Gratitude to Berta Rojas for Acknowledgment in Her GRAMMY Success
- Candice Mowbray
- Aug 4
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 8
I would like to express many thanks to guitarist extraordinaire Berta Rojas for graciously acknowledging me in her Latin GRAMMY acceptance speech and numerous interviews about her incredible multi-GRAMMY Award-winning recording project, Legado.
Latin GRAMMY Awards Acceptance Speech
La Mira
"Candice Mowbray, a distinguished American scholar, professor, and performer, shared her research on Ida Presti with Berta. Everything changed when Rojas heard her music and immersed herself in her story."
Acoustic Guitar Magazine
"Rojas’ interest in the music of these figures was sparked by author and lecturer Candice Mowbray, who chronicles the lives and achievements of historic female guitarists."
"She thought it important to choose [Sergio] Assad, one of the foremost composers of contemporary guitar music, to write an homage to Anido. 'This will put her name out there and people will want to know who she was,' Rojas notes. ..Assad asked Rojas and Mowbray to provide information about Anido’s trajectory and touring. 'Candice sent him a timeline of María Luisa’s travels,' Rojas recalls, 'and he started thinking about the rhythms identified with those places...'"
