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Classical Guitar Events in Southern California

(Archive 2007-2008)

Date

City

Venue

Contact

Event

September 2007

Saturday

September 1

8:00 PM

Free

Costa Mesa/Newport

Border's Bookstore

1890 Newport Blvd.

(949) 631-8661

Aaron Spoor, Recital

Friday

September 7

8:00 PM

Free

Pasadena

Border's Bookstore

475 South Lake Avenue

(626) 304-9773

Aaron Spoor, Recital

Sunday

September 9

7:00 PM

Los Angeles

Jeannette McDonald Recital Hall

Music Faculty Building

USC

(213) 740-7917

Edward Trybeck, Recital

Thursday

September 13

11:10 AM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

 Koudymov/Gallego Guitar Duo, Recital

Thursday

September 13

7:00 PM

Free

Costa Mesa

Needham Chapel

Vanguard University

55 Fair Drive

(714) 556-3610

Michael Nigro, Recital

Friday

September 14

8:00 PM

Los Angeles

Wilshire-Ebell Theatre

4401 W. 8th. St

(323) 939-1128

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Recital

Friday

September 14

8:00 PM

Free

Rancho Cucamonga

Border's Bookstore

12370 South Mainstreet

(562) 942-9919

Aaron Spoor, Recital

Saturday

September 15

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Recital Hall

Chapman University

333 North Glassell

OCGC Featured Artist Recital

The Castellani-Andriaccio Duo, Recital

Wednesday

September 19

12:00 N

Free

Los Angeles

United University Church

USC

(213) 740-7399

James Smith

Nic Nichol Remembrance Concert

Thursday

September 20

12:45 PM

Free

Woodland Hills

Performing Arts Building Mainstage

Los Angeles Pierce College

6201 Winnetka Ave.

campus map

directions

Cal State Dominguez Hills Guitar Ensemble, Recital

Friday-Sunday

September 21-23

Santa Maria

Allan Hancock College

email

La Guitarra California Festival

Saturday

September 22

2:00-6:00 PM

Malibu

Raitt Recital Hall

Pepperdine University

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

(310) 506-4522

directions

Christopher Parkening, Master Class

Saturday

September 22

7:00 PM

Free

Montclair

Border's Bookstore

5055 S. Plaza Lane

(909) 625-0424

Aaron Spoor, Recital

Sunday

September 23

5:00 PM

Free

Long Beach

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church

525 E. 7th Street (map)

(562) 436-4047

Michael Nigro, Recital

Sunday

September 23

7:00 PM

Los Angeles

McDonald Recital Hall

Rubenheimer Music Faculty Building

USC

(213) 740-7917

Thomas Echols, Recital

Wednesday

September 26

12:10 PM

Free

Pasadena

Music at Noon

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

(626) 793-2191

Isamu Nakashio, Recital

Friday

September 28

4:00 PM

Claremont

Thatcher Music Building

Pomona College

333 N. College Way, 

(909) 621-8155

Roland Dyens, Master Class

Friday

September 28

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Meng Concert Hall

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College

Guitarists of the World

(714) 278-3371

Stela Dinkova, Recital

Friday

September 28

8:00 PM

Long Beach

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church

525 E. 7th Street (map)

Long Beach CG Society

(562) 760-3296

Andrew Hill, Recital

Friday

September 28

8:00 PM

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310) 338-5386

(310) 338-7588 (tickets)

Jason Vieaux, Recital

Saturday

September 29

3:00 PM

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310) 338-5386

Jason Vieaux, Master Class

Saturday

September 29

7:00 PM

Monrovia

First Lutheran Church

1323 S Magnolia Ave.

(626)357-3543,Ext.207

(626) 905-3916

Perfecto De Castro, Recital

Saturday

September 29

8:00 PM

Free

Claremont

Bridges Hall of Music

Pomona College

333 N. College Way, 

(909) 621-8155

Roland Dyens, Recital

Saturday

September 29

8:00 PM

Irvine

IVC Student Services Center Lobby

CHANGE OF VENUE

Irvine Valley College

5500 Irvine Center Drive

(949) 451-5762

email

Berta Rojas, Recital

Saturday

September 29

8:00 PM

Free

Simi Valley

Border's Bookstore

2910 Tapo Canyon Road

(805) 526-2800

Aaron Spoor, Recital

October 2007

Wednesday

October 3

12:10 PM

Free

Pasadena

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

Music at Noon

(626) 793-2191

Jo LoPiccolo, Recital

Wednesday

October 3

7:00 PM

Free

Arcadia

Cay Mortenson Auditorium

Arcadia Library

20 West Duarte Rd.

A Classical Kaleidoscope

(626) 821-5572

"String Fever - A Family Concert", with James Smith, guitar, Paul Stein, violin, David Garrett, cello

Friday & Saturday

October 5 & 6

8:00 PM

Santa Monica

Miles Memorial Playhouse

Christine Reed Park

1130 Lincoln Blvd.

(323) 377-2959

Marco Cappeli, with the Eclipse Quartet, Recital

Saturday

October 6

7:00 PM

Free (but RSVP)

South Pasadena

South Pasadena Music Center and Conservatory

1509 Mission Street

(626) 403-2300

Scott Tennant & SPMCC Faculty, Grand Opening Recital

Sunday

October 7

2:00 PM

Free

Malibu

Raitt Recital Hall

Pepperdine University

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

(310) 506-4522

directions

SoloDuo (Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli), Recital

Sunday

October 7

3:00 PM

Free

Claremont

Bridges Hall of Music

Pomona College

333 N. College Way

(909) 621-8155

Jack Sanders, baroque and classical guitar (with guests), Recital

Sunday

October 7

4:00

Santa Monica

Concert Hall

Santa Monica College

1900 Pico Boulevard

(310) 434-4003

Aaron Sims, guitar, with the SMC Symphony Orchestra, James Smith, Director

Friday

October 12

8:00 PM

Valley Glen

Theater Building (probably, but look for signs)

Los Angeles Valley College

5800 Fulton Ave.

(818) 947-2346

Thomas Viloteau, Recital

Saturday

October 13

8:00 P

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310) 338-5386

(310) 338-7588 (tickets)

Pavel Steidl, Recital

Sunday

October 14

12:00 N

Los Angeles

Murphy Recital Hall

Loyola Marymount University

One LMU Drive

(310) 338-5386

Pavel Steidl, Master Class

Tuesday-Sunday

October 16-21

Carson

California State University Dominguez Hills

1000 E. Victoria Street

contact

Guitar Federation of America International Convention and Competition

Saturday

October 20

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Recital Hall

Chapman University

333 North Glassell

OCGC Featured Artist Recital

Thomas Viloteau (GFA Winner, 2006), Recital

Sunday

October 21

2:00 PM

Pasadena

Room 200

The Pasadena Conservatory of Music

100 N. Hill St.

(626) 683-3355

 

Benjamin Verdery, Master Class

Sunday

October 21

8:00 PM

(preview at 7:30)

Rolling Hills Estates

Norris Center for the Performing Arts

27570 Crossfield Drive

COSB

 Pablo Sainz Villegas (with the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay )

Thursday

October 25

7:00 PM

Fullerton

Redfield Room (PA-170)

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College

email

Philippe Villa, Master Class

Friday

October 26

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Meng Concert Hall

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College

Guitarists of the World

(714) 278-3371

Philippe Villa, Recital

Saturday

October 27

8:00 PM

Northridge

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

American Guitar Society

(818) 677-2488

Philippe Villa, Recital

Tuesday

October 30

11:10 AM

Free

Los Angeles

Music Building

Room 247, Clausen Hall

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

(323) 953-4000 ext.2880

 Iren Arutyunyan, Recital

November 2007

Saturday

November 3

8:00 PM

Free

Redlands

Frederick Loewe Performance Hall

  Watchorn Hall

University of Redlands School of Music

1200 E. Colton Ave

Faculty Artist Series

Stuart Green, Recital

Sunday

November 4

1:30, 3:30 5:30

Santa Monica

La Senora Research Institute

Rancho Boca de Santa Monica

565 Dryad Road

The Da Camera Society

Chamber Music in Historic Sites

Adam del Monte, guitar, Marysol Fuentes, cantaora, Recital

Sunday

November 4

3:00 PM

Free

Laguna Beach

Laguna College of Art & Design

2222 Laguna Canyon Road

Laguna Beach Live

First Sundays

(949) 376-6000

email

Mary Palchak, flute, and Isamu Nakashio, guitar, Recital

Friday

November 9

8:00 PM

Irvine

IVC Performing Arts Center

Music Hall

Irvine Valley College

5500 Irvine Center Drive

email

Four Centuries of Guitar Music, John Schneiderman, Director

Friday

November 9

8:00 PM

Laguna Hills

Lake Hills Church

23331 Moulton Parkway

South Coast Symphony

Adam Pettit, playing Brouwer's "Tres Danzas Concertantes" with the South Coast Symphony of Orange County

Sunday

November 11

7:00 PM

Riverside

Hole Memorial Auditorium

La Sierra University

4500 Riverwalk Pkwy.

Faculty Recital Series

Lee Zimmer, Recital

Sunday

November 11

8:00 PM

Free

Orange

Salmon Recital Hall

Chapman University

333 North Glassell

(714) 997-6871

  Jeff Cogan, guitar, with members of the Chapman faculty, Chamber Music Recital

Tuesday

November 13

4:00

Free

Los Angeles

Powell Library Rotunda

UCLA

Powell Music Concerts in the Rotunda

Payam Larijani, with Seth Greenberg & Jaime Valdovino , Recital

Wednesday

November 14

12:10 PM

Free

Santa Monica

First United Methodist Church

1008 Eleventh Street

Midweek Recital Series

(310) 451-1718

Hidehito Ikumo, Recital

Thursday

November 15

12:45 PM

Free

Woodland Hills

Performing Arts Building Mainstage

Los Angeles Pierce College

6201 Winnetka Ave.

campus map

directions

Adam Werner, Recital

Thursday

November 15

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Wilshire Ed. Center

Wilshire Auditorium

Fullerton College

315 East Wilshire Ave.

(626) 529-0147

email

Billy Arcila, Joseph Jewell, Eric Ray and Mike Scott, Faculty Recital

Friday

November 16

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Meng Concert Hall

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College

Guitarists of the World

(714) 278-3371

Ricardo Iznaola, Recital

Friday

November 16

8:00 PM

Culver City

Boulevard Music

4316 Sepulveda Blvd.

(310) 398-2583

Scott Tennant, Recital

Saturday

November 17

8:00 PM

Orange

Salmon Recital Hall

Chapman University

333 North Glassell

OCGC Showcase Recital

Showcase Recital

Saturday

November 17

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College

(714) 278-3371

 Los Angeles Guitar Quartet with the CSUF Orchestra, David Grimes, Director (including Rodrigo's Concerto Andaluz) 

Saturday

November 17

8:00 PM

Northridge

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

American Guitar Society

(818) 677-2488

Ricardo Iznaola, Recital

Saturday

November 17

8:00 PM

Pasadena

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

Musica Angelica

Chamber Music Concert

(310) 458-4504

Frets & Strings - John Schneiderman, guitar & lute; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Elisabeth Le Guin, cello; Recital

Sunday

November 18

4:00 PM

Beverly Hills

All Saints Church

504 N. Camden Drive

Musica Angelica

Chamber Music Concert

(310) 458-4504

Frets & Strings - John Schneiderman, guitar & lute; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Elisabeth Le Guin, cello; Recital

Tuesday

November 27

11:10 AM

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, Recital

Tuesday

November 27

7:00 PM

Free

Costa Mesa

Needham Chapel

Vanguard University

55 Fair Drive

(714) 556-3610

Vanguard University Guitar Ensemble Concert, Michael Nigro &  Greg Glancy, Directors, Recital

Friday

November 30

7:30 PM

Free

Walnut

Music Recital Hall

Mt. San Antonio College

1100 N. Grand

(909)468-4050

An Evening of Classical Guitar, with Matthew Cahow and Aaron Spoor

Friday

November 30

8:00 PM

Long Beach

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church

525 E. 7th Street (map)

Long Beach CG Society

(562) 760-3296

Chanson de Soir ( David Isaacs, guitar Chelsea Camille, soprano), Recital

Friday

November 30

8:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Alfred Newman Recital Hall

3616 Trousdale Parkway

USC

(213)740-2584

email

USC Thornton Classical Guitar Department Recital

Friday

November 30

8:00 PM

Pomona

Music Recital Hall

Cal Poly Pomona

3801 West Temple Avenue

(909) 869-3554

events

Cal Poly Pomona Guitar Ensemble, Peter Yates, Director        

Friday

November 30

8:00 PM

Northridge

Recital Hall

Cypress Hall Music Building 

Cal State Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

(818) 677-3184

Cal State Northridge Guitar Ensemble, Ron Borczon, Director, Recital

December 2007

Saturday

December 1

7:00 PM

North Hollywood

Magdelene Cultural Arts Center

4822 Vineland Avenue

(818) 760-0531

 Iris Malkin, mezzo-soprano, Edward Trybeck, guitar, Recital

Sunday

December 2

2:00 PM

Topanga

Los Angeles Shakespeare Academy

The Globe in Topanga

1909 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd.

Music for a While

(310) 455-9400

Lisa Stidham, soprano, Brian Head, guitar, Recital

Sunday

December 2

3:30 PM

Free

Pasadena

Dabney Lounge

California Institute of Technology

332 South Michigan Ave.

626-395-4652

 John Schneiderman, lute, Janet Strauss, violin, Elisabeth LeGuin, cello , Recital

Sunday

December 2

6:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Leo S. Bing Theater

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Sundays Live

(213) 473-8525

Members of the USC Thornton Classical Guitar Department, Recital

(Simulcast on KMZT, 105.1)

Sunday

December 2

7:00 PM

Free

Claremont

Claremont Graduate University

Lyman Hall

Thatcher Music Building

Pomona College

340 N. College Ave. 

email

Payam Larijani, with Seth Greenberg and Jaime Valdovino, Recital

Sunday

December 2

8:00 PM

Free

Orange

Salmon Recital Hall

Chapman University

333 North Glassell

(714) 997-6871

 Chapman Guitar Ensemble,  Jeff Cogan, Director, Recital

Wednesday

December 5

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

LACC Guitar Ensemble & Solo Guitar Recital, Charles Suovanen, Director

Friday

December 7

8:00 PM

Fullerton

Meng Concet Hall

Performing Arts Center

Cal State University

800 N. State College

(714) 278-3371

CSUF Guitar Orchestra, David Grimes, Director, Recital

Friday

December 14

8:00 PM

Valley Glen

Music Recital Hall - Room M106

Los Angeles Valley College

5800 Fulton Ave.

(818) 947-2346

LAVC Guitar Ensemble, Kate Lewis, Director, Recital

Sunday

December 16

3:00 PM

Free

Los Angeles

Zipper Concert Hall

Colburn School of Performing Arts

200 South Grand Avenue

Dilijan

Dilijan Chamber Music Series Holiday Concert (including Duo Forza, guitar and violin duo)

Friday

December 21

8:00 PM

Altadena

The Coffee Gallery Backstage

2029 N. Lake

(626) 398-7917

AlmaNova Duo, Recital

Friday

December 28

(change of date)

7:30 PM

Long Beach

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church

525 E. 7th Street (map)

Long Beach CG Society

(562) 809-6818

Student Showcase Recital

March 2008

Sunday

March 2

2:00 & 3:30 PM

Sierra Madre

Pratt House

Marston, Van Pelt and Mayberry