June 3rd 2014 MDT
Three events on this week's schedule, the first on Friday when the Cal Poly Pomona Guitar Ensemble under the direction of Peter Yates offer an end-of-year concert. Then on Saturday evening the American Guitar Society holds its monthly meeting in Valley Glen, and on Sunday afternoon the Campanella Guitar Quartet will appear in the Classics at the Merc series in Old Town Temecula. And there will be a change of venue for the Guitar Circle's Directors' Showcase on Saturday the 21st, this recital will be held on the Cal S ...Continue Reading
May 26th 2014 MDT
Just one event scheduled this week, on Wednesday evening Ryan Ayers performs at the monthly meeting of the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society in Camarillo, free as always. And the American Guitar Society's "Guitar Orchestra 2014" will meet for their first rehearsal of the new season on June 7th. They hold rehearsals prior to the AGS' monthly meetings in Valley Glen normally on the first Saturday of every month, and they've sent out an invitation for all interested players to join the orchestra: "Thi ...Continue Reading
May 20th 2014 MDT
A busy little week begins Wednesday when Matthew Elgart appears in recital in Pomona, and David Adele's Santa Ana Guitar Ensemble offer a free concert in Walnut which they do again in Santa Ana on Saturday. On Friday Kate Lewis' LA Valley College Guitar Ensemble perform in Valley Glen, on Saturday Giacomo Fiore and Ryan Ayers will offer a mix of classical and fingerstyle guitar in San Pedro, and on Sunday afternoon the Odeum Guitar Duo (consisting of the remarkable Robert Wetzel and Fred Benedetti) appear in Temecula a ...Continue Reading
May 11th 2014 MDT
The Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman next Saturday will be the last Featured Artist Recital of this season, and offers a performance by brilliant Scott Tennant - this is an event definitely not to be missed! On Tuesday evening in Pomona you can hear Peter Yates and Alex Grabarchuk play a variety of instruments with various friends...they'll appear in a similar program with different friends on Saturday at UCLA, this one free. On Thursday the combined guitar ensembles of Cerritos, Cypress and L ...Continue Reading
May 5th 2014 MDT
The event on Saturday evening in Buena Park is actually a concert by the wonderful Orange County Guitar Orchestra under the direction of David Grimes. And as I mentioned earlier, the orchestra is holding auditions on June 6th for a number of open positions, with an application deadline this Friday, May 9th - email them at: orangecountyguitarorchestra@gmail.com [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
May 4th 2014 MDT
(Mailing list information, including unsubscription instructions, is located at the end of this message.) The amazing Paul Galbraith will appear in recital in Santa Barbara on Thursday evening. That's a long haul for most of us but really worth the drive, especially if you've never had a chance to hear and watch him perform in his unique style. He's also offering two Master Classes, free to auditors, on Tuesday afternoon in Norwalk and on Wednesday afternoon in Fullerton. The combined guitar ensembles of Cerritos, Cypr ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2014 MDT
The amazing Paul Galbraith will appear in recital in Santa Barbara on Thursday evening. That's a long haul for many of us but definitely worth the drive, especially if you've never had a chance to hear and watch him perform in his unique style. He's also offering two Master Classes, free to auditors, on Tuesday afternoon in Norwalk and on Wednesday afternoon in Fullerton. The combined guitar ensembles of Cerritos, Cypress and Long Beach City Colleges offer two free concerts, in Long Beach on Thursday and in Norwalk on ...Continue Reading
April 28th 2014 MDT
On Wednesday UCI's Guitar Ensemble under the direction of John Schneiderman offer a free noontime concert in Irvine, that evening Benjamin Shearer is the guest artist at the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Camarillo, also free, and Friday evening Mac Grgic appears in Beverly Hills in the Microfest concert series performing music old and new. The Cal State Northridge guitar program offers their Guitar Studio Recital on Saturday afternoon and a Guitar Chamber Music recital on Sunday afternoon ...Continue Reading
April 21st 2014 MDT
The amazing Pepe Romero offers three Master Classes at USC on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, all free to auditors - it's always a treat to observe this maestro teach, as well as highly enlightening. Then on Saturday afternoon the Guitar Quartet and Chamber Society of Grand Arts High School (the former Ramon C. Cortines School for Visual and Performing Arts) perform in a free recital in L.A. Saturday's Members' Showcase at Chapman University was a wonderful mix of music and dance, you can view the program and a c ...Continue Reading
April 14th 2014 MDT
Whoops - my apologies, "All Strings Considered" is, of course, created by Scott Wolf; http://www.scottwolfguitar.com/podcast.html[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
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