There are two free events this Wednesday at lunchtime as Ines Thome appears in the Music at Noon series at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and Lee Zimmer performs at Cypress College, and a third that evening when the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Camarillo, this one featuring the wonderful Orange County Guitar Orchestra under the direction of David Grimes. On Friday evening the incomparable Pepe Romero performs in Rancho Mirage (a bit far afield for us OC-ites but definitely worth ...Continue Reading

This Saturday evening at Chapman the Orange County Guitar Circle holds its monthly meeting, this one a Members' Showcase. You can see the program on our web site, this will be a highly varied and entertaining evening, don't miss it! And our Showcase is in the midst of an exceedingly busy week beginning with two free events, the first tonight (Tuesday), a concert of Flamenco and classical at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, and the second on Wednesday when Taro Wayama and David Lee Ruest offer a noontime guitar/vio ...Continue Reading

On Thursday evening in Northridge, Syracuse's Ken Meyer and CSUN's Steve Thachuk will perform Castelnuevo-Tedesco's double guitar concerto, a rare opportunity to hear this piece, and on Friday afternoon Christopher Parkening's students offer their free monthly concert in Malibu. On Friday, Pepe Romero will offer two free masterclasses at USC, one at 11 AM and the other in the evening...with some careful (and marginally legal) driving an enterprising aficionaco could attend all three Friday events. ;-) Then on Saturday ...Continue Reading

We have three opportunities to hear the Ensemble Fret this week (that's Buzz Gravelle, Walter Marsh and Peter Yates playing guitar, mandolin and arpeggione, among other instruments), on Tuesday they offer a free noontime recital at LA City College, another recital at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday evening, then one more free recital on Saturday evening in a private home in Pacific Palisades for which an RSVP is required. There are two more events on the schedule on Saturday evening, when the American Guitar Society holds its ...Continue Reading

This Saturday is the OCGC's monthly meeting at Chapman, featuring the brilliant young Thai artist Ekachai Jeareakul. This recital is part of his international concert tour which he won as part of his first prize award at last year's GFA competition, it's an event not to be missed! This week's events begin on Wednesday when the renown guitarist Eric Henderson (who studied privately with Segovia) will offer a free lecture at UCI on the history of the Spanish Guitar, registration is available online. On Saturday afternoon ...Continue Reading

This week we're busy mostly on the weekend, but on Monday Thao Nguyen & Howard Le combine to offer a free evening of solo and duo guitar works at the Crowell Public Library in San Marino. On Friday afternoon Christopher Parkening's students from Pepperdine University offer their free monthly recital at the Malibu Public Library, and that evening USC graduate Michael Kurdika appears in recital at USC, also free. Then on Saturday evening Jack Sanders, Jason Yoshida and Lucas Harris will makemusic on lutes and a variet ...Continue Reading

Four events on this week's calendar, the first in LA on Wednesday, a free recital by students in USC Thornton's Classical Guitar Department in an event they're calling "Guitararama". On Saturday afternoon Christopher Parkening offers a Master Class at Pepperdine in Malibu, free to auditors, and that evening the American Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Valley Glen. Then on Sunday afternoon the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will give two performances at the Tamayo Restaurant and Art Gallery in LA as par ...Continue Reading

Just one event on this week's schedule, the free monthly meeting on Wednesday of the Ventura Country Classical Guitar Society in Camarillo, it will feature the duo Chanson du Soir (soprano Chelsea Camille and guitarist David Isaacs). And a heads up for anyone interested in participating in a guitar orchestra, the Santa Ana College Guitar Ensemble will begin rehearsals on February 20th, contact David Adele (davidsadele@gmail.com) for more information. Things can change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Even ...Continue Reading

This Saturday is the Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman, which is a Members' Showcase. Have a look at the program that's just been posted on the web site, there will be wonderful pieces and performances. And if you haven't yet renewed your OCGC membership online, here's a perfect opportunity. Hope to see you there! Things can 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

The first event on our schedule for this new year is the American Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Valley Glen on Saturday, performers will include Donovan Butez, half of the LA Guitar Duo. Then on Sunday afternoon the Vida Guitar Quartet (far from their British home) will perform in Escondido, and again on Monday evening in Redondo Beach. (For those of you within shouting distance of Kern County they'll appear once more on Wednesday evening in Ridgecrest, you can find that information on their web site.) And I'll t ...Continue Reading