The weekly Canadian update. The “Girls Night Out” with Emma Rush, Tracy Anne Smith, and Eva Beneke is pretty cool, two concerts in one day! Nice one! To be included on these posts simply let me know about news, links, and concert in Canada by emailing: admin@classicalguitarcanada.ca Links: Northwest Guitar Festival 2012 – Cancelled Emma Rush has a [...]
Tag Archives: Michael Dias
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 [...]
End of the Week Review (Nov 20th, 2011)
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. [...]
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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Jesus is Coming by Jacob TV arr for guitars by Alexander Dunn
Movie Night posts happen every Wednesday…despite this being Thursday. My web server got hacked last week and it’s been taking me forever to clean things up. Sorry to anyone who got redirected to Russian gambling sites over the past week (unless you had a blast gambling). All fixed now… Anyway, last spring Alexander Dunn, Michael [...]
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VCM Guitar Quartet at St. Barnabas Church
Music at Church of Saint Barnabas June 5, 2011 3:00pm St. Barnabas church, Victoria BC Location: 1525 Begbie Street Corner of Belmont Ave. and Begbie St., by Stadacona Park Guitarists Alexander Dunn, Bradford Werner, Michael Dias & Adrian Verdejo, and guest Emma Zabloski perform an exciting concert including Temporal Waves by Vancouver composer Jordan Nobles, [...]
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Spotlight: Douglass Scott – Luthier
Luthier Douglass Scott Website (photos, bio, philosophy): www.scottclassicalguitars.com Location: Ladysmith, BC, Canada Douglass Scott has built guitars for a number of players that I’ve worked with. I play in a duo and trio with Michael Dias and his primary instrument is Scott guitar. I’ve been, previous to this year, playing a Stephen Connor guitar which are [...]
John Oliver Guitar Quartet – Prismophony
For the composition of the week I’m featuring Vancouver composer John Oliver and a recent concert I performed in (see video below). This is movement IV. John Oliver Vancouver Website: www.johnolivermusic.com Canada Music Centre: John Oliver at the CMC Guitar Solos (25); Guitar Duos (6); Guitar Quartets (1); Guitar Concerto (1); Guitar in chamber ensembles [...]
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Alexander Dunn, Bradford Werner, Adrian Verdejo, and Michael Dias perform Goss
Hey look it’s me! Guitarists Alexander Dunn, Adrian Verdejo, Michael Dias and Bradford Werner perform ‘Under Milk Wood Variations’ (1989) by composer Stephen Goss. With narration by Fran Gebhard and Conrad Alexandrovicz. Performed live in recital at the Alix Gooldin Hall in Victoria, BC Canada. This set of miniatures, for guitar quartet and narrator, evokes [...]
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Victoria Conservatory of Music presents Multimedia Guitars
Victoria Conservatory of Music presents Multimedia Guitars Sunday, March 6, 2:30pm Goolden Hall at the Victoria Conservatory of Music $15 general/$10 students &seniors Guitarists Alexander Dunn, Bradford Werner, Michael Dias & Adrian Verdejo merge in an exciting and eclectic event combining music, dance and theatre! Soft impressionistic waves of color wash over Temporal Waves [...]
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