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Classical Guitar Events in Southern California

(Archive 2004-2005)

Date

City

Venue

Contact

Event

August 2004

Saturday

August 28

7:30 PM

Los Angeles

Saint John's Episcopal Church

514 W. Adams Blvd.

(213) 747-6285

email

Phoebe Alexander (Soprano) and Zak Ozmo (Lute), Recital

CANCELLED

Saturday

August 28

8:00 PM

Covina

The Fret House

309 N. Citrus Ave.

(800) 238-3738

e-mail

 Andrew York, Recital

September 2004

Thursday

September 16

7:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Nestor Benito, Master Class

Friday

September 17

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Nestor Benito, Recital

Friday

September 17

8:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Alfred Newman Recital Hall

3616 Trousdale Parkway

USC

(213) 740-7399

(213)740-7917

Scott Tennant (and others..), Recital

Friday

September 17

8:00 PM

Valley Glen

Los AngelesValley College

5800 Fulton Ave.

(818) 947-2600

Steve Thachuck, Recital

Saturday

September 18

1:00 PM

Free to auditors

Orange

Oliphant Hall

Chapman University

(714) 997-6591

Stefano Raponi, Master Class

Saturday

September 18

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Hall

Chapman University

OCGC

Stefano Raponi, Recital

Saturday

September 18

8:00 PM

Malibu

Smothers Theatre

Pepperdine University

24255 Pacific Coast Hwy.

(310) 506-4522

Christopher Parkening (Guitar) and Jubilant Sykes (Baritone), Recital

Sunday

September 19

7:00 PM

Los Angeles

S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheater

Coldwater Canyon Park

12601 Mulholland Dr.

(888) 922-3846 Valencia Trio (Janice Tipton, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Jack Sanders, guitar), Recital

Thursday

  September 23 

11:10AM-12:10PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

CSUF Guitar Orchestra (David Grimes, director), Recital

Sunday

September 26

6:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Leo S. Bing Theater

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Sundays Live

Cavatina Duo (Denis Azabagic, guitar, Eugenia Moliner, flute), Recital

Tuesday

  September 28 

11:10AM-12:10PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Crispin Kitto & Song-Ah, guitar and violin, Recital

Tuesday

September 28

6:00 PM

Free to auditors

Pasadena

Room 200

The Pasadena Conservatory of Music

100 N. Hill St.

(626) 683-3355 Denis Azabagic, Master Class

Thursday

September 30

7:30 PM

Whittier

Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts

Whittier College

6760 Painter Avenue

(562) 907-4237

Kevin Cooper, Recital

Thursday

September 30

8:00 PM

Pasadena

Neighborhood Church Chapel

301 N. Orange Grove Blvd.

(323) 464-6222 Ensemble Green Concert, Music of Clark and Holmes (including Jeffrey Holmes' Concertino for Two Guitars and Ensemble, with Eric Benzant-Feldra and Michael Kudirka, guitars)

October 2004

Friday

October 1

8:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Newman Recital Hall

USC

(323) 464-6222

Ensemble Green Concert, Music of Jeffrey Holmes (including Holmes' Concertino for Two Guitars and Ensemble, with Eric Benzant-Feldra and Michael Kudirka, guitars)

Saturday

October 2

7:00 PM

Free with Museum Admission

Fullerton

Fullerton Museum

301 N. Pomona Ave.

714-738-6545

John Schneiderman, Recital (Vihuela and Baroque Guitar Music from Spain and Mexico)

Saturday

October 2

8:00 PM

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310)338-7588

(310)338-5142

Solaris Guitar Quartet Concert

Sunday

October 3

3:30 PM

Free 

Pasadena

Dabney Lounge

Cal Tech

1200 E. California Blvd.

(626) 395-4652

(888) 222-5832

Paul Galbraith, Recital

Sunday

October 3

6:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Leo S. Bing Theater

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Sundays Live

(213) 473-8525

Brian Head (guitar), Paula Fehrenbach (cello), John Wakefield (percussion), Recital

Sunday

October 3

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Recital Hall,

Bertea Hall

Chapman University

One University Drive

(714) 278-3371

Faculty Recital with Jeff Cogan

Wednesday

October 6

12:30 PM

Free 

Los Angeles

Bird Studio

Occidental College

1600 Campus Road

(323) 259-2500

Dawn Blasco guitar, Harry Scorzo violin, Faculty Artist Recital

Thursday

October 7 

11:10AM-12:10PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Crispin Kitto & Song-Ah, guitar and violin, Recital

Saturday

October 9

6:30 PM

Irvine

Nativity of Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church

2148 Michelson Dr., Suite #1

(562) 422-1154

 Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute and archlute, Recital

Sunday

October 10

3:00 PM

Newport Beach

Newport Beach Public Library

1000 Avocado Ave. 

(949) 717-3800

Nic Nichol, Recital

Sunday

October 10

7:00 PM

Free 

Los Angeles

Newman Recital Hall

USC

(213) 740-2167

Brian Head, guitar, and Paula Fehrenbach, cello, Recital

Sunday

October 10

7:30 PM

Mission Viejo

McKinney Theater

Saddleback College

28000 Marguerite Pkwy

(949) 582-4656

 Paul Galbraith, Recital

Thursday

October 14

7:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Ana Vidovic, Master Class

Friday

October 15

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Ana Vidovic, Recital

Saturday

October 16

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Hall

Chapman University

OCGC

Showcase Recital

Saturday

October 16

8:00 PM

Northridge

Recital Hall

(Room 158, Music Bldg.)

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

(818) 677-2488

Ana Vidovic, Recital

Tuesday

October 19

7:00 PM

Rancho Palos Verdes

Wayfarers Chapel

5755 Palos Verdes Drive South

(310) 377-7919 Ext. 6

Scott Morris (also with The Hollywood Guitar Duo, Jordan Charnofsky and Scott Morris), Recital

Thursday

October 21

11:10AM-12:10PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Dimitri Diatchenko, Recital

Thursday

October 21

4:00-5:00PM

Free

Los Angeles

Powell Library, 2nd Floor Rotunda

UCLA

UCLA Powell Music Concerts in the Rotunda

Heday Mercury, Recital

Saturday

October 23

8:00 PM

Santa Monica

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 Second Street

Jacaranda Chamber Music

Living Room Music, including Terry Riley's Cantos Desiertos for Violin and Guitar, Sarah Thornblade (violin) and Miroslav Tadic (guitar)

November 2004

Monday

November 1

8:00 PM

Los Angeles

Schoenberg Hall

UCLA

(310) 825-4761 Gala Performance - from Bach to Big Bands (Including Angel Romero playing Rodrigo)

Friday

November 5

12:15 PM

Free

Claremont

Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building

Pomona College

333 N. College Way

(909) 621-8155

 Rachel Rudich, flute; Jack Sanders, guitar; Theresa Dimond, percussion.  Music by George Crumb

Saturday

November 6

10:00 AM-12:00 N

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310)338-7588

(310)338-5142

Ana Vidovic, Master Class

Saturday

November 6

8:00 PM

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310)338-7588

(310)338-5142

Ana Vidovic, Recital

Tuesday

November 9

11:10 AM-12:10 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

LACC Guitar Students (Charles Suovanen, Instructor), Recital

Wednesday

November 10

7:30 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Student Guitar Recital–Charles Suovanen, Instructor

Saturday

November 13

8:00 PM

Northridge

Recital Hall

(Room 158, Music Bldg.)

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

(818) 677-2488

The Elgart-Yates Duo, Recital

Saturday

November 13

8:00 PM

Pomona

Cal Poly Pomona

3801 West Temple Avenue 

(909) 896-3554

David Cahueque (Guitar) and Janet Knoll (Piano), Recital

Wednesday

November 17

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Little Theater

Cal State Fullerton

800 N. State College Blvd.

(562) 983-5626

 Michael Nigro, Master's Recital

Thursday

November 18

8:00 PM

Northridge

Recital Hall

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

(818) 677-2488

Guitar Chamber Music, Ron Purcell, Director, Recital

Friday

November 19

8:00 PM

Pomona

Recital Hall

Cal State Pomona

3801 West Temple Avenue

(909)869-3554

e-mail

The Elgart-Yates Duo, Recital

Saturday

November 20

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Hall

Chapman University

OCGC

Showcase Recital

Friday

November 26

7:30 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Charles Suovanen & Gregory Newton, Faculty Guitar Recital

December 2004

Wednesday

December 1

7:30 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Guitar Ensemble Recital, Charles Suovanen, Instructor 

Wednesday

December 1

8:00 PM

Costa Mesa

Orange County Performing Arts Center

600 Town Center Drive

714-556-2787

 Sharon Isbin, with the Pacific Symphony

Thursday

December 2

11:10 AM-12:10 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

 LACC College Choir/Chamber Chorale, LACC Guitar Ensemble, Recital

Thursday

December 2

8:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Alfred Newman Recital Hall

3616 Trousdale Parkway

USC

(213) 740-7399

(213) 740-7917

Classical Guitar Department

 Recital

Thursday

December 2

8:00 PM

Costa Mesa

Orange County Performing Arts Center

600 Town Center Drive

714-556-2787

 Sharon Isbin, with the Pacific Symphony

Friday

December 3

8:00 PM

Pomona

Cal Poly Pomona

3801 West Temple Avenue 

(909) 896-3554

Cal Poly Pomona Guitar Ensemble, Peter Yates, Director (with guest violinist Sarah Wallin)

Saturday

December 4

2:00 PM

Northridge

Recital Hall

(Room 158, Music Bldg.)

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

(818) 677-3180

CSUN Guitar Studio Recital
Ron Borczon and Steve Thachuck, Directors

Sunday

December 5, 

3:00 PM

Free

Laguna Beach

Studio 6

Laguna College of Art & Design

2222 Laguna Canyon Road

(949) 376-6000

e-mail

Fries-Brenton Duo, flute & guitar, Recital

Sunday

December 5

4:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Saint John's Episcopal Church

514 West Adams Blvd.

(213) 747-6285 

Zak Ozmo (with Daniel Zuluaga): Liuti in concerto,  A Lecture-Recital

Sunday

December 5

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Hall

Chapman University

(714) 997-6871

Chapman Guitar Ensemble Recital, Jeff Cogan, Director

Friday

December 10

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Fullerton Guitar Orchestra, David Grimes, Director

January 2005

Sunday

January 9

4:00 PM

Dana Point

The Dana Point Community House

24642 San Juan Street

Tim Johnson

(949) 842-2227

Roland Dyens, Recital

Wednesday

January 12

12:00N

Free

Santa Monica

First United Methodist Church

1008 Eleventh Street

Midweek Recital Series

(310) 451-1718

Osvaldo Gold, Recital

Wednesday

January 12

12:10 PM

Free

Pasadena

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

Music at Noon

(626) 793-2191

Joe Lo Piccolo and Larry Steen, Guitar Duo

Saturday

January 15

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Hall

Chapman University

OCGC

Showcase Recital

Saturday

January 22

8:00 PM

Long Beach

Terrace Theater

Convention Center

300 E. Ocean Blvd

(562) 436-3203

Pepe Romero with the Long Beach Symphony

Sunday

January 23

3:00 PM

Benefit

Whittier

Shannon Center

Whittier College

6760 Painter Avenue

(562) 907-4203

William Kanengiser and company, Recital

Tuesday

January 25

8:00

Los Angeles

Royce Hall

UCLA

(310) 825-4761 Paquito D’Rivera, Saxophone/Clarinet, and Sérgio & Odair Assad, Guitars

Thursday

January 27

4:00-5:00PM

Free

Los Angeles

Powell Library, 2nd Floor Rotunda

UCLA

UCLA Powell Music Concerts in the Rotunda

Payam Larijani, Recital

Sunday

January 30

6:00 PM

Los Angeles

St. Bede’s Episcopal Church

3590 Grand View Blvd.

Chamber Music at St. Bede's

Paula Fehrenbach, cello, and Brian Head, Guitar, Recital

February 2005

Wednesday

February 2

12:30-1:00 PM

Free

La Mirada

Crowell Hall

Biola University

13800 Biola Avenue

(562) 903-4892

Petar Jankovic, Recital

Friday

February 4

8:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Jeanette McDonald Recital Hall

Music Faculty Building

University of Southern California

(213) 740-2584

Students and Faculty of the Thornton Classical Guitar Department, Recital

Sunday

February 13

4:00 PM

Pasadena

The Neighborhood Church

301 N. Orange Grove Blvd.

Pacific Serenades

Music for Guitar and Strings (Jack Sanders, guitar; Roger Wilkie, violin; Brendan Speltz, violin; Simon Oswell, viola; David Speltz, cello)

Tuesday

February 15

8:00 PM

Los Angeles

UCLA Faculty Centger

405 N. Hilgard Ave

Pacific Serenades

Music for Guitar and Strings (Jack Sanders, guitar; Roger Wilkie, violin; Brendan Speltz, violin; Simon Oswell, viola; David Speltz, cello)

Thursday

February 17

7:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Pavel Steidl, Master Class

Thursday

February 1 7 

11:10AM-12:10PM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

Gregory Newton, Faculty Recital

Friday

February 18

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College Blvd.

(714) 278-3371

Pavel Steidl,Recital

Friday

February 18

8:00 PM

Covina

The Fret House

309 N. Citrus Ave.

(626) 339-7020

Tom Seymour

  Alieksey Vianna, Recital

Friday

February 18

8:00 PM

Valley Glen

Music Recital Hall

Los Angeles Valley College

5800 Fulton Ave.

(818) 947-2600

Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli, guitar duo, Recital

Saturday

February 19

10:00 AM

Orange

Chapman University

Jeff Cogan, (714) 289-1472

Alieksey Vianna, Master Class

Saturday

February 19

8:00 PM

Orange

Hasinger Hall

Chapman University

OCGC

Alieksey Vianna, Recital

Saturday

February 19

8:00 PM

Northridge

Recital Hall

(Room 158, Music Bldg.)

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

(818) 677-2488

Pavel Steidl, Recital

Saturday

February 19

8:00 PM

Claremont

Bridges Hall of Music

Pomona College

333 N. College Way

(909) 621-8155

Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli, guitar duo, Recital

Sunday

February 20

8:00 PM

Whittier

Memorial Chapel

Whittier College

13406 Philadelphia Street

(562) 907-4237

Kevin Cooper

(323) 936-4987

Alieksey Vianna, Recital

Tuesday

February 22

12:00 N - 3:00 PM

Los Angeles

USC

(213) 740-7399

Gustavo Castro (323) 766-8422

Alieksey Vianna, Master Class

Tuesday

February 22

7:00-9:30 PM

Free

Pasadena

Community Room

South Pasadena Public Library

1100 Oxley St.

Guitar Nights

(626) 584-0571

James Burdick, Bob Gates, Duo Alma Nova

February 25-27

Los Angeles

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310)338-7588

(310)338-5142

The LMU Guitar Festival (Gallen, Masters, Verdery, Cauvin -  Recitals, Workshops, Master Classes and more)

Sunday

February 27

4:00 PM

Pasadena

Trinity Lutheran Church

997 E. Walnut St., 

(714) 970-8545

Harmonia Baroque Players, Recital

March 2005

Wednesday

March 2

12:30-1:00 PM

Free

La Mirada

Crowell Hall

Biola University

13800 Biola Avenue

(562) 903-4892

Petar Jankovic, Recital

Saturday

March 5

8:00 PM

Orange

Memorial Hall

Chapman University

(714) 278-3371

Jeff Cogan, with the Chapman Chamber Orchestra

Saturday

March 5

8:00 PM

Free

Fullerton

Fullerton Museum Center

301 N. Pomona Ave.

(714) 738-6545

 

Servite High School Classical Guitar Ensemble, Recital

Sunday

March 6

2:30 PM

Norwalk

Room BC-51 (Music Dept.)

Cerritos College

11110 Alondra Blvd.

(562) 860-2451

Petar Jankovic, Recital (followed by Master Class)

Sunday

March 6

3:00 PM

Free

Laguna Beach

Studio 6

Laguna College of Art & Design

2222 Laguna Canyon Road

(949) 376-6000