Classical guitar and angelic vocalsElizabeth Busch Letourneau has cultivated a unique and varied musical style, combining elements of classical and folk music to create a wide repertoire of both instrumental and vocal original, classical, and popular selections. Throughout her musical career, she has performed for universities and celebrities, weddings and parties, rotary clubs and baby showers, a Lord Mayor in England and a United States president. She is also a skilled transcriber/arranger, setting popular song requests for classical guitar or guitar and vocals. Elizabeth tailors concerts and background music to clients’ particular needs. Her own songs speak of love, life, longing, and redemption, poured out in angelic vocal tone and the haunting beauty of the classical guitar.
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Beginning her musical journey at the age of 7 with the classical guitar, Elizabeth went on to earn a Bachelor of Music at Colorado Christian University and Master of Music at the University of Southern California. She has studied with William Kanengiser, Felicity Muench, Masakazu Ito, and in master classes with Christopher Parkening, Ricardo Iznaola, and Pepe Romero. In 1999 she won the Lakewood Sister Cities Music Scholar’s Exchange Program competition. She has performed with the Chester Philharmonic (Chester, England) and with the Lakewood Symphony (Lakewood, CO), and given recitals throughout the western United States. She has recorded three albums: the classical instrumental Romance de la Guitarra: Music of Spain and Latin America in 2008, followed by two albums of original songs (Consecrated: Songs Along the Journey, 2010; Redemption’s Mystery, 2013).
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Elizabeth currently lives in Kalispell, Montana, where she writes songs, serves as director of music and aesthetics at Restoration Anglican Church (www.restorationanglicanmt.org), and performs in the local area.
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