It is with great pleasure that I welcome Peter Powell as a contributor to the site. Peter is an excellent guitarist and a person that you’ll certainly want to keep an eye on. I met him a few years back at the Northwest Festival and through a mutual acquaintance, the wonderful teacher and guitarist Murray [...]
Tag Archives: Brad Mahon
End of the Week Review (Oct 30, 2011)
This week I’ll be trying to update the festival and academy listings on the 2012 Events and Concert page so check that out later in the week. I put out a general call for articles and news and got some great responses so there will be some great guest posts coming in the next few weeks. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Classical Guitar in Calgary & Guitarfestwest by Murray Visscher
I’ve known Murray Visscher for years and he was one of my first “real” classical guitar teachers after moving to the coast when I was eighteen. He’s inspired and produced many great students and is a fine player himself. You can purchase his latest recording here: Murray Visscher - The Early Romantic Guitar (de fossa, Giuliani, [...]
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Mount Royal University – Classical GuitarFest West
Looks like Murray Visscher and the Calgary gang have a new Guitar Festival. Looks excellent! VISIT THE OFFICIAL CLASSICAL GUITARFEST WEST WEBSITE: www.mtroyal.ca Classical GuitarFest West Aug. 8 – 12, 2011 A week of ‘guitar immersion’ in the Southern Alberta foothills, guaranteed to excite and inspire young guitar students and emerging classical guitar performers aged [...]
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Murray Visscher (CD release) and The East West Guitar Duo
Concert & CD Release: The East West Guitar Duo and Murray Visscher Leacock Theater, MRU, 4825 Richard Rd SW Calgary Time: 7:00 pm Date: Sunday Oct 24/2010 The East West Guitar duo, featuring Calgary’s Brad Mahon and Brantford’s Patrick Feely, perform works by Brouwer, Machado and L’hoyer. Murray Visscher performs solo pieces from his new cd, [...]
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CD Review: Oberon Guitar Trio – Music of Our Time
The Oberon Guitar Trio Music of Our Time © Copyright-The Oberon Guitar Trio Record Label: Titania Music and Discs Recorded in the Joyce and Quentin Doolittle Fine Arts Studio, University of Calgary, June 16-21, 2009. Artist Website: www.oberonguitartrio.com Performers: Murray Visscher, Brad Mahon, Ralph Maier Repertoire: Alice au pays des merveilles by Claude Gagnon (b. [...]
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Northwest Guitar Festival 2010 – Conclusion
by Bradford Werner The last few days have been busy in Victoria, BC. The 2010 Northwest Guitar Festival took place at he Victoria Conservatory of Music with artists, composers, and presenters. I played in three concerts which made the weekend an exhausting but very exciting weekend. Performers include: PEPE ROMERO Alexander Dunn (director) Victoria Guitar [...]
