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End of the Week Review (January 8, 2012)

Happy New Year to all Classical Guitar Canada readers! I had a wonderful holiday in Cuba! You can see some pictures here. In Havana we saw some pretty great music and guitarists… There is not too much to report from this week but there are some great concerts coming up. I’m looking forward to performing [...]

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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 [...]

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End of the week in Canada – August 13th

After years of making individual concert posts I’ve created an events page: Visit the new Concerts and Events : 2011 Events Objectives: To post concerts by guitar societies, music series, or individual artists. Help me update this page by emailing: admin@classicalguitarcanada.ca A useful tool for artists and agents planning to concertize in Canada allowing them to see [...]

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Guitar Society of Toronto presents Classical Guitarist Francisco Bernier

Website: www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com Phone number: 416-964-8298 Event Details Sunday August 28, 2011 3pm Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto Price $25 Ticket Purchase: PayPal, see Website, or at the door (cash only) Francisco Bernier is considered by critics as one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation. He has performed in over 30 countries around [...]

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Eli Kassner awarded and honoured

via Heather Morand Clark Eli Kassner, the founder of the Guitar Society of Toronto, has been inducted into the GFA Hall of Fame. See: www.guitarfoundation.org/drupal/node/4240 He is also being given an honorary doctorate from Carleton University. Here is the link for the Carleton University press release: www1.carleton.ca/newsroom/news-releases/carleton-university-honours-10-outstanding-canadians-at-spring-convocation-june-7-to-10/ You have to scroll down to the June 10th ceremony to [...]

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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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Toronto Guitar Society presents Edel Munoz, John Williams, and more!

Upcoming concerts in March 2011 from the Guitar Society of Toronto There are two concerts listed below, which are part of our weekend Symposium. Make sure to check out the rest via the link below. Edel Munoz started guitar studies at the age of 7 and graduated in 1994 from the National School of Music [...]

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Toronto Guitar Society: Symposium featuring John Williams

Looks like a great festival of concerts and lectures. Also check the Guitar Society of Toronto presents SoloDuo coming up on Saturday February 19th, 2011 8pm. The Following information is from: www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com/concertseason.html Toronto Guitar Society – Symposium featuring John Williams Featuring John Williams, Edel Muñoz, Jeffrey McFadden, Andrew Zohn, Jack Silver, and the Toronto Guitar Orchestra [...]

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Guitar Society of Toronto presents SoloDuo

Guitar Society of Toronto presents Italian classical guitar duo SoloDuo ( Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli ) Website: www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com Phone number: 416-964-8298 Event Details Saturday February 19th, 2011 8pm Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto Price: $25 General, Members/seniors $20, Students, Sr members $15 Ticket Purchase: PayPal, see Website, or at the door Matteo Mela [...]

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Guitar Society of Toronto presents Marc Teicholz

Event Name: Guitar Society of Toronto presents classical guitarist Marc Teicholz Website Link: http://www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com Phone number: 416-964-8298 Event Details: Saturday January 15th, 2011 8pm Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto Price: $25 General, Members/seniors $20, Students, Sr members $15 Ticket Purchase: PayPal, see Website, or at the door Guitarist Marc Teicholz was awarded first prize [...]

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