We have three chances this week to hear the Campanella Guitar Quartet in recital, on Thursday in Cerritos and on Friday in Palm Springs, both free, then again on Sunday afternoon in Temecula. And there are two guitar orchestras performing this weekend in Valley Glen, the LA Valley Guitar Orchestra on Friday (together with smaller ensembles and soloists) and the AGS Guitar Orchestra on Saturday. [message_body] Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, Geor ...Continue Reading

Our week of several end-or-year recitals begins with two free events, a Guitar Ensemble and Guitar Studio recital at Riverside City College on Tuesday and the USC Thornton Classical Guitar Program's recital on Thursday. Cal State Northridge offers their Guitar Studio recital on Saturday afternoon and a free Guitar Chamber Music recital on Sunday evening, and the AGS holds its monthly meeting in Valley Glen on Saturday evening, free as always. [message_body] Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http:// ...Continue Reading

Pepe Romero offers two Master Classes at USC this week on Monday and Tuesday evening, free to auditors - if you haven't already attended any of his classes, they're always enjoyable and filled with useful information. And on Sunday afternoon, also at USC, Cameron O'Connor will perform in a free recital.[message_body] Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

The Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting is this Saturday at Chapman, a Featured Artist Recital offering a rare opportunity to hear Serbian-born virtuoso Miroslav Tadic, an internationally renowned guitarist, composer and improviser. Admission and memberships are always real bargains, and Saturday's recital is a great opportunity to begin or renew your membership (if you haven't already done it online...see below). But our busy week begins with two free events on Wednesday, the Cal State Fullerton guitar progr ...Continue Reading

Hopkinson Smith, arguably the world's premier lutenist, will offer a Master Class at Loyola Marymount on Friday afternoon (free to auditors), then on Saturday evening he'll perform a recital in the same venue. Cameron O'Connor will appear in two free afternoon recitals this weekend, first on Saturday at the Silverlake Public Library, then on Sunday at USC joined by guitarist Wenjun Qi and a string quartet. One more free event on Sunday afternoon in Topanga when Jordan Charnofsky performs the Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in D ...Continue Reading

This very busy week begins on Tuesday evening with Pepe Romero's Master Class in Pasadena. It continues with three free events on Wednesday, a noontime concert by the LA Youth Orchestra in Pasadena, the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Camarillo featuring guest artist James Edwards, and a concert by Peter Curtis’ Guitar Ensemble at Riverside City College. Also on Wednesday evening the wonderful Bill Kanengiser (one fourth of the LAGQ) appears in recital at CSU Fullerton. Then on Thu ...Continue Reading

There are two free events on Tuesday evening (tonight!), the Pasadena Conservatory of Music presents various soloists and ensembles in their Guitar Nights series, and the wonderful Orange County Guitar Orchestra under the direction of David Grimes performs at Riverside City College. Then on Wednesday afternoon the stellar Bill Kanengiser (he's one fourth of the LAGQ) offers a Master Class at Cal State Fullerton, free to auditors (he'll be performing there next week) and for those of you who missed John Schneiderman's su ...Continue Reading

The Guitar Circle's monthly meeting this Saturday at Chapman will be a Members' Showcase, come to enjoy performances by your fellow members, and to renew your membership and friendships. Three other events on this week's schedule, the first on Wednesday when Greg Newton and Kate Lewis are joined by David Grimes in a free lunchtime faculty recital at LA Valley College in Valley Glen. Then on Friday evening former GFA winner Marc Teicholz holds a master class (free to auditors) at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, and ...Continue Reading

Just one event on this week's schedule, USC's free "Music@RushHour" series on Wednesday will feature students from their classical guitar program, a pretty select crowd.[message_body] Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To cancel or change your subscription visit the following URL: ...Continue Reading

Two events on this week's calendar, both free, the first on Saturday with the American Guitar Society's monthly meeting/recital in Valley Glen- it looks like a very fine program. Then on Sunday afternoon the wonderful guitarists Martha Masters and Kate Lewis are joined by violinist Frances Moore in a recital at Loyola Marymount in LA. And I'm told by James Chiang that the program for the Guitar Circle's next Members' Showcase on October 18th is not yet full, contact James through the web site if you'd like to reserve ...Continue Reading