Tag: monthly-meetup
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October 2025 Meetup and Fika Duo
Theme: Personally Meaningful. Play something which has great personal meaning for you 19:15-20:00 Solos and chamber ensembles 20:10-21:00 Young Artists Platform: Duo Fika We host Duo Fika, one of this year’s IGF Young Artist Platform winners, for a short concert. See the event page here for background and a programme. This concert is promoted in partnership…
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September 2025 Meetup and Duo Cantelina
Theme: Cheesy classics. Shamelessly celebrate the perennial favourites which might have drawn you to the guitar in the first place e.g. Spanish Romance, Lágrimas, Recuerdos, Cavatina, Asturias… 19:15-19:45 Solos and chamber ensembles 20:10-21:00 Young Artists Platform We host Duo Cantelina, one of this year’s IGF Young Artist Platform winners, for a short concert. For more…
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June 2025 Meetup and Composition Competition
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 — play your own composition or arrangement, and be in the running to win a £100 voucher/prize for the best own composition or arrangement, as…
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May 2025 Meetup
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
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April 2025 Meetup and Luke Tyrell
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
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March 2025 Meetup and Wales Guitar Duo
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 Artists Platform We host one of this year’s IGF Young Artist Platform winners for a short concert. The Wales Guitar Duo (Cai Charles and Oliver…
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February 2025 Meetup
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
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November 2024 Meetup
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
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October 2024 Meetup and Paul Gregory
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: Paul Gregory from Maestoso Music. Paul’s talk will be: So what do you really want from a guitar? A discourse on how instruments differ…
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September 2024 Meetup and Arthur Keegan
12th September Meetup Solo theme: “21st century compositions” Ensemble Guest Speaker: Arthur Keegan on his Wessex Songs project