Auburn is about to get a taste of international talent.
Guitarist Mitch Weverka will be playing at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Learning to play guitar at an early age, Weverka studied guitar in Italy and now tours worldwide, said Charlotte Hendrix, communications and marketing specialist at JCSM.
"We're happy to host him with the society,"= Hendrix said. "This is something special that Mitch brings to the table in terms of his ability to perform for an audience."
Weverka, who is from Ft. Worth, Texas, is coming to play in Auburn as a part of the biannual event collaboration between the Chattahoochee Valley Guitar Society and JCSM.
Auburn guitar instructor Joseph Ikner, who has attended several of Weverka's performances, said in a press release that Weverka's performances "provide the audience members the ability to transcend into some other higher place, a place of higher art and perspective."
Ikner works with the museum and the Chattahoochee Valley Guitar Society to plan these events.
Guitarist Andrew Zohn also works with Ikner in the organization of these events. In a press release, Zohn said anyone that comes to the performance can appreciate the music, even if they do not like classical music, because of the popularity of guitars.
"Being the most common instrument in the world, most have grown up with one in the house," said Zohn. "The classical guitar possesses the unique ability to attract a public who may not have much experience with Bach per se, but can really identify with it when being performed on the guitar."
The next performance presented by this collaboration will be in February 2013.
JCSM believes in the transformative power of the arts and that art can change lives, and Hendrix said she thinks Weverka's music is a part of that.
Expected to last one hour with a 10-minute intermission, Weverka's performance will feature music from many different historical periods.
Tickets are $10 and available at the museum before the performance.
While the performance is not related to "Art Interrupted," the current exhibition at the museum, Hendrix said the museum is open before the performance for people to take a look around.
"They (performance attendees) can come before the performance and stroll in the galleries," Hendrix said. "We welcome you to come and check it out beforehand."
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