Hello Friends! The CGS Ensemble and Artistic Director Dave Giardina invite you to attend our autumn concert featuring an intriguing collection of guitar solos, quartets, original arrangements and more. Visitors may also enjoy touring the historic house and grounds of this beautiful setting.  Please see the reservation information listed below  Tickets are $10. Phelps Hatheway House 55 South Main St., Suffield, CT Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 4:00 pm  Reservations are [...]

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Hi everybody- Guy and I have spent a good part of this past winter producing a performance video to celebrate our 45 years of playing together. It will be presented by Amazing Things Arts Center (ATAC) this Friday, April 30th, at 8PM EDT. (Way to give advance notice, Bill!). Making the video was a lot of fun as well as being an "exciting and highly educational experience." (Translation: "OMG- I had no idea how much time and effort this would entail!") But 45 years? Really? If you do the [...]

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Read the article on Julian Bream by clicking the link below: Julian Bream_ Spellbinding Talent, Inquisitive Taste - WSJ

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International Flamenco guitarists  VAL RAMOS and  JOSE RAMOS  will be teaching five weekly master classes for Flamenco guitar beginners starting on Sunday, June 7 until Sunday, July 5, 2020. These classes will provide an introduction to basic Flamenco guitar technique--"rasgueado" (basic strumming), "picado," arpeggios, trémolo, and thumb work--as well as learning a few Flamenco forms (Sevillanas, Farruca, and Soleares). Through these master classes, you'll learn some of [...]

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The CGS Guitar Ensemble is currently seeking new members. The ensemble meets every other Wednesday in West Hartford and is open to all ages and levels beyond beginner. Anyone wishing to join a fun group of guitarists playing easy pieces of music, please contact Dave Giardina via phone or email: 860.573.0406 dave@davegmusic.com

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The Amuse Blues Jazz Trio will perform on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 4 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Society: east 153 Vernon Street West, Manchester, CT. Paul Shumsky, guitarist, Ryan Ford, double bassist, and  Steve Dauphinais, drummer, present a relaxing afternoon of jazz featuring music ranging from Cole Porter and Kurt Weill to Henry Mancini and Gabriel Faure. Suggested donation: $15, no one turned away. For more information please visit uuse.org

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Trio Camino will play a special concert at the Four Corners Theatre in Tiverton at 7:00 on Friday, Oct. 11. The program will feature music from Greece, Spain and Mexico. Please visit www.triocamino.com for more information on this fantastic group.

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The 27th American Mandolin & Guitar Summer School will be held June 24-29, 2019, on the beautiful waterfront campus of Roger Williams University in Bristol RI. Our program is geared to classical guitarists and mandolinists who read music and want develop their musicianship, the ability to move beyond merely playing correct notes to actually interpreting music– Classical, Brazilian, Baroque– with skill, passion, and an ear for appropriate performance practice. Our students [...]

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The Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Joseph Ricker, presents Spring Concerts on May 31 & June 1, 2019. Featuring the music of James Brown and Antonio Carlos Jobim; also including works by Bartok, Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos and surf guitar classics. Presented by the Northampton Center for the Arts at the newly opened 33 Hawley Street, Northampton, MA 01060. Click for directions. Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June1, 2019 8:00 PM (doors at 7:30 PM) Tickets available at the [...]

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Pump House Music Works 1:00-2:00 Registration 3:30-6:00 Masterclass: Dimitris Kotranakis 3:30-6:00 Masterclass: An Tran 3:30-6:00 Masterclass: Maarten Stragier 6:30-7:30 Welcome address and reception 8:00-10:00 Concert: Providence Mandolin Orchestra (soloist, Adam Levin), Redmond O’Toole, Gaelle Solal 9:30-10:00 Meet the artists, CD Signing University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center 9:00-9:30 Welcome Address: Mark Conley 9:30-12:30 Masterclass: Matthew Rohde 9:30-12:30 [...]

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When: Saturday, November 3 at 2 PM  Where: Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Woodbridge, CT  Tickets: $30 in advance, $40 at door (light reception and refreshments included in admission price). When: Sunday, November 4 at 3 PM  Where: Congregation Beth Israel, 701 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford  Tickets: $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, free for children under 12. For more information on the artist, please visit: www.tariqharb.com[...]

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On May 19th, 2018, 7:30 p.m. at First Church of Christ, Scientist 48 Park St. in Guilford, CT and on May 20th, 2018, 5:00 p.m. at Church of the Holy Spirit, 32 Church St. West Haven, CT Sir Charles Productions will present Chicago classical guitarist, Steve Klein, tenor Thomas Heilman and pianist Bill Braun in a program of English and Hispanic music for solo guitar, guitar and voice and piano and voice. Composers include Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Barrios-Mangore, Lauro, Dowland, de Falla and [...]

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The Northwest Park Concert Series concludes its’ spring schedule with guitarist and composer Gil Gutierrez on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 7:30 PM at the Northwest Park Nature Center in Windsor. Mexican guitar virtuoso and composer Gil Gutierrez has made his home in San Miguel de Allende for many years, his music and playing have attracted attention throughout the Americas and Europe through his many CD’s, film scores , and concert appearances. Since 2007 Mr. Gutierrez has directed and [...]

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On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 5 PM, Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux and internationally acclaimed composer, bandoneónist, and accordionist Julien Labro join forces for a performance on the Robbie Collomore Concert Series at the Chester Meeting House (4 Liberty Street, Chester, CT). Following their triumph at this summer’s Caramoor Festival in New York, Vieaux and Labro are hitting the road for a series of performances this fall, celebrating the success of their second album, [...]

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Oscar Ghiglia will be conducting a master class on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at the Hartt School 200 Bloomfield Ave. W. Hartford. The class is from 3:00-5:00 PM and will be held in Berkman Auditorium in the Hartt School. Performers will be guitar majors from the Hartt School. The public is invited and the event is free.

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'Sunday Stage' is a monthly meeting for members and their friends hosted by CGS board member, Tim Maynard at his Highland Guitar Studio in Manchester, CT. Throughout the concert season (Sept.-May), guitarists and friends gather to talk about guitars, music and have a chance to play in an informal setting. Times for all dates are 2-4pm. Light refreshments will be served. The studio is located within Hilliard Mills at 642 Hilliard Street, Suite 1203, Manchester, CT 06042. For more info, call [...]

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For the first time in West Hartford, acclaimed guitarist Daniel Salazar will bring his spectacular GUITAR UNDER THE STARS program to University of Saint Joseph! This year's program will highlight the fusion of World Music Styles in a remarkable multicultural artistic collaboration. Salazar will be performing his original music and brilliant symphonic arrangements with an impressive group of international musicians. This grand event also includes outstanding local talent. Joining the program [...]

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“It's hard to imagine a more impressive and passionate rendering of Malian music on classical guitar.” —Afropop Worldwide South African musician Derek Gripper conjures anew a centuries-old musical heritage, interpreting kora (21 string harp) compositions for solo classical guitar. He has created a repertoire of arrangements of African music, based on transcriptions of works by Toumani Diabaté, Ali Farka Touré, and others. Other influences on Mr. Gripper include [...]

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