hartt School of Music, a Bachelor of Music from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a Diploma of Merit from Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, a Certificate from Curs Internacional de Música at the Vila-Seca i Salou Conservatory in Spain, and a Diploma from the Aspen Music School. She has performed and given workshops and classes throughout the United States. Judy teaches at a private studio in Vernon, CT and leads performance classes that are open to all levels. She is Co-Founder of the Connecticut Guitar Society.

Mark Levesque, guitar & mandolin 

Mark started playing guitar at age 10 and soon began working with rock and blues bands. He also became interested in other styles of guitar music including jazz, classical and international. Mark has composed songs and instrumental music, worked with synthesizer orchestration, and learned the art of studio recording. 

Mark Levesque has performed on guitar (classical, jazz archtop,12 string, electric & gypsy), mandolin, plectrum banjo and Puerto Rican cuatro in numerous ensembles throughout the United States and Europe, most recently with the CitySingers of Hartford. He has played and arranged world, jazz, Latin and blues music and has worked with synthesizer orchestration and studio recording.

Mark’s passion for guitar and mandolin music has led him to research music from all over the world and his creative ideas have been the stimulus for many of the arrangements performed by the group. He currently teaches mandolin and guitar at a private studio in Vernon, CT.