Abaca Productions
711 West End Avenue #7CS
New York, NY 10025
Tel (212) 316-6372
Fax (212) 316-3262

email: abacaprd@panix.com




...from reviews...

"Eloquent...He played with sensitivity, a graceful introspection, careful workmanship and an ear for timbral shading."
The New York Times

"Schulman gave us a performance which was freewheeling, musically delightful, and technically dazzling."
The Woodstock Times

"The man is a medium for his music, involving the fusion of virtuosity with soul, the pinnacle achievement of artistry on any instrument."
Kingston Daily Freeman

"Schulman's playing is as skilled as his transcribing...He has fine musical instincts, as represented in his choice of tempos, dynamic shadings, and melodic phrasings...Highly recommended."
Fanfare (Record Review)

"Andrew Schulman's transcriptions and performances are expert and highly musical."
Phoenix Gazette (Record Review)

"Schulman plays expressively...effectively captures the mood of the music."
The Guitar Review (Record Review)


...from concert presenters...

"I cannot begin to tell you how grateful we are to you for your appearance at The White House during the 1999 holiday season. Your performance so enhanced this special time of the year."
Capricia Penavic Marshall, Social Secretary
The White House


"Your repertoire and manner of presentation perfectly suited the occasion. Our patrons greatly enjoyed the music and your informal and insightful remarks."
Laurence Libin
Department of Musical Instruments, Curator
The Metropolitan Museum of Arts

"It is October and two months after your well received solo concert here in Old Forge, and people are still speaking about the quality of your musicianship."
Phoebe Green, Executive Director
The Arts Center at Old Forge

"I just want to take this chance to tell you how much your teaching and playing on Guitar Day at Kean College impressed me and how much it inspired and informed all those who attended the event. Your teaching was insightful and sensitive and your playing was expressive, artistic and exciting. You really made the event fly!"
Seth Himmelhoch, Programming Director
Guitar Day 1992

Kean College

"Your performance at the Ossining Public Library was a winner!...Your choice of program was most pleasing to everyone in the audience and the anecdotes that you relayed added the perfect touch...Your style and wit captivated us all."
Jane Clark, Programming Director
The Ossining Public Library









June 2008 - Andrew Schulman begins a second year in a steady engagement playing solo guitar every Wednesday-Thursday-Friday night, 7-11PM, at the Hotel InterContinental/The Barclay in NY
http://tinyurl.com/29vjh4

 

June 2008 - The Abaca String Band joins the roster of Meridith Hankenson's
Agency for Creative Talent Strategies Inc./ ACTS Inc.
http://www.a-c-t-s-inc.com/

 

June 16th - Abaca String Band returns to the roster of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series for the 10th season since 1995...
http://tinyurl.com/5zxo6j

 

July 29, 2008 - The Abaca Duo - Vocalist Wendy Sayvetz and Guitarist Andrew Schulman appear in concert at The Levitt Pavilion in Westport, CN
http://www.levittpavilion.com/

And -

December 7th, 2008 - The Abaca Duo - presents a Holiday Program at Coe Hall in Oyster Bay, New York
http://www.fotapresents.org/concerts.htm

 

New Years Eve 2008 - The Abaca String Band with Guest Vocalist Wendy Sayvetz helps bring in the New Year at the Hotel InterContinental/The Barclay in NY...Cheers Everyone!


December 2007 - Berben Edizioni Musicali of Italy publishes Andrew Schulman's arrangements for solo guitar of Bach's Concerto in E, BWV 1042 and Vivaldi's Concerto in G, op. 3, #3...


April 20-21, 2008 - Andrew Schulman and Wendy Sayvetz present a Duo concert and outreach program for the N. San Luis Obisbo CCA in CA...

August 4, 2007 - Abaca String Band performs the opening concert
for Bedford Springs Summer Festival Bedford Springs, PA...
August 6, 2007 - Abaca String Band makes a second appearance at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA...

August16, 2007
- Abaca String Band returns for a fifth appearance at the Levitt Pavilion in Westport, Connecticut...

Andrew Schulman is now the
New York representative for
American guitar maker Darren Hippner; instruments shown by appointment...


http://www.hippnerclassicalguitars.com/

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/
Darren+Hippner+Guitars/Classical/10/1