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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 [...]

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GFA‪ Youth Winner 2011 – Xavier Jara

This talented young man deserves a good Canadian round of applause! Allegro from Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998 composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750): The Solo Lute Works (Koonce) (Sheet Music Plus) Xavier Jara – Allegro from PFA BWV 998 (Bach)‬‏ – YouTube. Allegro from Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998 composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) performed [...]

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2011 GFA Winner – Vladimir Gorbach and Competition Results for Youth & Senior

via: gtrfound.wordpress.com 2011 Guitar Foundation of America Competition Final Results GFA International Concert Artist Competition 1st Place: Vladimir Gorbach (Russia) 2nd Place: Andras Csaki (Hungary) 3rd Place: Damien Lancelle (France) 4th Place: Jeremy Collins (USA) GFA International Youth Competitions Junior Division 1st Place: Thomas Pfefer (USA) 2nd Place: Ashwin Krishna (USA) 3rd Place: Sergiu Hudrea [...]

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2011 Northwest Guitar Festival

Northwest Guitar Festival: April 7-9, 2011 Please join us for three action-packed at the 21st Northwest Guitar Festival taking place in Cheney-Spokane April 7-9 2011! The festival will include recitals/concerts, master classes and an internationally recognized guitar competition. The Competition is open to players 18 and over from British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and [...]

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The 2011 Yamaha 6 String Theory Guitar Competition

Folk, last year this was won by a Canadian classical guitarist. See the official page for details and sign up: www.sixstringtheory.com THE 2011 YAMAHA 6 STRING THEORY GUITAR COMPETITION Competition Begins February 15th! ~ Sign up here It is with great excitement that we’d like to announce the 2011 2nd annual Yamaha 6 String Theory [...]

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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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Eliot Fisk collaborating with Bill Frisell

Although classical guitarist Eliot Fisk and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell have known each other since they first met in Germany nearly 25 years ago, they’ve never performed together — until now. READ MORE via Eliot Fisk on collaborating with Bill Frisell and improvisation – Denver Music – Backbeat.

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Matthew G. Hinsley – A New Book and Some Special Workshops

Matthew Hinsley is becoming one of the great organizers and educators in North America, check out this message and his new book. Thanks Janet for forwarding this. Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that between now and the end of January Lulu.com is offering my new book, Creativity to Community: Arts Nonprofit Success One [...]

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2011 Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition

2011 Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition RiverCenter for the Performing Arts Columbus, Georgia June 28-July 3, 2011 Hosted by the Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University Artists:  Henderson-Kolk Duo, Alvaro Pierri, David Russell, Marko Feri, Paris Guitar Duo, Ioannis Andronoglou, Nigel North, David Starobin, Soloduo, Gaelle Solal, Paul Galbraith, Luigi Attademo, Rafael Aguirre, Juan [...]

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Canadian Tour: Classical Guitar, Flute and Violin from Japan

An Evening of Classical Guitar, Flute and Violin from Japan Presented by the Japan Foundation in co-operation with the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto Yasuji Ohagi (guitar) Kazunori Seo (flute) Gentaro Kagitomi (violin) The most sought-after Japanese performers bring their excellence in music making to Toronto in this unique ensemble of guitar, flute and violin. [...]

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