Archive | May, 2011

Matt Hinsley – Reaching Out | Guitar Salon International

A nice guest post on Matthew Hinsley’s activities down in Austin. I’m very interested in his success in community outreach and community building. I’ve become very interested, however, in partnerships, in pushing traditional classical music boundaries, and in salon-style events.  I suppose the goal is not just in reaching new, and more, people, but is [...]

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Classical Guitar Society of Calgary 2011-2012 Concert Season

I just received an update on the Classical Guitar Society of Calgary 2011-2012 Concert Season. There has been a lot of guitar activity over in Calgary lately making it one of the most active and growing scenes in Canada. Celso Machado – 22 October, 2011 (Engineered Air Theatre) Johannes Moller – 26 November, 2011 (Leacock [...]

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Guitar Alla Grande Festival 2011 by Heather Morand Clark

This is a guest post by Heather Morand Clark (see bottom of post for biography). Guitar Alla Grande Festival Ottawa Canada February 10-13, 2011 Website: Guitar Alla Grande Festival 2011 Photo Gallery: All photos by Heather Morand Clark except the one of Odair in concert, which was taken by Alexis Doyle.   Ottawa hosts an [...]

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Review of The New RCM Series: Bridges – A Comprehensive Guitar Series by the Royal Conservatory of Music

I went out and bought the entire collection of the new Bridges Guitar Series by the RCM. The price was very moderate making the series an excellent choice for the average student. Buy the books by following the links to Sheet Music Plus (Canada/USA/International). Overall Conclusion: The books look better in notation and design and [...]

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Trio Alla Grande Open Bach Music Festival

The Bach Music Festival of Canada offers music at every turn performed by those who truly love their craft.  One of the hottest tickets will be the opening concert on Monday July 11 featuring Trio Alla Grande, an ensemble of three best friends, three superlative guitarists from the Outaouais region of Quebec. With a new [...]

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VCM Guitar Quartet at St. Barnabas Church

Music at Church of Saint Barnabas June 5, 2011 3:00pm St. Barnabas church, Victoria BC Location: 1525 Begbie Street Corner of Belmont Ave. and Begbie St., by Stadacona Park Guitarists Alexander Dunn, Bradford Werner, Michael Dias & Adrian Verdejo, and guest Emma Zabloski perform an exciting concert including Temporal Waves by Vancouver composer Jordan Nobles, [...]

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Guitar Society of Toronto presents Benefit Concert for President’s Bursary Fund

Guitar Society of Toronto presents: A benefit concert to raise funds for our newly announced President’s Bursary Fund Website Link: http://www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com Phone number: 416-964-8298 Saturday June 4, 2011   8pm Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto Price $25 Ticket Purchase: PayPal, see Website, or at the door (cash only) The Guitar Society is pleased to [...]

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What We Can Learn From Other Musicians « Nick Cutroneo’s Blog

Some of my students played today in the Collegium Concert at the Victoria Conservatory and having guitarists play next to string quartets and piano trios is just so good for them…See what Nick Cutroneo has to say about this…. I was actually very excited to work with the woodwind student, as everything that we would [...]

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Impromptus by Richard Rodney Bennett – Jeffrey McFadden

Impromptus (for guitar) (1968), by Richard Rodney Bennett I’m pretty sure this was premiered by Bream… Artist Website: www.jeffreymcfadden.com Sheet Music: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Impromptus-Guitar Impromptus, Guitar by Richard Rodney Bennett. Edited by Karl Scheit. For Guitar. Musik fur Gitarre (Scheit). Full score (study). Standard notation. Published by Universal Edition

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ChromaDuo – Hidden Waters

ChromaDuo: Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald Hidden Waters: The Raw and the Cooked (Le Cru et le Cuit) – Stephen Goss Still the Sea – Stephen Goss Adagio and Fugue – Christopher William Pierce Three Pieces for Two Guitars – Christopher William Pierce Niterói – Roland Dyens Comme des grands – Roland Dyens Buy [...]

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