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Photos from Berta Rojas Masterclass August 2024
Some photos from the excellent day we had with Berta Rojas in August 2024
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Luke Bartlett (09/05/2024)
At the May 2024 meetup, BCGS members were treated to a concert by rising star Like Bartlett, who pproaching his Finals Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, was selected as an IGF Young Artist 2024, is a Julian Bream Scholar and has recently won a prize for Voice and…
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Giacomo Susani (20/04/2024)
As part of its 2024 Concert Series, the Bristol Classical Guitar Society presented composer-guitarist Giacomo Susani on the 20th of April. This concert also represented a change in our usual venue, and was the first time we held a concert in the beautiful Saint Stephens church in central Bristol. Susani opened the programme with Sor’s…
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Our Members’ Concerts
Our Members’ Concerts are an important element of our Annual Programme. They represent a very good opportunity for members to play in front of an audience and showcase their own playing.
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Better Call Duo (14/03/2024)
Chieko Hata and Stefano Palamidessi entertained us with a themed recital entitled Meaningful Pop. This programme of 20th century repertoire was performed on the Bristol leg of their tour of Italy, the UK and Japan which returned to Radio Vatican in May. It was hard to believe that they have only been performing together as…
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Classical Guitar Summer Schools, Events, and Conventions 2024
There are a number of exciting Summer Schools and other guitar events happening in 2024! Even if you do not attend the courses themselves, each of them include numerous concerts, all of which are well worth putting in the diary. The places can also fill up quite quickly. Guitar Foundation of America Date: 17 –…
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2024 Updated Constitution
At the 2024 AGM, we agreed to introduce a new committee role (Data Protection and Asset Management Officer). We also discussed amending the constitution to allow committee members to retire and change outside of the the annual AGM cycle, and identified some discrepancies around the number of committee members needed to form a quorum, and…
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Theme Nights for Solos in 2024
As part of the AGM in 2024, we agreed to try theming the solos in each month, to inspire more people to play. Themes are entirely optional – if you’ve got something else you’d like to play that doesn’t fit in with the theme, play it anyway! The themes are:
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2021 Winter Concert
Thursday 9th December 2021Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square It was wonderful to be able to stage this year’s Winter Concert after missing the 2020 edition due to the Covid restrictions, and even more so to do so in a room packed with friends, family and brand new acquaintances to share the evening and a full programme…