Early Slot 7.40 – 7.55 Solos First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble (see email from Francisco about the new Prokofiev piece — please bring your part along!) Second Session 9.15-10.30pm […]
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 Member’s Talk Cari Aplin: Luise Walker First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Solos
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Classical and Early Romantic Etude. Play an Etude by a composer like Sor, Carcassi, Carulli, Giuliani, Aguado, […]
April 2024 society meetup: Solos with theme: A piece by a British Composer, Ensemble, Guest Speaker Stephen Goss: “The delusion of urtext”: Are we taking music too literally?
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Latin America First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Recital by rising star Luke Bartlett, […]
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 pm – Member’s Talk Nick Regan: “The Moods of Key Signatures” First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Solos (Optional) theme for the […]
Vince Smith: Thinking about Sight Reading, Ensemble, Solos: “The Rest of the World” Showcase: play something from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Polynesia, etc. — not Western Europe or Latin America)
12th September Meetup
Solo theme: “21st century compositions”
Ensemble
Guest Speaker: Arthur Keegan on his Wessex Songs project
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55pm Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Music from Spain First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm – Visiting Artist lecture Visiting Artist: […]
Early Slot 7.30 – 8.15: Solos Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Baroque Night First Session 8.20-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Ensemble
19:15-19:45 Solos and chamber ensembles
19:45-20:00 Members’ short talks TBD
20:00-20:50 Ensemble
21:00-22:00 Annual General Meeting
It’s a very exciting AGM — this is is the first one since we officially became a charity last year, and there’s lots to discuss.
If you want to submit any AOB items, please do so at least two weeks before the AGM.
Solos and chamber ensembles
Guest Speaker: Sam Brown “Caught Luting: Playing renaissance
lute music on the guitar” Sam Brown leads a practical workshop on how to transfer
lute music well to the guitar: expect a whistle-stop tour of lute repertory, division
playing, ornaments, and right hand hints and tips.
BCGS Ensemble Rehearsal
Theme: TV, film, musical, video game themes (arranged or written for guitar) 19:00-19:45 Solos and chamber ensembles 19:45-20:00 Members’ Lightning Talk: Tony Mulholland “Software Tools for Ensemble Practice” 20:10-21:00 Young […]
Theme: Dance (Music inspired by dance forms like Waltz, Tango, Pavane, Sarabande, Rumba, Fandango etc.)
19:15-20:00 Solos and chamber ensembles
20:00-20:50 Luke Tyrell, IGF Young Artists Platform
We host Luke for a short concert.
21:00-22:00 BCGS Ensemble Rehearsal
Theme: Not originally for guitar – transcriptions throughout the ages
19:15-20:00 Solos and chamber ensembles
20:00-20:50 Guest Artists: Mosaic Guitar Ensemble A short concert by the Mosaic Ensemble, based in the south of England, and under the direction of Amanda Cook
21:00-22:00 BCGS Ensemble Rehearsal
Theme: Own arrangement or composition (£100 first prize, £50 second prize!), or if not participating in the competition: music from a living composer. This month we have a special competition […]