Archive | January, 2011

Four Ways to Prepare for a Performance

Christopher Davis disscusses ways to prepare for a performance including: Practice Performance, Warm-up Performances, Visualization a Successful Performance, The Day Of… READ THE ARTICLE: Four Ways to Prepare for a Performance : Guitar Performance Tips | ClassicalGuitarBlog.net.

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Five Lessons that Teaching Music Taught Me About Success

An article I wrote for Feel Gooder. READ THE ARTICLE: Five Lessons that Teaching Music Taught Me About Success.

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CD Review: Murray Visscher – The Early Romantic Guitar

The Early Romantic Guitar (2010, Titania) Murray Visscher, 19th Century Guitar Artist Website: www.murrayvisscher.com Tracks: Francois de Fossa (Op. 12, Cinquième Fantasie sur l’air des Folies d’Espagne) Mauro Giuliani (Op. 33, 12 Ecossoises) & (Op. 102, Introduction et Variation ) Ferdinando Carulli (Op. 241, Selections) Fernando Sor (Op. 12, Quatrième Fantasie) From murrayvisscher.com/recordings.html This recording features [...]

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My Week Teaching: Keep at it students!

My Week Teaching Guitar is a section that recaps some of the lessons and tips I gave while teaching my studio of 30 students and ensembles. See more articles like this one. My Week Teaching: Keep at it students! January 24th-29th,2011 I often tell my students, particularly the older ones, that you need to approach lessons in [...]

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In the News: Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo

The Canadian Duo “Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo” get some high praise from Chris Halliday at Orangeville.com. Henderson-Kolk Guitar Duo. Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk love to take classical music not intended for guitar and transform it into their own unique sound. As the third act in the Orangeville Concert Association’s (OCA) playbill this year, the Henderson-Kolk [...]

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Adam Holzman Interview

Christopher Davis interviews Adam Holzman on various topics. Adam Holzman is one North America’s great guitarists and recognized pedagogues. I recently had the opportunity to chat with classical guitarist Adam Holzman. Adam has been in the guitar business for a long time, so I asked him about some of things he had the opportunity to be [...]

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Movie Night in Canada: Stephen Boswell plays Jorge Morel

Danza Brasilera by Jorge Morel played by Stephen Boswell Artist Website: www.stephenboswell.com

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Spotlight: Marcus Dominelli – Luthier

I’m pleased to introduce the third Spotlight Interview on Classical Guitar Canada. The Spotlight features Canadian guitarists, luthiers, and composers. This week we have luthier Marcus Dominelli from Victoria, B.C. I recently purchased a Marcus Dominelli last September and was very happy to get to sit down with Marcus and ask him some questions. Marcus [...]

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My Week of Teaching (Jan 17-23, 2011)

My Week Teaching Guitar is a section that recaps some of the lessons and tips I gave while teaching my studio of 30 students and ensembles. See more posts like this one. Make your practise session positive by playing ultra small amounts of music but playing it well and exactly the way you want it [...]

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For Sale: 8-string guitar by Luthier Darren Hippner

8-string guitar by the popular American Luthier Darren Hippner. The middle six string are tuned the same as a normal six string guitar. The outer strings are tuned to a high and low A (same tuning as Paul Galbraith’s guitar) Originally, this guitar was strung with two lower strings. This guitar is perfect for arranging [...]

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