Classical GuitarFest West 2012: Calgary’s Classical Guitar Festival Official website (below is only an excerpt): Classical GuitarFest West (Calgary) Aug. 13 – 18, 2012 Monday – Saturday A week of ‘guitar immersion’ in the Southern Alberta foothills, guaranteed to excite and inspire young guitar students and emerging classical guitar performers aged 13 and older with a [...]
Classical Guitar Society of Calgary and Pro Musica Society presents: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Alberta Post #2 regarding the LAGQ quartet. They are also playing in Edmonton. I posted a different video so you’d at least get that out of the repetition. Those Alberta guitar societies are great because they work together (or at least piggyback campaigns in some way) to bring in great artists. It would be great to [...]

Guitar Society of Calgary presents Rich Savino
The Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents: Rich Savino Saturday January 29, 2011, 8:00 PM Mount Royal University Leacock Theatre 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary www.classicalguitarsocietyofcalgary.com/ In 1982 Mr. Savino was chosen twice by Maestro Andres Segovia to perform in master-classes at the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland and at the Metropolitan Museum [...]

Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents: Pia Gazarek-Offermann
The Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents: German guitarist – Pia Gazarek-Offermann Saturday November 20, 2010 8:00PM St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 1121 14th Avenue SW At age four, Pia began to play the violin and took up the guitar when she was nine. She attended the prestigious East German Spezial School of Music and, also [...]

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, [...]

Calgary Bach Festival Society: Ralph Maier
Sunday, September 26, 2010 Scarboro United Church, 3:00 pm 134 Scarboro Avenue SW Sponsored by Calgary Bach Festival Society, not included in CGSC subscription Ralph Maier We would like to announce that our friends at the Calgary Bach Festival Society will be featuring Calgarian guitarist Ralph Maier. Ralph is currently the head of the guitar [...]

Peter Powell and Brett Gunther
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010 Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Location: St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Street: 21 14 Ave. SW City/Town: Calgary, AB Peter Powell and Brett Gunther have teamed up to present a selection of pieces by Bach, Tarrega, Rodrigo, Domeniconi and more. Admission will be by donation (suggested donation $15-$20).

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. [...]
Alice in Wonderland – Oberon Guitar Trio
The Oberon Guitar Trio performs movements I and II of Claude Gagnon’s “Alice au pays des merveilles.” First of three videos. Oberon Guitar Trio (Calgary, Alberta) Website: http://www.oberonguitartrio.com/ Murray Visscher, Brad Mahon, Ralph Maier Alice in Wonderland (mvmts.I & II) – The Oberon Guitar Trio Alice in Wonderland (mvmt.III) – The Oberon Guitar Trio Alice [...]
Classical Guitar Society of Calgary presents CGSC Showcase
CGSC Showcase (click for more info) Saturday May 8, 2010 St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 8:00 pm 1121- 14th Avenue, SW Adults $25, Students/Seniors $15 Members $15
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