December 1st 2013 MST
Seems like peak season - on Wednesday John Schneiderman's UCI Guitar Ensemble offer a free noontime concert, and on Thursday evening John will be performing on baroque lute as guest soloist with the LA Chamber Orchestra at the Coburn School in LA, and USC will present their free Classical Guitar Department Recital. On Friday at noon the Alma Nova flute/guitar duo appear in a free recital in Torrance, and that evening the combined UCI and Irvine Valley College guitar ensembles perform at IVC. On Saturday afternoon Cal ...Continue Reading
November 18th 2013 MST
Another busy week beginning with two events on Wednesday evening, the first of which is David Adele's Santa Ana College Guitar Ensemble who offer a free recital at Mt. SAC in Walnut, including the Campanella Guitar Quartet - the ensemble perform again on Saturday in Santa Ana, and the quartet offer their own recital in Temecula on Sunday afternoon. Also on Wednesday the stellar New York-based David Starobin will perform at UCLA. On Thursday Paul O'Dette, one of the world's foremost lutenists, makes a free appearance at ...Continue Reading
November 11th 2013 MST
Whoops - Kate Lewis and Greg Newton's free lunchtime recital in Valley Glen is on Wednesday (not Friday), and I also learned they will be joined by David Grimes. 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
November 11th 2013 MST
The Guitar Circle's last meeting of 2013 is this Saturday at Chapman, it's a Featured Artist Recital presenting the Commonwealth Trio, an unusual ensemble of highly talented and superbly trained musicians. Make an early new years' resolution to come renew your OCGC membership and hear this wonderful group - there's a link to their program on the schedule page. There are two other events this week - on Friday at lunchtime Kate Lewis and Greg Newton will offer a free performance at LA Valley College in Valley Glen, and o ...Continue Reading
November 3rd 2013 MST
Very busy week, beginning with the incomparable Pepe Romero offering three Master Classes on Monday and Tuesday at USC, free to auditors as always - observing his classes is always a truly enlightening experience. On Wednesday evening Paul Viapiano plays in a nonconventional string trio (guitar/violin/cello) in a free recital in Arcadia, then we have two opportunities to hear David Grimes' wonderful Orange County Guitar Orchestra, in Norwalk on Thursday and in Whittier on Friday. On Saturday the young Slovenian pheno ...Continue Reading
October 30th 2013 MST
Running late...we're into the busiest time for classical guitar events, beginning Wednesday noon (today) with the Guitarreando guitar ensemble who appear in a free concert in Pasadena. This group of 21 German secondary school students are here as part of an exchange program with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, they'll perform again with the LA Youth Guitar Orchestra in a free concert on Friday evening at CalTech. On Wednesday evening Rene Izquierdo will perform in Camarillo at the monthly meeting of the Ventura Cou ...Continue Reading
October 20th 2013 MST
On Thursday evening David Grimes will direct the Orange County Guitar orchestra in their second appearance of the season; this group includes many former members of David's wonderful CSUF Guitar Orchestra which toured both nationally and overseas, they'll have two more performances in Norwalk and Whittier in a couple of weeks. On Friday Mark Achuff performs a concert of Latin American pieces as part of the free events of the Dia de los Muertos celebration in Pasadena, and that same evening in Rancho Santa Margarita the ...Continue Reading
October 14th 2013 MST
The Guitar Circle's monthly meeting takes place this Saturday at Chapman, it's a wonderful opportunity to meet, mingle with and listen to your fellow members perform. There are several other events this week, the first, as I've already mentioned, will be Ana Vidovic's appearance in Riverside tonight (Monday) which should be stellar. Thursday provides an unusual and enlightening evening as the Laguna Beach Film Society screens "Shadows and Light: Joaquin Rodrigo at 90", a 1994 film celebrating the life and ca ...Continue Reading
October 8th 2013 MST
The only event on this weeks calendar has been cancelled, but I wanted to give you a heads up about Ana Vidovic's appearance in Riverside next Monday evening - this phenomenal young virtuoso is worth the drive. 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
October 2nd 2013 MST
Just one event on this week's calendar, but it's the extraordinary Adam Holzman performing in Northridge 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 following URL: ...Continue Reading
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