June 18th 2012 MST
Summer is typically slow for classical guitar events, but there's a performance in Bellflower on Saturday by the Artisan Guitar Ensemble, a group formed by three members of the Fullerton Guitar Orchestra on one of their international tours. 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
June 11th 2012 MST
This Saturday will be the Orange County Guitar Circle's last meeting of the season at Chapman, our Directors' Showcase offering performances by our Board of Directors, a superbly talented group of professional performers and teachers. The evening will be a special bargain, as the recital will be preceded at 7:00 PM by a lecture/performance by our OCGC President Jeff Cogan, describing his experience in acquiring a guitar from the renown French luthier Daniel Friederich. The lecture is free and open to the public. Chec ...Continue Reading
June 4th 2012 MST
Just one event newly added to this week's schedule, on Sunday afternoon flautist Lisa Schroeder will appear with the well-known composer/guitarist Jose Luis Merlin in a recital in Long Beach. And anyone interested in polishing their performance skills may be interested in the Southern California Classical Guitar Workshop offered in Cypress on various days between June 30 and July 21 through the Long Beach Classical Guitar Society. For details contact Michael Nigro (nigroguitar@gmail.com). Check the SoCal Classical Gu ...Continue Reading
May 29th 2012 MST
The Parkening International Guitar Competition is going on this week beginning with the youth competition tomorrow (Tuesday), and the flamenco artist and luthier Benjamin Shearer will offer a free recital on Wednesday at the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society meeting in Camarillo. Then there are two events on Friday evening, the voice/guitar Duo Fado appear at The Strings Connection shop in Rolling Hills Estates, and the Cal Poly Guitar Ensemble under the direction of Buzz Gravelle perform in Pomona. Check the So ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2012 MST
The Ensemble Fret will perform at Cal Poly Pomona this Friday, it features Buzz Gravelle, Walter Marsh and Peter Yates playing guitar, mandolin and arpeggione, with ad hoc additional participants. This newly formed group will certainly offer a unique and fascinating musical experience. Unfortunately the Cavatina Duo's appearance in Pacific Palisades on Sunday has been sold out for some time. And a heads up for the Parkening International Guitar Competition next week in Malibu, beginning with the youth competition on ...Continue Reading
May 15th 2012 MST
This Saturday is the Guitar Circle's last Featured Artist recital of the year, come to hear the wonderful Martha Masters and reconnect with your fellow members and music lovers. Plenty more going on this week beginning with two free concerts of guitar ensembles and solos, by the LA City College guitar program on Wednesday, and Gregg Goodhart's terrific Servite HS program in Anaheim on Thursday. On Friday Kate Lewis' LA Valley College guitar ensemble will play in Valley Glen, and on Saturday in San Bernardino we have o ...Continue Reading
May 7th 2012 MST
We have two free events this week, Michael Nigro offers a noontime recital on Wednesday at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and Richard Dawson appears at the Santa Monica Public Library on Saturday afternoon. That evening Eva Beneke will perform her transcription of Bach's second violin partita with vocalists (including the famous Chaconne). It's in a small venue in Brentwood but you can try for tickets, I heard her last weekend in her final DMA recital at USC in a performance that was very beautiful and highly enligh ...Continue Reading
April 30th 2012 MST
Our week begins with two free events, a Thursday noontime solo and ensemble concert by the LA City College guitar program and a Friday afternoon recital by Cameron O'Connor at USC, which are followed on Friday evening with the Cal State Northridge guitar program offering its own ensemble and solo concert. And on Friday and Saturday El Camino College presents its third annual Guitar Festival offering master classes, workshops and concerts, all free except for Martha Masters' Friday evening recital. Check the SoCal Clas ...Continue Reading
April 23rd 2012 MST
Busy week...on Wednesday the Levante Duo appear free at the Ventura Classical Guitar Society meeting in Camarillo, and the brilliant Eliot Fisk performs with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman in the Da Camera Society's concert series in LA. On Thursday Pepe Romero plays Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez with the LA Philharmonic in Disney Hall, then again on Friday morning and on Sunday afternoon. He'll perform the same program on Saturday evening at the Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa, if tickets are still available you can ...Continue Reading
April 16th 2012 MST
Our last members' Showcase Recital of the season will be this Saturday at Chapman, come hear you fellow members perform and make sure your membership is up-to-date. And put May 19th on your calendar for our next Featured Artist Recital with the wonderful Martha Masters. Several other events this week, beginning with the guitar faculty of LA Valley College who offer a free lunchtime recital on Wednesday, and that evening Peter Yates (guitar & arpeggione) and Nadia Shpachenko (piano) perform at Cal Poly Pomona (so w ...Continue Reading
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