I've been slacking off, but there are still two free events on this week's schedule, Howard Le performs on Thursday evening at the South El Monte Library, and on Sunday the superb Eden Stell Duo offer a recital at the LA County Museum of Art as part of their Sundays Live series. 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 ...Continue Reading

On Wednesday evening the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Camarillo, free as always, this one featuring a trio of former CSUF students performing as The Artisan Guitar Ensemble, and on Saturday evening the virtuosa Ana Vidovic is appearing at the First Church of the Nazarene in Los Angeles. We also have two opportunities to hear members of the Cal State Northridge guitar program, their Guitar Studio Recital on Saturday afternoon and their Guitar Chamber Music concert on Sunday evening ...Continue Reading

Pepe Romero offers a master class at USC Tuesday (tonight), free to auditors, and on Saturday Gregory Newton and friends appear as part of the Los Angeles Valley College Concert Series in Valley Glen. The action-packed San Diego Guitar Festival will take place over the next two weekends offering a variety of concerts, master classes and workshops with the likes of David Russell, Paul Galbraith, Paul O'Dette, Vladimir Gorbach and Thomas Viloteau, an amazing lineup! And Galbraith is also presenting a separate recital in E ...Continue Reading

The OCGC's monthly meeting at Chapman this Saturday features the American master Mark Delpriora, renown and much recorded, and director of the guitar program at the Manhattan School of music. We look forward to seeing you there! And it's busy the rest of the week with four free events, the Cavatina flute/guitar duo appearing in recital at Azusa on Monday evening, the French star Denis Azabagic offering a Master Class at Tuesday noon at USC, the brilliant David Starobin of Philadelphia's Curtis Institute (with friends) ...Continue Reading

We have two opportunities (both free) to hear the students in Chris Parkening's Pepperdine classical guitar program in Malibu, one early Tuesday evening on campus, the other Friday afternoon at the Malibu Public Library. And don't forget that the GFA Convention and competition is taking place at Cal State Fullerton in June which will offer many stellar performances and other events, and on the last two weekends of this month, a bit farther from home, the San Diego Guitar Festival is happening at SD State. Things chan ...Continue Reading

On Wednesday evening in Camarillo the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting, free as always, featuring Tavi Jinariu. On Saturday afternoon at USC the ASTA/Aron Green Competition for young guitarists (including several age groups up to 25) is being held, it's open to the public and you can email Brian Head for more information. Then on Saturday evening the LA Musical Salon presents a dinner concert at the Bel-Air presenting the Alma Nova flute/guitar duo (reservations are required), and the Am ...Continue Reading

Loyola Marymount holds its annual Guitar Festival next Friday through Sunday, which will offer a number of concerts as well as a vendor's and luthier's fair. One of the performers will be the Czech-born virtuoso Pavel Steidl who is also presenting a Master Class at USC on Thursday at noon, free to auditors. 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 --------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

This Saturday is the Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman, featuring the young Italian virtuoso Andrea De Vitis - for all of you who left last month's amazing recital feeling a need for more, this is your chance, don't miss it! It's a very busy week otherwise with mostly free events, Chris Parkening's students at Pepperdine are offering a concert in Malibu on Tuesday evening and another on Friday afternoon, the UCI classical guitar program presents a recital of solo and chamber pieces in the open ai ...Continue Reading

Running late, but just in time to remind you that Peter Yates' Cal Poly Pomona Guitar Ensemble are offering a concert on Friday evening (tomorrow), which will feature a performance of Dan Kessner's "Concertino Grosso" and the Ensemble Fret as soloists. Then on Saturday evening, the Duo Deloro (Adam del Monte and Mak Grgic) appear in recital as part of the American Guitar Society's concert series in Valley Glen. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events schedule at: http://www.o ...Continue Reading

Four events on this week's schedule, three of them on Friday evening - the wonderful Adam del Monte and friends present a flamenco recital at Biola University in La Mirada, the Vietnamese-American Classical Guitar Society offer a workshop and performance featuring the Bluebell Guitar Trio in Westminster, and Ralph Towner appears in recital at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. Then on Saturday the American Guitar Society holds its free monthly meeting in Valley Glen. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Gui ...Continue Reading