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Donate your used strings – The Second Strings Project
The Second Strings Project, started in 1999, is a campaign to collect and distribute used guitar strings to needy musicians throughout the world. This effort will help keep musical creativity alive in countries that might otherwise die.¬† Details about the … Continue reading
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Lance Litchfield guitars
Brisbane-based, Australian luthier Lance Litchfield will be bringing some of his superb instruments to Canberra in October.¬† Guitar Society members and guests will have an opportunity to talk with Lance and listen to his guitars at our monthly meeting on … Continue reading
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John Couch and Judith Hickel – CD available
For those of you who missed the recent Canberra concert¬† (and also for the lucky ones who enjoyed the excellent performance) by the renowned duo of New Zealand guitarist John Couch and Australian violinist Judith Hickel, you can get a … Continue reading
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McDonalds Sydney Eisteddfod 2010 winners
Congratulations to Andrew Blanch and Victor Matthews for respective first prize wins in the Classical Guitar (open age) and Classical Guitar (12 and under) categories last month.¬†¬†¬† In addition, Victor received a “highly commended” mention in the 16 and under … Continue reading
Landscape – Australian Guitar Duets
LANDSCAPE: Australian Guitar Duets by the Brew Guitar Duo is out now. Canberra guitarists Bradley Kunda and Matthew Withers perform all Australian works by composers Nigel Westlake, Phillip Houghton, Richard Charlton & Robert Davidson, as well as Canberra’s own guitarist/composers … Continue reading
Gretton wins first prize at Mertz competition
Harold Gretton has won 1st prize in the 7th International Guitar Competition of J.K. Mertz. The contest was held in Bratislava, Slovakia at the end of June 2010.¬† The prize is 6 concerts, 1000 euros and the complete works of … Continue reading
Performers Concert
Here are two photos from our 27 June Performers Concert.  Leslie Spencer leads the orchestra and Matthew Towicz performs Tango en Skai by Roland Dyens.
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Classical Guitar Magazine review – “The Fall of Birds”
Minh Le Hoang‘s solo CD “The Fall of Birds,” released in 2008, was recently reviewed by Classical Guitar Magazine. Here is an excerpt: “Unbelievably, and this is happening quite regularly with these privately released recordings, there are no details as … Continue reading
Aleksandr Tsiboulski CD – Australian Guitar Music
Adelaide-based, Ukranian born classical guitarist Aleksandr Tsiboulski‘s new CD is being featured this week on ABC Classic FM as CD of the Week with these comments, “Aleksandr Tsiboulski is first-prize winner in numerous competitions including the 2006 Tokyo International Guitar … Continue reading
Guitar Trek concert – ABC Sunday Live Broadcast
Canberra-based Guitar Trek ensemble (Timothy Kain, Minh Le Hoang, Bradley Kunda and Matthew Withers) performed a terrific¬† live-to-air broadcast as part of the ABC Sunday Live broadcast program.¬† The 11 April concert from Llewellyn Hall at the ANU School of … Continue reading
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