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Concerts and Events in Metro Vancouver Area

    Oct, 2010

  • Sun, 31, 1:30 pm - James Reid Recital - Arbutus Music Academy, Vancouver
  • Classical guitar recital

  • Sat, 30, 10:30 am – 3:00 pm - VCGS Student Festival, Vancouver
  • Student performance and masterclass

    July, 2010

  • Sun, 18, 3:00 - 3:45 pm - City of Burnaby Summer Sundays Program (Ming Huang, guitar) - Civic Square, Burnaby
  • Baroque, classic, romantic, contemporary, and Chinese music on the classical guitar

    June, 2010

  • Sun, June 13, Students 3:30 – 5:30 pm, Adults 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Quaker Meeting House, 1070 West 70th Avenue
  • VCGS Open Stage 2010. Nylon-string guitar performers of all levels are invited to participate! Solo and ensemble performances encouraged.

  • Saturday, June 12, 1 pm to 5 pm, Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
  • First Annual Carlo Aonzo Vancouver Mandolin Workshop
    Improve your technique and learn more about the history of this beautiful instrument.
    This workshop is a rare opportunity to learn from one of the world’s top classical mandolinists. Carlo Aonzo of Savona, Italy – performer, recording artist, conductor, arranger, musicologist and instructor – has led many such sessions in Europe and in the U.S. Now here is a world-class workshop you can attend without leaving town.
    The workshop, designed to benefit intermediate to advanced players, will include technical exercises, some music to work on as a group, and an interesting historical presentation.
    Sign up now for Carlo’s first-ever Vancouver workshop. The cost is $50 and a limited number of places are available. For more information and to register, contact Linda Bull by email at bull.linda@gmail.com or by phone at 778-898-0688.
    To learn more about Carlo: www.aonzo.com www.myspace.com/carloaonzo Maestro Aonzo will also be giving a free presentation on the history of the mandolin at the Italian Institute of Culture (500-510 West Hastings Street, Vancouver) on Thursday, June 10 at 6:15 pm. No pre-registration required, just show up! (www.iicvancouver.esteri.it)

    May, 2010

  • Sun, May 9, 4:00 pm - St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 1805 Larch Street at 2nd Avenue
  • Chroma Duo, Tracy Anne Smith & Rob MacDonald, http://www.tracyannesmith.com/ChromaDuo.html

    April, 2010

  • Sun, Apr 25, 8:00 pm - UBC School of Music
  • Tyler Belding, If, Pendant, Anniversary Song and The Lizards of Eraclea by Ralph Towner, Cinco Piezas by Astor Piazzolla, 7 Preludes by Francesco Tarrega, Serenade by Mauro Giuliani (violin and guitar) and Micro Piezas by Leo Brouwer (guitar duet with Aquizamin Garcia)

  • Sun, Apr 25, 11:00 am - UBC School of Music
  • Scott Wrixon, Leyenda and Cordoba by Isaac Albeniz, Dos Aires Candomberos by Maximo Diego Pujol (with flute), Epitafios 3 and 4 by Mikis Theodorakis, Torija and Alba de Tormes By F. Moreno-Torroba and Koyunbaba by Carlo Domeniconi

  • Sat, Apr 24, 2:00 pm - UBC School of Music
  • Konstantin Bozhinov, Grand Sonata by Nicolo Paganini, Suite Espanola by Santiago de Murcia, Una Dia de Novembre and Danza del Altiplano by Leo Brouwer, Can She Excuse, Come Again, Now O Now by John Dowland (with tenor)

  • Fri, Apr 23, 7:30 pm - The Montreal Guitar Trio (MG3) at Auditorium - Langley Campus
  • The 13th Annual Fraser Valley Acoustic Guitar Festival is pleased to present The Montreal Guitar Trio (MG3).
    Details: http://www.kwantlen.ca/guitar.html
    Auditorium - Langley Campus, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 20901 Langley Bypass Langley, BC

  • Thu, Apr 22 - 25, - CHORO: THE SWEET LAMENT OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC
  • Featuring Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso
    Workshop: April 22 – 25, 2010
    Concert: April 24, 2010, 7:30pm
    http://www.centrum.org/admin/regforms.html

  • Sun, Apr 18, 2:00 pm - UBC School of Music
  • Naithan Bosse, Sonata by Alberto Ginastera, Suite by Jacques Hetu, Coastal Lines by Marc Armanini, Two Dances and Fugue by Robert Benedict and Inferno by Naithan Bosse

  • Sat, Apr 17, 2:00 pm - UBC School of Music
  • Denise Peters, Decamarron Negro by Leo Brouwer, Suite en Recuerdo by Jose Luis Merlin, Café 1930 by Astor Piazzolla (oboe and guitar) and Danza Mora by Allan Alexander

  • Sat, Apr 17 - Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival/CLASSICAL GUITAR
  • Details: http://www.vkmfestivals.org/

  • Fri, Apr 16 - The Alliance for Arts and Culture
  • VCGS AGM & Guitar Social Night

    March, 2010

  • Tue, Mar 16, 8:00 pm - UBC School of Music
  • Aquizamin Garcia, Concerto Elegiaco and Sonata by Leo Brouwer, Variations on a Theme of Sor by Miguel Llobet, Pavana and Continuum by John Oliver, Lob der Thränen by J. K. Mertz and Colombian Suite by Gentil Montana

  • Mon, Mar 16, 3:00 pm - UBC School of Music Room 301
  • Master Class with Daniel Bolshoy

  • Mon, Mar 15, 2:00 pm - Douglas College Music Department Room 3219
  • Master Class with Daniel Bolshoy

    February, 2010

  • Sun, Feb 7, 3:30 pm - St. Mark's Anglican Church, 1807 Larch Street Vancouver
  • GFA Winner Dimitri Illarionov's Recital

    January, 2010

  • Sat, Jan 23 - UBC Recital Hall
  • Very happy to report that the guitarist Aquizamin Garcia was one of the highest rated performers in the first round of the UBC Concerto Competition. The finals are open to the public and are on Saturday, January 23rd in the UBC Recital Hall. Aquizamin is scheduled for 3:40 and will be performing the Concerto Elegiaco by Leo Brouwer.

    December, 2009

  • Sat, Dec 12, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - the Arts Building at 464 South Fletcher Road in Gibsons
  • Celso Machado will be offering a Brazilian guitar master class for intermediate to advanced players. Registration is online at www.artsbuilding.org or by phone at 1 604 886 6610.

    November, 2009

  • Fri, Nov 13, 3:00 - Johanna Hauser, clarinet Elizabeth McBurney, flute and Michael Strutt, guitar
  • Vancouver Carnegie Centre Outreach Concert

  • Sun, Nov 8, 3:30 - (VCGS) Harold Micay in Recital - St. Mark's Anglican Church
  • Works by Sor, Tarrega, Krause, Ponce , Albeniz, Lauro

  • Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 - UBC Guitar Ensembles Concert - UBC Recital Hall
  • Works by Dyens, Levesque, Kindle and Brouwer

  • Sun, Nov 5 - International Guitar Night, Massey Theatre, New Westminster BC
  • Lulo Reinhardt, Itamar Erez Stephen Bennett and Brian Gore

  • Sun, Nov 1, 4:00 - Kits Classics with Johanna Hauser, clarinet Elizabeth McBurney, flute and Michael Strutt, guitar
  • First performance of Prelude, Fugue and Dance (flute and guitar) by British composer Bryan Lester and works for duo and trio by Frank Campo, Maximo Diego Pujol, Ignacio Cervantes and Leon Cardona

    October, 2009

  • Sat, Oct 31, 3:00 - Paganiniana! - UBC Recital Hall
  • Student performers presenting chamber works by Paganini and his contemporaries

  • Fri, Oct 30, 8:00 - UBC Chamber Strings, Michael Strutt guest soloist - UBC Recital Hall
  • First performance of for a father, for a land a new concerto for guitar and string orchestra by Iranian composer Farshid Samandari

  • Fri, Oct 9, 7:30 - Duo Verdejo (Meghan Verdejo, viola Adrian Verdejo, guitar), St, Philips Anglican Church
  • Music by Adaskin, Jaffe, Marin Marais and Telemann

  • Thur, Oct 8, 1:00 - Aquizamin Garcia, Douglas College Performing Arts Theatre
  • Variations on a Theme by Sor by Miguel Llobet, Escarraman by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Suite by Gentil Montana

  • Fri, Oct 2 8:00 - (VCGS) Henderson - Kolk Guitar Duo - St Marks Anglican Church
  • Music by Chopin, Lhoyer, Mozart and Piazzolla

  • Tue, Oct 6, 12:30 - Henderson - Kolk Guitar Duo - Douglas College, Room 3221
  • Fri, Oct 2, 7:00 - William George, tenor Michael Strutt, guitar - Sun Yat- Sen Classical Chinese Gardens
  • Songs from the Chinese by Benjamin Britten, Chinese Gardens by Alec Roth and other songs by Priaulx Rainer, Lou Warde, Marc Armanini and Roberto Perino

    (Note: this is a private concert for members of the Sun Yat Sen Society)

    September, 2009

  • Wed, Sept 30, 12:00 - Celso Machado: The Music of Brazil - UBC Recital Hall
  • Wed, Sept 30, 2:00 - Brazilian Rhythm Workshop with Celso Machado - Gessler Hall, UBC School of Music
  • August, 2009

  • Aug 9 to 16 - Camp Musicale des Laurentides
  • July, 2009

  • Sun, 12, 1:00 - Summer Sundays at Civic Square (Ming Huang, guitar) - Civic Square, Burnaby
  • Adrian Le Roy, J.S.Bach, M.Giuliani, R.Schumann, E.Granados, F.Tarrega, M.Ponce, H.Villa-Lobos

    June, 2009

  • Tue, 9, 7:30 - Viva Vivaldi ! a night of concertos with Baroque string orchestra (David Yeung, guitar) - 1499 Laurier Ave. and Granville Street
  • Sun, 7 - (VCGS) Open Stage - Quaker Meeting House
  • May, 2009

  • Fri, 8, 8:00 - Eric Wilson, cello & Michael Strutt, guitar - Vancouver Community College Auditorium
  • Fri, 1 - Spirit Space Guitar Cello - Michael Waters and Allahnna Dow - Trinity United
  • April, 2009

  • Thur, 30, 12:00 - Daniel Karrasch (3rd year recital) - UBC
  • Nocturnal by Britten, Chaconne by J. S. Bach and Suite en Recuerdo by Merlin

  • Wed, 29, 8:00 - Peter Serravalle (4th year recital) - UBC
  • Suite Buenos Aires by Pujol (with flute), Etudes by Gnattali, Nostalgicos by Pereira, Cirandinhas by Villa-Lobos (with bassoon), Preludes 2 & 5 and Etudes 1 & 7 by Villa-Lobos, Valsas by Assad (with Spencer Symington).

  • Sun, 26, 7:30 - Xuefei Yang Guitar Recital - Vancouver Playhouse
  • Fri, 24, 8:00 - Josh Pitre (Graduate) - UBC
  • Wind Color Scalor by Yoshimatsu, Persian Rhapsody by Samandari, Fourth Lute Suite by J. S. Bach and Suite en Recuerdos by Merlin

  • Thur, 23, 12:00 - Tyler Belding (3rd year recital) - UBC
  • Barber of Baghdad by Hunt, Temptation of the Renaissance by Rak and movements from the Third Lute Suite by J. S. Bach

  • Sun, 19, 8:00 - Mikhael Smirnov (4th year recital) - UBC
  • Koyunbaba by Domeniconi, Café 1930 by Piazzolla (with trumpet), Tarantella, Al Malvina and Etude by Mertz and works by Villa-Lobos and Handel (with Alexander Flock)

  • Sun, 12, 2:00 - Spencer Symington (4th year recital) - UBC
  • Decamarron Negro by Brouwer, Cri de Merlin by Shafer, Suite by Gibbon and works by Merlin, Tarrega and Banning Eyre

  • Thur, 9, 8:00 - Aquizamin Garcia-Gutzman (Graduate) - UBC
  • Escarraman by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Invocation and Dance by Rodrigo, Concerto in C by Vivaldi (with harpsichord) and works by Legnani and Leon Cardona (with clarinet)

  • Thur, 2, 12:00 - Naithan Bosse (3rd year recital) - UBC
  • El Polifemo d’Oro by Smith-Brindle, Sonata by Somers and works by J.S. Bach and Villa-Lobos (including the newly discovered Valse-Choro)

    March, 2009

  • Sat, 14, 8:00 - Musical Expressions: The Avenlinos - Richmond Cultural Centre & Plaza Space, 7700 Minoru Gate
  • Sat, 7 - (VCGS) Michael Partington Concert - St. Mark's Anglican Church
  • February, 2009

  • Sat, 7 - Daniel Bolshoy, guitar - Cellar Restaurant & Jazz Club - 3611 West Broadway
  • Sun, 8, 3:00 - Edoardo Catemario (guitar) - Richmond Cultural Centre
  • Jan, 2009

  • Thur, 22, 8:00 - Edoardo Catemario (guitar) - Gateway Theatre, Richmond
  • Sun, 11 - (VCGS) Winter Concert - Quaker Meeting House


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