Ana Vidovic's live-stream is 11 AM Saturday April 25th (not Sunday). Sorry 'bout that! 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/cgevents/ ...Continue Reading

The wonderful Ana Vidovic will be performing in a live-streamed recital on Sunday at 11 AM (that's 8 PM in Germany, where I believe she's performing), the YouTube link is on the Events list. I'm guessing there have been other live-streamed performances that I haven't learned about, if you know of any such events which should be in our listing please let me know. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Stay well, George Gutman gagutman ...Continue Reading

There are no live performances to attend anytime soon, but tonight (Saturday) at 7PM Tomasz Fechner will be offering his final DMA recital via livestream on YouTube. I'll post streamed performances on the OCGC events list as I learn of them, they'll be a welcome addition to our limited opportunities in this time of social isolation. 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 is just one event on this week's calendar, a recital by The Bradley Trio (violin, guitar and piano) on Tuesday evening at Rio Hondo College in Whittier. The Orange County Guitar Circle's Members' Showcase which was scheduled for this Saturday has unfortunately been cancelled, in keeping with Chapman's exhortation to minimize any public gatherings. Three other events this week have also been cancelled and are so indicated in our listing. We will continue to indicate cancellations whenever we are informed of them, ...Continue Reading

Two events on this week's calendar, on Wednesday evening (tomorrow) at Pepperdine the Spanish virtuoso Pablo Sainz Villega with his "Americano Trio" will present an exploration of music of the Americas, and on Friday evening in Westminster Bokyung Byun performs for the Vietnamese-American Classical Guitar Society. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu ---------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Just three events on this week's schedule beginning with two free ones on Wednesday evening, Benjamin Shearer is featured at the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Camarillo, and Mircea Gogoncea, winner of the First OC Guitar Competition last year, presents his Doctoral recital at USC. Then on Saturday evening in Valley Glen the world-renown lutenist Ronn McFarlane offers a recital at LA Valley College. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www ...Continue Reading

Complicated schedule this week... Thursday noon at USC Alexander Dunn offers a Master Class, free for auditors, and on Saturday evening he performs in recital at Cal State Northridge. On Friday evening at USC the always wonderful Adam del Monte presents a student showcase, a classical music recital for students in USC's Guitar Studio program, also free to the public. Saturday at mid-day Mak Grgic offers a Master Class in Santa Monica as part of the L.A. International Guitar Series, and on Sunday evening he joins Mateusz ...Continue Reading

Next Saturday is the Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting, this one presenting Raphael Feuillatre in a Featured Artist Recital. This young French phenom was the winner of the GFA's competition in 2018 and his appearance here is part of the prizewinner's year-long North American tour. Update your OCGC membership if you need to and don't miss this recital! There are four other events on this week's schedule, beginning Monday evening when Azusa Pacific University's classical guitar program offers a free departmen ...Continue Reading

Running a bit late, but there's just one event on this week's schedule, on Friday evening Jaxon Williams performs for the meeting of the Vietnamese-American Classical Guitar Society in Westminster. And for those of you given to wanderlust, a heads-up for the GFA Regional Symposium a week from this Saturday in Henderson, Nevada, it looks like a wonderful program of solo and ensemble recitals and workshops. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events list at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEve ...Continue Reading

Just one free event on this week's schedule, the monthly meeting in Camarillo of the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society is on Wednesday evening, this one featuring Bokyung Byun. And two announcements: First, I've just added to our schedule the Pacific Guitar Festival on February 22, it offers a guitar competition with six categories from age 9 to adult, for more information contact Vasil Chekardzhikov at the number or email shown in the listing. Second, David Adele is looking for players in his Santa Ana College ...Continue Reading