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Austin Classical Guitar Turns To Online Curriculum To Teach Classical Guitar in Schools

FROM THE SPRING 2015 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR “We felt there was not an adequate solution for engaging...

Review: Kazuhito Yamashita’s Magical ‘Cello Suites’ in S.F.

A CG Online Exclusive An amazing thing happened as guitar virtuoso Kazuhito Yamashita was playing a particularly sublime...

Banff Centre Closes Second Year of Guitar Residency

The Banff Centre, the esteemed Alberta, Canada-based arts-culture-education hub, has wrapped the second year of its guitar-residency program....

West Dean Classical Guitar Fest Is Another Winner

The 24th West Dean College International Classical Guitar Festival and Summer School, held in rural West Sussex,...

Berta Rojas Nominated for Latin Grammy

The latest album by Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas, Historia Del Tango, recorded with the Argentine chamber group...

Yamashita to Play Complete Cello Suites in S.F.

Master guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita will kick off the San Francisco-based Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts’ 35th...

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The Fifth Finger: An Appreciation of the Little Finger in Right-Hand Classical Guitar Technique

By Colin Cooper Strictly speaking, the thumb is not a finger. It is a digit, one of the...

Classical Guitar Grateful Dead? Yes!

Arranging pop and rock songs for classical guitar is nothing new, of course. Chances are you’ve heard...

‘House of Cards’ and ‘Monk’ Composer Jeff Beal Premieres New Work for Guitar and String Quartet

Jeff Beal, an award-winning composer that has scored music for House of Cards, Blackfish, and Monk, will premiere...

Classical Guitar Festivals for the Weekend of August 21

Calling all classical-guitar fans! We’ve done the hard work—rounded up a handful of classical guitar fests taking...

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