March 9th 2014 MST
The Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting is this Saturday evening - come to Chapman University to meet and mingle with your fellow members and enjoy their music. Several other events this week, on Tuesday evening the Mobius guitar trio (who focus on contemporary music) perform in LA, and on Thursday the guitar/violin Duo del Sol (praised as "avant-sonic acrobats") appear in Laguna Beach. On Friday the stellar Jason Vieaux performs with harpist Yolanda Kondanassis at the SOKA Center in Aliso Viejo. ...Continue Reading
February 24th 2014 MST
Two free events on our schedule this week, on Friday evening Michael Nigro offers a recital at UCLA and on Saturday the AlmaNova Duo (flute/guitar) participate in an eclectic Mardis Gras celebration at the Silverlake Lounge in LA. And for anyone interested in joining David Adele's guitar orchestra at Santa Ana College there's still time to register for the spring semester, contact David at davidsadele@gmail.com. Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2014 MST
On Tuesday at noon Uruguayan-born virtuoso Alvaro Pierri offers a Master Class at USC, free to auditors. Then we have a busy weekend coming up, it begins on Friday with the two-day Pacific Guitar Festival in Monrovia, then a Master Class at USC on Saturday morning by the wonderful Sharon Isbin, also free to auditors. On Saturday evening the AGS Guitar Orchestra with soloists perform at LAVC in Valley Glen and the Spanish lutenist Xavier Diaz-Latorre offers a recital at Loyola Marymount. Then on Sunday evening the bri ...Continue Reading
February 9th 2014 MST
Next Saturday's meeting of the Guitar Circle is a Featured Artist Recital presenting Rovshan Mamedkuliev, 2012 winner of the prestigious GFA competition. This young Russian-trained star is on his year-long U.S. concert tour, this is one recital not to be missed. There are two other events that same evening, with Jack Sanders, Jason Yoshida and Miroslav Tadic teaming up for their free "Guitar Extravaganza" in Claremont, and Alvaro Pierri performing in Cal State Fullerton's guitar series (he also offers a Mast ...Continue Reading
February 3rd 2014 MST
This Saturday in Glendale, pianist Serouj Kradjian and guitarist Grisha Goryachev offer a fusion of classical, flamenco and rock...should be interesting! And Scott Wolf's latest podcast in his series "All Strings Considered" features the flamenco phenomenon Jonathan Pascual. You can listen to and download any of Scott's podcasts at: http://www.scottwolfguitar.com/podcast.html Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uc ...Continue Reading
January 27th 2014 MST
Running late...just a two events left on this week's schedule, the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra performs in Encinitas on Friday evening (for those of us in South County), and Perfecto De Castro appears at The Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena on Saturday. 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 foll ...Continue Reading
January 20th 2014 MST
The first of two free events this week will be the Pasadena Conservatory of Music's "Guitar Nights" on Tuesday evening, featuring groups and soloists including the Los Angeles Youth Guitar Orchestra (LAYGO). Then on Wednesday evening the Artisan Guitar Ensemble offer a recital at the Santa Monica Public Library. And for those of you who weren't able to attend our excellent Member's Showcase on Saturday, an audience member has posted a five-minute recap of the performances on YouTube (http://youtu.be/Tc--JsMG ...Continue Reading
January 15th 2014 MST
Come to Chapman this Saturday and enjoy this month's Orange County Guitar Circle Members' Showcase. These events are a wonderful opportunity for OCGC members to perform before a knowledgeable and friendly audience, you can still reserve a slot for one of our two remaining Members' Showcases this season on March 15 and April 19. Check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading
January 9th 2014 MST
Just one event on this week's calendar with Ines Thome offering a free recital in Rolling Hills Estates on Saturday afternoon. If you haven't checked it lately you'll find some new pieces on the "Free Music" page on the Guitar Circle's web site - James Chiang (one of our Directors) offers an original piece for solo guitar, and Gregg Nestor has arranged two pieces by Satie and Ponce for solo guitar and one by Grieg for voice and guitar. And Scott Wolf has posted two new podcasts in his series "All Str ...Continue Reading
December 10th 2013 MST
Just three events left on this year's calendar, the Vanguard University's Guitar Ensemble performs on Thursday evening at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, David Grimes offers a Master Class at CSU Fullerton that same night, and the flute/guitar duo of Christopher Matthews and Mak Grgić offers two performances in Altadena on Sunday afternoon as part of the Da Camera Society's "Chamber Music in Historic Sites" series. You should also check out Episode 25 of Scott Wolf's podcast series "All S ...Continue Reading
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