Month June 2016

Andrew Zohn plays Xodó da Baiana by Reis

American guitarist Andrew Zohn plays Xodó da Baiana by Brazilian composer & guitarist Dilermando Reis (1916-1977). Filmed at the Schwob School of Music. Audio by Matthew McCabe. Video by Canadian guitarist and producer Drew Henderson. Fun little work, light but looks like…

Drew Henderson Plays Bach BWV 1003

The fantastic Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays the Adagio and Fuga from J.S. Bach’s second Sonata for Solo Violin BWV 1003. In his own words: “This arrangement draws upon material from Bach’s own arrangement of this piece for keyboard BWV…

McAllister Lesson: Vibrato on Guitar

Matthew McAllister gives a lesson on vibrato for guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. Great lesson with much information regarding the bigger-picture in terms of using vibrato in the context of music in general. If you’re looking for a technique…

Kupinski Duo Play Piazzolla

Kupinski Duo (Ewa Jablczynska & Dariusz Kupinski) playing their arrangement of Zita by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Dariusz plays a 2016 Felipe Conde Jr. and Ewa plays a 1990 Brian Cohen. This comes via the Guitar Salon Internationalshowroom in Santa…

Guitare Alla Grande 2016 by Heather Morand Clark

Guitare Alla GrandeOttawa, CanadaFebruary 11-14, 2016By Heather Morand ClarkPresident of the Guitar Society of Toronto The weekend of February 11-14 saw students from nine Ontario and Quebec schools gathered in Ottawa for a weekend of concerts featuring the incomparable Czech…

Douglas Hensley and Cathy Fern Lewis play Sharman

Cathy Fern Lewis (voice) & Douglas Hensley (lute) play “She walks in Beauty” by Vancouver-based composer Rodney Sharman. Recorded at Wood Recital Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, BC, May 2016. I recently recorded a new work for some colleagues of…

Xuanxuan Sun Plays Gigue BWV 1004

Xuanxuan Sun Plays Gigue BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) (孙绚绚演奏巴赫1004吉格). Such nice clean playing, I love watching her fingers. Cool and calm wins the race. Xuanxuan Sun is a Guitarist from Qingdao, China. Sun holds a Bacheler and Master…

Adam Cicchillitti Plays Roux

Canadian guitarist Adam Cicchillitti plays Par Vents et Marées written in 2013 by Canadian guitarist and composer Patrick Roux for his wife Chantal Gagnon. Par Vents et Marées is one of Patrick Roux’s ‘Panoramic Scenes’ for solo guitar. Audio and…

Lesson: Aural Refocus by Leo Garcia

Guest Lesson: Aural Refocus by Leo Garcia Visit his blog for more great lessons: Six String Journal I would argue that we all find pleasure in the ability to play fast. Whether as an accurate measure of our finger fitness,…

Marcin Dylla Plays Prelude No. 2 by Villa-Lobos

Marcin Dylla plays by Prelude No. 2 by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via the fantastic Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Great playing from Dylla as usual. Love his down to earth playing. He knows when to be elegant…

Celil Refik Kaya Plays Valses Poeticos

Turkish born but New York based guitarist Celil Refik Kaya playing Spanish composer Enrique Granados’ (1867–1916) Valses Poeticos on a beautiful new 2015 Kenneth Brogger ‘1890 Torres’ classical guitar via the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. You can…

Lesson: String Squeak by Matthew McAllister

Matthew McAllister gives a lesson regarding string squeaks and buzz on guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars and their fantastic YouTube channel. Siccas always have their visitors play on in-shop guitars, here a Armin Hanika 58 CC 2016. Matthew is a fantastic performer…