Canadian guitarists Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan play Prelude 5, Book II: Bruyères by French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arranged for guitar duo by Steve Cowan. Video by the amazing Drew Henderson. This comes via Cowan’s great YouTube Channel. Beautiful arrangement and ensemble playing, nice work!…
Method Book Lessons: Beginner Guitar DuetsStaccato Articulation for Beginner Classical GuitarWaltz by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) Free PDF Method Book & Lesson List: Classical Guitar Method Vol. 1Youtube Video Lesson Link (4k)Youtube Video Performance Link (4k) This is a lesson on staccato articulation…
Rachel Schiff plays her arrangement of Sonate K322 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a 2017 Ana Espinosa guitar. This comes via the excellent Siccas Guitars in Germany and their YouTube. Nice ornaments and rhythmic feel for this keyboard work by…
I’m very proud of my students for preparing this upcoming concert. I’m looking forward to it. Here is the proposed programme below. Picture update Jan.22nd, thanks to all for playing! Guitar Students from theStudio of Bradford WernerWood Recital HallVictoria Conservatory…
Timothy Steis Plays the Allegro from 2nd Violin Sonata BWV 1003 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube channel. Video by Drew Henderson. Point of interest, Timothy is also a luthier and he’s playing his own guitar.…
Slovenian guitarist Karmen Štendler plays Six Balkan Miniatures by Serbian-born, American composer Dušan Bogdanović (b.1955). This comes via her fantastic YouTube channel with a special thanks/shoutout to David Antigüedad Mangas and Uroš Barič at Baros Studio. Great playing by Štendler, filled with sharp articulations…
Dublin Guitar Quartet performing their transcription of Aheym (Homeward) by Bryce Dessner. Originally commissioned by the Kronos Quartet in 2009. This comes via their great YouTube Channel. Transcription by Brian Bolger and the Dublin Guitar Quartet and was approved by…
Matthew McAllister’s new album American Collection for solo guitar features works by composers Chick Corea, Ralph Towner, Philip Rosheger, Lou Harrison and Frank Zappa alongside a Guitar Quartet recording of the Mishima Quartet by Philip Glass. Short documentary film above via…
Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden continues to release a set of fantastic videos with the help of Henderson. Here he plays Eu sei que vou te amar by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), arr. McFadden. Recorded by Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson at Church of St. Mary Magdalene in…
Cool vid How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) by Brian Christian via TED-Ed on YouTube. “…all the time you spend prioritizing your work is time you aren’t spending doing it…sometimes, giving up on doing things in…