I just found out about several events this weekend...on Friday evening in LA the always-astonishing Romeros are performing as part of their 60th anniversary world tour, and are offering a Master Class in Santa Monica the next day (there is an Auditor's fee). On Saturday evening Bokyung Byun (the 2021 GFA Competition winner) appears in recital at Cal State Northridge as part of their Guitar Artist Series, and on Sunday the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony offers a concert featuring guitarist Jordan Charnofsky. I apologize fo ...Continue Reading

Just one event on this week's schedule, on Wednesday evening the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society offers a live performance by Rodrigo Paiva in Camarillo. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Stay well, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can cancel your subscription, here: You can resubscribe here: http://www.ocgc.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list ...Continue Reading

Johan Smith, the winner of the 2019 GFA Competition, will be at Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday, he's offering a Master Class in the afternoon and a recital in the evening, both live-only. You can reserve a free spot as an auditor for the Master Class by email and buy tickets online for the recital. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Stay well, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu ---------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There are two events this coming weekend, the first on Saturday evening is the American Guitar Society's monthly meeting, this one a members' recital broadcast on Zoom. Then on Sunday evening Ron Borczon and Bill Arey will offer a live-only duo recital in Simi Valley, you can order tickets online. And David Adele has announced that his two guitar ensembles, one at Santa Ana College and the other at Mt. San Antonio College (in Walnut), will be in person this semester, contact David at davidsadele@gmail.com for deadline ...Continue Reading

The next few events on our list are live-only recitals (a rarity these days!), this Wednesday David Rogers is the featured artist for the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Camarillo, and the following Wednesday (Feb 6) the Ron Borczon/Bill Arey guitar duo will perform at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Stay well, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu ------------------- ...Continue Reading

I just learned of another classical guitar youth competition (ages 8-18) offered by the Latino Arts Strings Program, they're located in Milwaukee but the competition is by video submission only with an application deadline of February 1 in just a couple of weeks. Winners will be announced at their Guitar Festival Concert on February 5, you can find more information about the competition at: https://www.latinoartsinc.org/media/3752/competition-guidelines-and-judging-procedures-2022.pdf Things change fast, always check ...Continue Reading

There are two online performances coming up this weekend, on Saturday evening is the video premiere of an earlier concert by Eliot Fisk at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco, and on Sunday the videostream of a recital by Bill Kanengiser from St. James Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. They should both be stellar events! And the Cleveland International Guitar Festival has just announced their third annual James Stroud Classical Guitar Competition for high school students which has an entry deadline of February 1 ...Continue Reading

This Saturday is the American Guitar Society's monthly meeting featuring a performance by the Venezuelan-born Carlos Atilano, you can email Greg Newton to request a link to the Zoom broadcast (newtonguitar@earthlink.net). And for those of you who don't know about Classical Crossroads (http://www.palosverdes.com/classicalcrossroads/) they offer a number of wonderful concerts, the next being a two-part violin/piano duo recital, the first one is streaming this Sunday at 2:00 PM. We've talked about setting up a site for s ...Continue Reading

Live events are slowly reappearing on our listing...this Tuesday evening Christopher Parkening's guitar students will perform at Pepperdine, an invitation for non-Pepperdine people can be requested by email. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Stay well, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can cancel your subscription, here: You can resubscribe here: ...Continue Reading

On Saturday evening (tomorrow) the American Guitar Society holds its monthly virtual meeting, it will be a tribute to David Grimes with many performers including the Orange Country Guitar Orchestra, David's baby. You can request a Zoom link and program on the SoCal events listing. A reminder that the Omni Foundation has a series of their wonderful concert videos available on their website, with performances by the likes of David Russell, Scott Tennant, Ana Vidovic and many others: https://omniconcerts.com/online-series ...Continue Reading