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Need Guitar Lessons? Looking for a classical guitar teacher in or near Savannah, Georgia, USA?
Famous/Favorite Composers of Classical Guitar Repertoire: Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, Fernando Sor, Heitor Villa-lobos.
Gatherings for Savannah guitarists- contact me for more information...
Review of Alhambra guitars: In September of 2009 I had the good fortune to try out several models of Alhambra Guitars. I explored four models over several days and wound up inviting a group of local guitarists over to also have a look...
New - Guitar Video Links - Ideas Worth Sharing (TED) and more.
Updated - 2012 Concert news below... | Instrumental Music Links
Recent Classical Guitar News &
Classical Guitar Festival Announcements
2012
Spring 2012 - Two fabulous guitarist are scheduled for the 2012 Savannah Music Festival: Milos Karadaglic (Classical guitar, March 30, 2012 at the Telfair Academy - a great venue for the guitar IMO) and Paco de Lucia (Flamenco guitar, April 7, 2012) You can locate many videos of these two artists - here are a few suggestions: 1) GuitarWorld - lessons with Milos and 2) Youtube video of Paco de Lucia. Of course, the Savannah Music Festival includes many more wonderful artists so make your plans now! :)
June 26-July 1, 2012 - It's time to plan for the 2012 Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition which will be held in Charleston, SC (USA.) Among the many wonderful artists is Italian Guitarist Cristiano Porqueddu - Cristiano has expressed interest in performing at additional venues during his visit - contact him via his web site for additional information.
May 30-June 2, 2012 The Parkening International Guitar Competition will be held from May 30-June 2, 2012. Eligible classical guitarists ages 18-30 (born on or after May 29, 1982) are invited to apply. The Parkening Young Guitarist Competition will be held on May 29 and May 30, 2012. It helps to identify outstanding young guitarists (17 years and younger) and encourages them to continue their performance careers and study.
2011
Friday, October 7, 800 PM, Brian Luckett performs at the ARTworks Community Art Center, 2127 Boundary St., Suite 18A,Beaufort Town Center (Beaufort, SC) tickets, $10.00 www.artworksinbeaufort.org
Sunday, October 23, 300 PM, Brian Luckett performs at the Skidaway Island United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway, Savannah, GA 31411, Free Admission www.siumc.org/concertseries
Fall 2011 - September 6, 7:00 PM Texas Guitar Quartet Troubadour Series, Wofford College, Spartenburg, SC
Winter/Spring 2011 - Troubadour Series, Wofford College, Spartenburg, SC (note, search for 'Troubadour Series' if needed...)
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2011 Feb 11 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Solo Guitar: Yuri Liberzon
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2011 Mar 18 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Solo Guitar: Genevieve Leitner
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2011 Apr 6 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Guitars Without Borders
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2011 Apr 18 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Portland Guitar Duo
February 26 and 27, 2011 - Columbus, Georgia. The 12th Annual Columbus State University Guitar Competition & Symposium. Concerts, master classess, lectures - Artists include: Xuefei Yang, Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo, Jan Bartlema, Dr. Kevin Manderville, and Andrew Zohn, Director.
April 1-3, 2011 - (Friday - Sunday) - Appalachian Guitar Festival, Boone, NC. Guest Artists include: Elliot Frank, Alan Mearns, Andy Page Trio, and Matt Palmer.
June 3-5, 2011 - Memphis. Tennessee (USA.) Memphis International guitar Festival and Competition - concerts, master classes and competition; artists include: Lily Afshar, Edoardo Catemario, Ernesto Tamayo and Cyrus Forough (violin.)
June 28-July 3, 2011 - Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition. Location: RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, Columbus, Georgia (USA); Hosted by the Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University. Artists/Lecturers include: Alberto Mesirca, Alvaro Pierri, Colin Thurmond, David Russell, David Starobin, Duo46 , Gaelle Solal, Galen Wixson, Henderson-Kolk Duo, Ioannis Andronoglou, Jeffrey McFadden, Jim McCutcheon, Keith Calmes, Kolk Duo, Luigi Attademo, Matanya Ophee, Matthew Gould, Michael Dias, Nigel North, Paris Guitar, Paul Galbraith, Rafael Aguirre, Ren Merry, Ricardo Cobo, Scott Tennant, Soloduo , Stephen Goss, Steven Walter, The Czar's, Thomas Heck, Tom Amoriello.
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The 2009 Parkening International Guitar Competition documentary will debut on Tuesday, July 13 [2010], at 10 p.m. [PDT], on PBS television station KCET in Los Angeles. The program will be repeated on Sunday, July 18, at 2:30 p.m. Pending funding, the next Parkening Competition will be held in May 2012. Details will be announced by December 2010. (I will guess that we might also see this on other PBS stations at some point...)
For more information, please visit: http://arts.pepperdine.edu/parkening/
Video links moved to this page.
Classical Guitar Articles and Links
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Classical Guitar Concerts in or near Savannah, GA (USA) |
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March 19, 2010 - The Assad Brothers performed in Savannah during the Savannah Music Festival. |
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Other East Coast Guitar Events
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Contact the WebMaster if you are interested in supporting future classical guitar events in the Savannah, Georgia area.
Classical Guitar Mailing Lists (discussion & announcement lists)Gunnar Eisel's World GuitaristOther Classical Guitar Pages and LinksHyms for the Guitar ProjectGuitar music from Argentina and Uruguay - Free scores - this is a wonderful collection of new guitar repertoire. |
East Coast Classical Guitar Events 2007-8Announcements and comments from Angelo Gilardino on the "Segovia Archive" series of new publications of works discovered in the Segovia Archives (also links to postings by AG.). Updated 3/2003
Recordings of the Studies of Angelo Gilardino
12/2006 - Angelo Gilardino retires as music editor and is now focused on composing... 19th Century French Guitar (images)
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International Classical Guitar Music FestivalsMay 28-30, 2009 - The Parkening
International Guitar Competition, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA,
USA. The judges for this year's competition include: Nancy
Allen, principal harpist with the New York Philharmonic; Manuel
Barrueco, world-famous guitar virtuoso; Stephanie L. Challener,
publisher of Musical America Worldwide; Thomas Frost, Grammy
Award-winning record producer; and Costa Pilavachi, former
president of EMI Classics. This event is held every three years (beginning
in 2006) with previous finalists: Pablo Sainz-Villegas, Roberto
Moron Perez, and Petrit Ceku. A
competition for young guitarists (ages 17 and younger) will be held May
26-27, 2009. June 16-21, 2009 - GFA International Convention and Competition 2009, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, (USA.) Evening Concerts: Eduardo Isaac, Roberto Aussel, Eden-Stell Duo, Andrew York, Daniel Binelli, Marco Pereira, Adam del Monte. Morning/Afternoon Concerts: Ryoanji Duo, Adam del Monte, Lynn McGrath and Tantalus Quartet, Elena Papandreou, Tango de Camara, Gabriel Bianco and Nicholas Goluses/Bonita Boyd, Ismo Eskalinen and Newman/Oltman Duo. |
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A Visit to Italy (2003)
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Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Festival and Competition Photos Columbus, Georgia, USA - October 2006 - several photographs are included in the 2007 (fall) edition of Soundboard (Volume XXXIII. Nos. 1-2. 2007.)
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