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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: HUMAN INTEREST STORY

FROM FOOTBALL STAR TO CLASSICAL GUITARIST THE SECRET LIFE OF SCOTT KRITZER

On insert concert date at insert concert time the fiery fingers of critically acclaimed guitarist Scott Kritzer will heat up the insert theater name in a live performance with the saucy international star of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Phantom of the Opera soprano, Janet Chvatal.

Bernard Holland of the New York Times hailed the young guitarist: "… he creates and inner life in his playing". Following the Duo's recent smash performance debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., this evening is sure to be a sensual delight; with hauntingly romantic South American works, favorite melodies from Opera and musical theater, (like Gerschwin's Summertime and Carmen's Habanera, not to mention the visual electricity exchanged on stage between these two passionate and attractive artists. French critics exclaimed that an experience of their music is like "Love at First Sight".

But what of this mysterious past of the burly man behind the strings? His large, imposing shoulders encompass the guitar like a giant around a fragile newborn; now imagine those same brawny arms wrapped around an oblong sphere known as a football, hurling it with maximum force and speed towards the elusive "goal"line. Could it be that this accomplished and sensitive musician once sweat the heat of a padded uniform and wrapped his aching swollen hands in protective tape?

Scott Kritzer has this to say about his "huddled" past: "I was recruited by a PAC 10 College and I had a choice: play football or music. I had been doing both since I was nine and although plying football had taught me a lot about life, in the face of criticism from my coaches I chose the art over the battlefield." Kritzer admits that he still enjoys an occasional autumn game with his aging high school teammates.

In any case we can be sure, while he dreams of blocking for the quarterback sneak, this "world-class guitarist" … with the body of a linebacker and the boy scout smile (the Oregonian) will be tackling his audience with the intimate gestures of a musical master on insert concert date.

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