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Piano Teacher Erika Monteith is currently accepting piano students (also in Savannah, Ga.)

Recent Classical Guitar News

Sadly, there are two recent news items of the passing of two noted guitar figures.

Aaron Shearer has died (4/19/08) Notes from Christopher Berg: I'm writing with the sad news that Aaron Shearer passed away peacefully yesterday evening at the Reynolds Hospice in Winston-Salem. He had been in declining health for several years.

Chris continues: Aaron had a profound effect on the guitarists who studied with him, and there were many. He changed the way guitarists approached their instrument and even had an impact on those who did not study with him directly. His guitar program at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore was the first guitar program at a U.S. conservatory and became the model for future programs throughout the country. I, along many if his former students, feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to study with him.

Classical Guitar Articles and Links

Tips for Buying a Guitar | Historic Lost 1931 Hauser I Classical Guitar
Building a Classical Guitar Music Library | Some thoughts on music editions
Building a Classical Guitar Recording Library | Approaches for Musical Practice (suggestions and references)
New Link to Music/Guitar Posters and Fine Art Prints | New Guitar music from Argentina and Uruguay - Free scores | New MP3 Classical Guitar Recordings (free)
Heike Matthiesen - German guitarist - "1998 her first solo-CD Sol y luna with Spanish and South American repertoire was released with Tyrolis. Her second CD entirely with works by Roland Dyens was released in March 2001."
Unique West Coast Guitar Series (Salem, Oregon, USA), Beyond Six Strings, April 2008, the Grace Goudy Distinguished Artists Series will present a series of three guitar performances in Hudson Hall at Willamette University. Artists include: Paul Galbraith (8 string guitar), John Doan (20 string Harp Guitar and Harpolyre) and Ronn McFarlane (13 course lute.)

Classical Guitar Concerts in or near Savannah, GA (USA)

Spartanburg, SC - Wofford College Troubadour Series - 2007-2008 artists include: Robert Garcia, Marcos Diaz, Fancois Fowler, Zohn-McFadden Duo, Thomas Viloteau, Robert Sharpe, and more.

Atlanta, Ga - contact our friends at Maple Street Guitars in Buckhead - 2007-2008 Atlanta events include: The Romeros, Mary Akerman, Richard Todd, Ana Vidovic, Pablo Sainz Villegas, Manuel Barrueco and more.

Savannah, Ga - 2008 - Are you interested in forming a Classical Guitar Society or perhaps simply meeting other classical guitarists? Please use the contact link to be added to email notifications about this effort.

Boone, NC - April 11-13 2008 - Annual Appalachian Guitar Festival and Competition - Performances and master classes with: Douglas James, Alexander Dunn, Elliot Frank, William Kanengiser (member of LAGQ), and Stephen Robinson. Photographs from the 2008 Appalachian Guitar Festival are now online.

SCG: Appalachian Guitar Festival - ensemble.

SCG: Appalachian Guitar Festival: Benjamin Biers.

SCG: Appalachian Guitar Festival - youth competitor.

SCG: Appalachian Guitar Festival: Elliot Frank.

SCG: Appalachian Guitar Festival: Stephen Robinson.

Winston-Salem, NC - July 13-25, 2008 - North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Guitar Workshop. directed by Joseph Pecorar. Resident and guest artists include: Luke Payne, David Burgess,Robert Trent, and the Blue Ridge Guitar Quartet.

Other East Coast Guitar Events

July 16-19, 2008 - Alexandria Guitar Festival and Suzuki Guitar Institute (July 12-20), Alexandria, VA. Artists include: Solo Duo (Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli), Bruce Holzman, Adam del Lamonte, Marcin Dylla, Ana Vidovic, Nathan Fischer, Andrew Zohn, Kevin Ernste, Ricardo Cobo and Julian Gray.

Contact the WebMaster if you are interested in supporting future classical guitar events in the Savannah, Georgia area.

**Links/Event/New Items**
Classical Guitar Mailing Lists (discussion & announcement lists) Gunnar Eisel's World Guitarist Other Classical Guitar Pages and Links Hyms for the Guitar Project Guitar music from Argentina and Uruguay - Free scores - this is a wonderful collection of new guitar repertoire.	East Coast Classical Guitar Events 2007-8 Announcements and comments from Angelo Gilardino on the "Segovia Archive" series of new publications of works discovered in the Segovia Archives (also links to postings by AG.). Updated 3/2003 New Recordings of the Studies of Angelo Gilardino 12/2006 - Angelo Gilardino retires as music editor and is now focused on composing... 19th Century French Guitar (images)
International Classical Guitar Music Festivals GFA International Convention and Competition 2008, August 5-10, 2008 - San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, Ca (USA.) Evening Concerts: Zoran Dukic, Hopkinson Smith, Shin-Ichi Fukuda, Friday Night in San Francisco, Pavel Steidl. Afternoon Concerts: Jose Antonio Escobar, Marcin Dylla, Boris Gaquere/Renato Martin, Thibault Cauvin, Raphaella Smits, Michael Nicolella, Gyan Riley, Pablo Marquez, Aleiksey Vianna, Duo Melis, Xue Fei Yang. Balatonfüred International Guitar Festival, Hungary: 21. JUNE - 30. JUNE 2008 - with Guinness World Record attempt for the longest concert of the World! During the second year in the history of the Guitar Festival we announced a Guinness World Record attempt and so do we today when we are preparing for the 3rd season. Our last year's record have been broken by Canadian musicians with 200 hours of continuous playing. This, naturally, we are not really willing to leave at that! The stage and the rules are the same as last year, the majority of the technical staff has accepted the challenge again and the whole concert will be broadcast also on the Internet! Guitar Master classes and concerts including: LeoBrouwer, Krzysztof Pelech, Andras Csaki, Margarita Escarpa, Leo Witoszynskij, Sandor Szabo, Pal Paulikovics, Krzysztof Pelech, Grigoryan Brothers, Andras Csaki and more.

A Visit to Italy (2003)

Classical Guitar Festival/Event photos by Dale Reagan
Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Festival and Competition Photos Columbus, Georgia, USA - October 2006 - several photographs are included in the 2007 (fall) edition of Soundboard (Volume XXXIII. Nos. 1-2. 2007.)
Gift ideas for musicians | Classical Guitar Posters | Music Store
Holiday Music for Classical Guitar (and fingerstyle guitar)

Music/Articles/Posters

Mark Windham's Transcription of Asturias (3/28/98) - probably the most sought after piece of music for classical guitar. (free PDF score - thanks Mark!)
Rivals to Spanish Romance (1/99) - midi file, PDF score and list of comparable music for guitar. (free PDF score)
Holiday Music for Guitar (Christmas) - summary list of arrangements of holiday music for classical or finger-style guitar - music for beginners, intermediate and advanced players..
RSI info for Guitarists - introduction to repetitive stress type injuries for guitarists or other musicians.
Portuguese (Fado) Guitar Links and pictures of a rare dragon neck Portuguese guitar.
Classical Guitar Alive Radio (USA)
Posting Archives of Angelo Gilardino - noted editor and composer.
Net-icles: Classical Guitar Reviews and articles
Movies with Classical Guitar Connection List'
Links to Other Classical Guitar Sites
Site Archives (Links moved to other pages.)
Image Archive
USA East Coast Classical Guitar Events

Online Poster Stores Listed by Topics

Note: there have been many recent changes to these web pages - the menu bars (top and bottom of the pages) should make locating relevant pages easier. I suggest/recommend and provide links to a number of editions of guitar music (classical, fingerstyle, and other editions using standard notation as well as TAB) for guitarists at all levels - please note that I do not have all of these editions nor would I use all of them since I am primarily a classical guitarist. The Christmas/holiday music page does contain a number of comments about difficulty levels and some favorite anthologies. The composer specific pages provide a little background and in some cases, links to web sites with more information.

FREE Classical Guitar Mailing Lists

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Classical Guitar Articles and Links

Tips for Buying a Guitar | Historic Lost 1931 Hauser I Classical Guitar

Building a Classical Guitar Music Library | Some thoughts on music editions

Building a Classical Guitar Recording Library | Approaches for Musical Practice (suggestions and references)

New Link to Music/Guitar Posters and Fine Art Prints | New Guitar music from Argentina and Uruguay - Free scores | New MP3 Classical Guitar Recordings (free)

Other East Coast Guitar Events

Classical Guitar Mailing Lists (discussion & announcement lists)

Guitar music from Argentina and Uruguay - Free scores - this is a wonderful collection of new guitar repertoire.

Announcements and comments from Angelo Gilardino on the "Segovia Archive" series of new publications of works discovered in the Segovia Archives (also links to postings by AG.). Updated 3/2003

19th Century French Guitar (images)

International Classical Guitar Music Festivals

A Visit to Italy (2003)

Gift ideas for musicians | Classical Guitar Posters | Music Store

Mark Windham's Transcription of Asturias (3/28/98) - probably the most sought after piece of music for classical guitar. (free PDF score - thanks Mark!)

Rivals to Spanish Romance (1/99) - midi file, PDF score and list of comparable music for guitar. (free PDF score)

Holiday Music for Guitar (Christmas) - summary list of arrangements of holiday music for classical or finger-style guitar - music for beginners, intermediate and advanced players..

RSI info for Guitarists - introduction to repetitive stress type injuries for guitarists or other musicians.

Portuguese (Fado) Guitar Links and pictures of a rare dragon neck Portuguese guitar.

Classical Guitar Alive Radio (USA)

Posting Archives of Angelo Gilardino - noted editor and composer.

Net-icles: Classical Guitar Reviews and articles

Movies with Classical Guitar Connection List'

Site Archives (Links moved to other pages.)

Online Poster Stores Listed by Topics

Understanding Mail List Message Flow 4/1/98

Help with the Mail Lists 3/31/98

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