Vincea McClelland plays Villa-Lobos McClelland is a Canadian guitarist living in France. Sheet music: Collected Works For Solo Guitar (including the etudes) Excerpt of Mazurka (Villa-Lobos “Suite Populaire Brésilienne”) performed live on Canadian television by Vincea McClelland in 1993
End of the Week Review (January 22, 2012)
The weekly Canadian update. The “Girls Night Out” with Emma Rush, Tracy Anne Smith, and Eva Beneke is pretty cool, two concerts in one day! Nice one! To be included on these posts simply let me know about news, links, and concert in Canada by emailing: admin@classicalguitarcanada.ca Links: Northwest Guitar Festival 2012 – Cancelled Emma Rush has a [...]
Northwest Guitar Festival 2012 – Cancelled
Hi folks, I’ve been getting many emails from people regarding the 2012 Northwest Guitar Festival. I have just heard from James Reid that it is cancelled this year. I’m sure it will be back for next year as it has survived for 20 year (I think). Keep an eye out for it next year and [...]
Concert Review – Janet Grohovac, Victoria BC
This is a guest post by: Alexander Dunn Concert review – Janet Grohovac St. Barnabas Church Sunday Concert Series January 8, 2012, Victoria, BC Guitarist Janet Grohovac performed a beautiful solo recital organized by the Victoria Guitar Society and the St. Barnabas Church series. Ms Grohovac is a ‘daughter’ of Victoria, having studied at the [...]
End of the Week Review (January 8, 2012)
Happy New Year to all Classical Guitar Canada readers! I had a wonderful holiday in Cuba! You can see some pictures here. In Havana we saw some pretty great music and guitarists… There is not too much to report from this week but there are some great concerts coming up. I’m looking forward to performing [...]
Panormo Guitars and Vihuelas by Clive Titmuss
This is a guest post by luthier Clive Titmuss Website: clivetitmuss.com Classical period Guitar by Clive Titmuss modelled on Panormo c.1809 built in 2011 This instrument is a near copy of a guitar whose maker was declared by Fernando Sor, the father of the classical guitar, to be his favorite. I created it after playing the [...]
Scenes from GFA Convention 2011 – Columbus Georgia
This is a guest post by Heather Morand Clark See the bottom of this post for Heather’s photo gallery of the 2011 GFA Guitar Foundation of America International Convention and Competition June 26-July 3, 2011 The 2011 edition of the annual GFA International Convention and Competition was held in Columbus Georgia from June 26th to [...]
CGQ perform Café Gardel by Patrick Roux
Artist Website: www.canadianguitarquartet.com via Canadian Guitar Quartet performs Café Gardel by Patrick Roux – YouTube.
Bracing Styles for Classical Guitars
I’d like to personally thank Marcus Dominelli for this wonderful and educational guest post. Last year I bought a Dominelli guitar (spruce/indian) and love it. You can see photos of my guitar here. I didn’t order this guitar, I just visited Marcus and decided to buy this one which he had in the shop. I [...]
Hamilton International Guitar Festival 2011 (Festival Review)
Hamilton International Guitar Festival July 8-10, 2011 This is a guest post by Heather Morand Clark Hamilton is known as an industrial city, most notably for steel and the auto industry. The skyline includes many industrial buildings with smoke stacks, which has been incorporated into the distinctive logo for the relatively new Hamilton Guitar Society [...]
