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Category Archives: CCGS News
ANU School of Music guitarists win First and Second Prize in Adelaide
Australian National University School of Music student Andrey Lebedev was announced as the winner of the Adelaide International Classical Guitar Competition on Saturday 11 August at the 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival in the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Dunstan Playhouse. The … Continue reading
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“Plenty of Strings Attached” – Canberra Times – 7 April 2012
The ANU School of Music has the best guitar studies department in the Southern Hemisphere, Jennifer Kingma writes. (We already knew that!) Read more online at http://www.canberratimes.com.au
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Tim Kain National Tour 2012
Australia’s most renowned classical guitarist and teacher Timothy Kain will kick off his 2012 Australian solo tour with a premiere in the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, on Saturday, 14 April 2012 at 7:30pm. Tim’s concert will feature a range … Continue reading
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Steve Allen CD launch “About Time” on 11 April 2012
Canberra guitarist Steve Allen has just finalised his first CD About Time – a collection of pieces that represent some of the musicians who have inspired him to love making music. Tommy Emmanuel, Sting, Bach, Paco Peña and Django Reinhardt. … Continue reading
ABC Classic FM “Sunday Live” on 1 April 2012
Sunday Live is a year-long series of nationally broadcast, free public concerts staged by ABC Classic FM in a different capital city or regional centre each month. The April concerts are traditionally held in Canberra. The first of the Canberra … Continue reading
Flamenco guitar workshop with Andrew Veivers
Brisbane-based flamenco guitarist Andrew Veivers is coming to Canberra for the National Folk Festival and performing with the group Flamenco Fire. After the festival, he will conduct a workshop on Tuesday, 10 April, 6-8pm at Belconnen Arts Centre. Seating will … Continue reading
Classical Guitar Magazine features Brew Guitar Duo
The Brew Guitar Duo (Matthew Withers and Bradley Kunda) have been featured in a four-page interview in the October 2011 issue of UK-based Classical Guitar Magazine. The story, written by William Yeoman, highlights, among other things, the Duo’s newest CD … Continue reading
Duo 19 – Antony Field & Daniel McKay
Two of Australia’s most compelling virtuoso guitarists – Daniel McKay and Antony Field – join forces in a riveting combo of on-stage energy and spontaneous rapport which is exciting and unpredictable. Long-term members of Australia’s most respected guitar ensembles in … Continue reading
JGO visits Canberra
The Youth Guitar Orchestra (JGO) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany made a lasting impression on Canberra concert-goers at their performance on 5 September at Wesley Uniting Church. They are pictured here with conductor/guitarist Christian Wernicke who led the second half of the … Continue reading
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Epiphanies! Jonathan Paget and Lisa Harper-Brown
In a stunning collaboration between two award-winning Australian musicians – soprano Lisa Harper-Brown and classical guitarist Jonathan Paget – “Epiphanies” presents an enthrallingly dramatic program for guitar and voice, including works by Argento, Britten and Brouwer. Of particular note is … Continue reading
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