Guitar Ensemble is a Crowd Pleaser

by James Connelly
edited by Adam Stahl

The Cheney hall performance room was filled with family and friends to see the Franklin Pierce University Guitar Ensemble perform in front of a crowd of over 35 people.

The ensemble consisted of Jesse Allain, Jason Westover, Mark French, Matthew Begin, Benjamin Moss, and Joseph Gause.

The performance showcased over ten songs with each one having a very different feel. After each song the musicians would nod and the crowd would applause.

The show started with an opening performance by Allain and Scott Sanchez. They opened with more then three pieces preformed together including a piece in South America.

Next the rest of the ensemble came on stage to join Sanchez and Allain to perform multiple ensemble pieces. With the seven men on stage it made for a large ensemble with each man playing a different and crucial part to each song.

The ensemble ended with a crowd favorite and left everybody smiling. The group played Eight Days a Week which is a Beatles song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.