It is with great pleasure that I review this new release by Daniel Bolshoy (artist website) who recently moved to Vancouver to head up the VSO School. I was glad that he sent it to me because I was never very familiar with Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. Daniel Bolshoy is quickly becoming one of Canada’s most [...]
Archive | September, 2011
Classical Guitar: A Method for Students & Teachers – Volume 1 – Beginner (Free)
Don’t forget to check out more free and recommended music in our sheet music section! Classical Guitar: A Method for Students & Teachers Volume I • Beginner by Bradford Werner Available as a PDF (88 pages): FREE or by donation This method took me a few years to build so if you’re feeling generous please give a small [...]
End of the Week Review (September 25th, 2011)
Not too much new to report this week except that October is a huge concert month for Canada. Just check out the amazing artists and shows Classical Guitar Concerts & Events 2011. I finished up my major revamp and rebrand of my classical guitar method (Volume I -100 pages). I just have to make a table [...]
Emma Rush plays Kleynjans and Domeniconi
Congratulations to Hamilton guitarist Emma Rush who placed 2nd at the 2011 Great Lakes Guitar Festival and Competition held in Rochester, NY back in April. Emma Rush – A l’aube du dernier jour by (F. Kleynjans) Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_tQSJW9YS8 Emma Rush – Toccata in Blue (C. Domeniconi) Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-rs_6NITA via Plucker Report
End of the Week Review (18 September 2011)
Sounds like the Toronto Society had a great opening concert to their season stating that “Rafael Aguirre was on fire last night! What an incredible performer! Then, as a second encore, he simply had the audience shout out requests, and off the cuff he performed flawlessly! I’ve never before seen a classical guitarist do that [...]
Spotlight – Adam Foster, guitarist
It is with great pleasure that I introduce Canadian Guitarist Adam Foster. I remember when I first came to Victoria when I was 18 years old and knowing virtually nothing about classical guitar besides my childhood lessons. I recall seeing Adam’s graduation recital at the University of Victoria and it was among some of my [...]
End of the week in links and a big thank you to the Guitarfestwest faculty (11 Sept 2011)
This has been a great week of articles by the Calgary crowd celebrating the tremendous success of Guitarfestwest 2011. These post were largely made possible by Calgary contributor Murray Visscher. A big thank you to the contributors: Murray Visscher, Daniel Bolshoy, Brett Gunther and also to faculty of Guitarfestwest shown below. Here are the posts: Interview with Daniel [...]
Interview with Daniel Bolshoy
This post is by Calgary contributor Murray Visscher from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 also see: Daniel Bolshoy’s Website INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL BOLSHOY August 28th, 2011 1. Can you remember where and how you decided to be a performing classical guitarist? Where did you study and what were the early days of your career like? My [...]
Concert Review: Oberon Guitar Trio at Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University
This is a guest post by: Brett Gunther, artistic director of the Classical Guitar Society of Calgary from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 The Oberon Guitar Trio (Murray Visscher, Brad Mahon, Ralph Maier) Monday, August 8th, 2011 Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University The first Guitarfestwest festival got started off on the right note [...]
Daniel Bolshoy Interviews Murray Visscher at Guitarfestwest 2011
This post is a guest post by Daniel Bolshoy from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 What could be better? A professional guitarist interviewing another! I’d like to thank both Daniel and Murray for this post and the other posts in the series. – Bradford Daniel Bolshoy Interviews Murray Visscher This conversation took place as [...]
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