Just one event on this week's schedule, on Saturday evening the wonderful guitarist Mak Grgic will join up with violinist Martin Chalifour (the LA Phil's Concertmaster) to offer a benefit duo recital in a private home in LA (contact details are in the listing). And a reminder about the OC Classical Guitar Festival and Competition which will be held on March 2-3 at Chapman University, you can find more information here: http://www.ocgc.org/festival-and-competition/ From that site you can order one-day or two-day passe ...Continue Reading

The OCC Guitar Ensemble concert with Andrew York is on Sunday afternoon (not Saturday). 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can cancel your subscription, here: You can resubscribe here: http://www.ocgc.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/cgevents/ ...Continue Reading

We look forward to three events this week, on Friday evening Ebaa Khamas & Andrew Wilson perform at the Vietnamese-American Classical Guitar Society's meeting in Westminster, on Saturday the flamenco star Jose Antonio Rodriguez appears in recital in Topanga, and on Saturday afternoon in Costa Mesa the Orange Coast College Classical Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Adam Pettit, present their end-of-year concert with the extraordinary Andrew York appearing as guest artist. I'd also like to remind everyone tha ...Continue Reading

On Saturday is the Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman, a Featured Artist Recital - come hear the brilliant artistry of Matt Palmer, a highly praised and sought-after performer. This would be a good opportunity to join or to renew your membership, all of our recitals are free to members, it's a real bargain! There are everal other events this week, including tomorrow (Tuesday) when the incomparable Pepe Romero offers two Master Classes at USC, one at noon the other in the evening, both free to auditors. Then on ...Continue Reading

There are two free events this Wednesday - first, at 1:30 in Valley Glen, Greg Newton and Jordan Charnofsky appear in the LAVC Guitar Faculty Guitar Recital Series, and that evening Bokyung Byun will be the featured performer at the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Camarillo. Then on Friday evening Brian Geary offers a recital for the Vietnamese-American Classical Guitar Society's meeting in Westminster, and on Saturday evening the American Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Valley G ...Continue Reading

The world-renown lutenist Paul O'Dette is in southern California this week, he's offering a Master Class for USC's guitar students tomorrow (Thursday) at noon, free to auditors, and three recitals on Sunday afternoon in Beverly Hills (the Da Camera Society events are pricey and limited, but there seem to still be seats available). Also on Sunday afternoon, the Pasadena Conservatory of Music offers a concert given by young guitarists. And here's an announcement with more information about next spring's Festival and Comp ...Continue Reading

This Saturday evening is the Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman University in Orange, this one a Members' Showcase. Remember that all our meetings (including the Featured Artist Recitals) are free to members, so membership is a real bargain. Saturday's program has been full for some time, but any member who would like to reserve a slot to perform at our next Members' Showcase in February should contact our Showcase Director, Carlos Atilano. There's just one other event on this week's calendar, tom ...Continue Reading

Yesterday's mailing seems to have largely gone astray, here's another attempt... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Saturday is the Guitar Circle's first meeting of the new season at Chapman, a Featured Artist Recital presenting the extraordinary Sheu-Pettit Guitar Duo. Come to enjoy the wonderful music, renew your membership and mingle with your fellow members at intermission. There are three other events on this week's calendar, on Wednesda ...Continue Reading

This Saturday is the Guitar Circle's first meeting of the new season at Chapman, a Featured Artist Recital presenting the extraordinary Sheu-Pettit Guitar Duo. Come to enjoy the wonderful music, renew your membership and mingle with your fellow members at intermission. There are three other events on this week's calendar, on Wednesday evening (tomorrow) Peter Yates performs in the Cal Poly Pomona Faculty Recital series, on Friday afternoon the Pepperdine Classical Guitar program presents a free concert in Malibu, and ...Continue Reading

No classical guitar events on this week's schedule, but a good time to pass on to all of you a request by David Adele who is looking for new blood for his Santa Ana College Guitar Ensemble. In his own words: "This class is guaranteed to help your rhythm, note-reading skills, knowledge of the fret-board, and overall musical ability.  All the while, you will be surrounded by very kind and helpful people who all share in the common love of the guitar. Many of my students ha ...Continue Reading