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Flashes From La Guitarra California 2017: Christopher Parkening Honored and More

By Blair Jackson Once again I had a fantastic time at the binennial La Guitarra California festival September...

Video Pick of the Week: Marion Schaap Plays Koshkin’s Unsettling ‘Usher Waltz’

Russian composer-guitarist Nikita Koshkin’s Usher Waltz (Usher-valze, 1984) has become a contemporary favorite of both guitarists and audiences;...

Recent Releases Tuesday: Sheet Music from Frederic Hand, Atanas Ourkouzounov, and Mark Houghton

We get so much sheet music sent to us by various publishers year ’round—literally hundreds of pieces in...

Video Pick of the Week: Isabella Selder Plays the ‘Sarabande’ from Bach’s ‘Cello Suite No. 2’ (on four guitars)

OK, it’s a bit a gimmick, but at least it’s a cool one: Thanks to the miracle of...

Recent Releases Tuesday: Albums by Hamish Strathdee, Thanos Mitsalas Plays Assad Chamber Works, and Tony Romano

Most Tuesdays we take a peak at recent albums or sheet music releases. Here are three of the...

tonebase: An Exciting New Resource for Classical Guitarists

By Blair Jackson Scour YouTube and other parts of the internet and you’ll find a wealth of instructional...

Video Pick of the Week: Isabel Martínez Plays Turina’s ‘Sonata, Op. 61’

This week’s selection is a popular favorite by Spanish composer Joquín Turina (1882–1949), written in 1931 and dedicated...

Recent Releases Tuesday: Sheet Music from Andrea Vezzoli and Paolo Ugoletti, William Bay, and Siyoh Tomiyama

We get so much sheet music sent to us by various publishers year ’round—literally hundreds of pieces in...

Hands On! The Barcelona Guitar Trio and Percussionist Play Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” on a Single Guitar

A fun little trifle for your weekend pleasure: The Barcelona Guitar Trio (Xavier Coll, Luis Robisco, and Manuel...

Video Pick of the Week: Curtis Institute Quartet Plays Eric Sessler’s ‘Shift and Riff’

Here’s something a little different: A quartet of highly talented students from the highly regarded Curtis Institute of...

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Christopher Mallett’s ‘Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements’

Album Review: ‘The Blue Album’ by Pablo Sáinz-Villegas

Profile: Classical Guitar Great Raphaella Smits

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