Canberra Classical Guitar Society

From the 26 July 2012 Canberra Times.  “Timothy Kain and Guitar Trek boldly go where no guitar group has gone before,” Peter Wilkins writes:

In 1987, Timothy Kain, head of guitar at the School of Music, dared to go where no guitarist had gone before. He and guitar-maker Graham Caldersmith dreamed of creating a guitar family, and so it was that Guitar Trek set out on a journey to explore new horizons in guitar music.

Twenty-five years later and with its fifth line-up of musicians joining Kain, Guitar Trek comprises Kain and three graduates of his course, Minh Le Hoang, winner of the 2010 Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, and Bradley Kunda and Matt Withers, who have also established a fine reputation as the Brew Guitar Duo. Continue reading →

Great news from the ANU School of Music about one of their guitar students.  In addition to this year’s impressive first place by Callum Henshaw, former winners of the Cordoba competition include Jacob Cordover (2006), Harold Gretton (2007), Bradley Kunda (2008) – ALL from the ANU guitar department, headed by Timothy Kain.

“On the 9th of July, Canberra born classical guitarist, Callum Henshaw, was awarded first prize in the IX Concurso Internacional de Guitarra – Festival de Córdoba, Spain.  He received grants from the ANU and the Friends of the School of Music to travel to Spain to participate in the Córdoba Guitar Festival and International Competition, which gathers some of the world’s best guitarists in an environment of education and learning.

“Callum started playing guitar at the age of 6 and has learned from a number of talented teachers, including Carolyn Kidd, Daniel McKay and Minh Le Hoang. He is currently studying for a Bachelor degree in Music Performance at the Australian National University’s School of Music under the tutelage of the world-renowned guitar pedagogue, Tim Kain.

“As part of his studies, Callum performs regularly at the School of Music, and often plays in Canberra’s various music venues. He has performed twice at the Canberra International Music Festival, both as a solo artist and giving the premiere performance of a Peter Sculthorpe work, Love Song, for guitar and string orchestra. Cal is also a member of the Canberra Guitar Quartet with other talented young guitarists Andrew Blanch, Campbell Diamond and Andrey Lebedev.” (http://music.anu.edu.au/news)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington and Head of the ANU School of Music Professor Adrian Walter gave this press conference on May 3 2012 regarding the proposed changes to the ANU School of Music Bachelor of Music program.  Click here to view the 30 minute announcement video.