The Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting this Saturday at Chapman will be a Members' Showcase, the program has been posted on our website. Come to enjoy the beautiful music and to meet your fellow members...and if you'd like to reserve a slot to perform in our last Showcase of this season on May 19th contact our Showcase Director James Chiang. It's a busy week for other guitar events, USC presents its Guitar Studio Ensemble Recital on Monday evening, and its stellar Classical Guitar program offers their depart ...Continue Reading

This week we have three chances to attend Master Classes by the always astonishing Pepe Romero at USC, on Monday at 7PM (yes, I know I'm too late for that...) and again on Tuesday at noon and 7PM, as always they're free to auditors. Then on Friday afternoon the Pepperdine guitar program holds its monthly (free) recital at the Malibu Library, and on Saturday evening the renown Eleftheria Kotzia appears in recital in Valley Glen under the auspices of the American Guitar Society. Things change fast, always check the SoCal ...Continue Reading

We have two chances this week to hear the Boston-based guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan on tour, first on Tuesday in La Mirada performing with baritone Richard Zeller, then on Wednesday in a solo recital in Rolling Hills Estates in Palos Verdes. And we finish the week with two free events, on Saturday evening the American Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Valley Glen, and on Sunday Scott Tennant and friends will perform Rodrigo's "Concerto Andaluz" at UCLA as part of a concert with the West LA Symphony ...Continue Reading

Three events on this week's calendar beginning Friday with Loyola Marymount's two-day Guitar Festival, which includes a number of concerts, a vendor/luthier's fair and a workshop. Then on Saturday evening Greg Newton with Jordan Charnovsky and friends perform in Valley Glen at a benefit concert for the LAVC guitar program, and that same evening guitarist Eric Henderson joins pianist William Sigismondi for a duo recital in Laguna Beach. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events schedule at: ...Continue Reading

This Saturday is the Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman, this one is a Featured Artist Recital presenting the brilliant young talent Jordan Dodson in the only solo performance of his west coast tour. Remember that all our concerts are free to members, you can renew your membership either online or at the door, but don't miss this one! On Wednesday at noon in Pasadena guitarist Taro Wayama joins David Lee Ruest for a free guitar/violin recital. On Thursday evening Matthew Grief and friends offer a ...Continue Reading

There are two free events on Wednesday evening, the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society meeting in Camarillo which will feature Jack Cimo, and the Artisan Guitar Ensemble who will perform at the Cerritos library. Then on Saturday evening the American Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Valley Glen, also free, and Steven Thachuk appears in a recital at Cal State Northridge. Also on Saturday evening (and again on Sunday afternoon) the star flamenco dancer Eva Yerbabuena performs at the Irvine Barclay Theater.. ...Continue Reading

Another busy week ahead, on Tuesday evening Andre Giraldo performs in a free recital in the Redondo Beach Public Library, and on Friday and Saturday Vanguard University in Costa Mesa offers two days of lectures, recitals, workshops and master classes in their Guitar Festival. On Saturday evening the Sheu/Pettit guitar duo present a recital in the Gateway Performance Series in Los Angeles, on Sunday afternoon the renown Polish-born star Marcin Dylla offers a Master Class (free to auditors) at the Pasadena Conservatory o ...Continue Reading

Ana Vidovic has unfortunately had to cancel her appearance at Sunday's benefit concert in San Pedro due to a family emergency, but Pepe and Celino Romero have agreed to appear in her place, they will be performing solos and possibly some duets. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu ---------------------------------------------------- You're subscribed to the CG Events list using the addr ...Continue Reading

This Saturday evening will be the Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman, this one featuring last year's GFA competition winner, Xavier Jara. This recital is part of Jara's first prize year-long concert tour culminating with an appearance at Carnegie Hall, don't miss this one! And we have a busy weekend otherwise, Friday afternoon Christopher Parkening's program at Pepperdine offers its free monthly concert at the Malibu Public Library, and that evening Zoran Dukic performs at Cal State Northridge. Then on Saturday ...Continue Reading

Busy weekend coming up starting with two free events, on Friday evening the Pasadena Conservatory of Music presents its student recital and their guitar orchestra, and on Saturday afternoon the Sheu Pettit Guitar Duo perform at the Brand Library in Glendale. Then on Saturday evening in Santa Monica the fabulous LA Guitar Quartet together with Mak Grgic offer a benefit concert to support Elemental Music's guitar scholarship program, and one more free event Sunday afternoon when the wonderful AlmaNova flute/guitar duo pe ...Continue Reading