Another fun week in Canada. Plenty of concerts this week. I myself have a concert today. I’m playing some David Loeb along with Douglas Hensley and Michael Dias, some of Hetu’s double concerto with Dias, as well as Reich’s electric counterpoint. Also, I’ll be conducting John Cage’s Imaginary Landscape No 4 for 12 radios…good fun. [...]
Tag Archives: Jerome Ducharme
An Interview with Jérôme Ducharme
A big thank you to Peter Powell and Jérôme Ducharme! Peter is studying at McGill and generously offered this interview. I’ve seen Peter perform and he is a guitarist to keep a look out for. I’m looking forward to seeing more from him! I think Jérôme Ducharme is well known to most of you. You [...]
End of the Week Review (Nov.6, 2011)
Late November is another busy concert time for Canada. GFA winner Johannes Moller is making the rounds back East while on his GFA tour. A big thanks to Peter Powell who is writing two posts on Jerome Ducharme, look for the interview next week. On a personal note I’ve been super busy completing some of [...]
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Jérôme Ducharme at McGill University
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 [...]
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: Jerome Ducharme at Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University
This post is by Calgary contributor Murray Visscher from a series of posts pertaining to Guitarfestwest 2011 Jerome Ducharme Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University Having been invited to teach and perform at five consecutive festivals in 2011, Jerome Ducharme is having the busiest summer of his career. At his Wednesday evening performance at Calgary’s [...]
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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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Jerome Ducharme: Practice Routine For Guitar Champions From GFA Winner
After Jérôme Ducharme’s recent concert in Wichita, he discussed guitars, repertoire, technique and more with John Francis and an internet audience. In this video, Jérôme discusses the practice routine that helped him win the championship and exercises that he recommends for aspiring young guitarists. http://jeromeducharme.ca http://wichitaguitar.com http://chainedsky.com
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Jerome Duchare: Live concert on the internet! (Concert live sur internet!)
Guitarist Jérôme Ducharme will perform a solo concert as part of the 2011 Guest Artist Series. Jerome is the first prize winner of the 2005 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Competition. Tickets $20.00 / Buy Three Tickets At Regular Price And Get One Free WGS Members, Students and Senior Tickets are only $15. http://wichitaguitar.com/wgs_guitar_events.html [...]
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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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