Southampton Classical Guitar Society ~ Public Concerts

This page gives details of forthcoming SCGS concerts and other events. As well as information about artists, programme details will be included once known.

Free mailing list: we operate free postal and email services. We can send you a flyer 3 weeks before a concert and/or an email 1 week in advance so you'll never miss a concert. Simply send an email to our publicity officer at publicity@NOSPAMscgs-guitar.org.uk (remove the NOSPAM bit) or phone 01329 310792. We only use it for our own events and we never give/sell your details to anyone. If we haven't heard from you for 2 years we will check if you want to stay on. You can come off at any time.

Sat. 16th October, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: Johannes Möller (from Sweden)

2010 GFA Winner!!!  (27th July in Austin, Texas)

We are delighted that the next in our Celebrity Concert Series features the great Swedish guitarist/composer, Johannes Möller. His concert for the Winchester Guitar Festival in 2008 will be remember for a very long time by all who were there on a hot July evening.

Johannes graduated from The Royal College of Music after studying with Gary Ryan and Carlos Bonell, and then completed his Masters at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague where he studied with Zoran Dukic.

The concert takes place at The Point, Leigh Road, Eastleigh at 8pm. Tickets on sale now priced £12 (Concessions £10) via the venue's website or by phoning the box office on 023 8065 2333. (Members can now also purchase 2 tickets at £8 each direct from the box office). The preliminary programme (subject to change) can be viewed here.

www.johannesmoller.com/             (Download a poster and help publicise this cocnert - thanks!)

"If I can make one person happy with my music that is enough for me. If that person can share that happiness, even just with a smile to someone else, we are making the world a better place way beyond our imagination" (Johannes Möller)

Sat. 20th November, 8pm, Milner Hall, St. Peter Street, Winchester: Sam Cave

We are thrilled to announce our new "Young Artists Concert Series" to compliment our long establish "Celebrity Concert Series". Aimed at promoting the work of newly graduated musicians embarking on a professional concert career these concerts will take place in a variety of venues around the region to bring music to as wide an audience as possible.

We kick off this new venture with Sam Cave.

Tickets £8, available on the door.

More details to follow in due course.

Southampton Classical Guitar Society ~ Recent Concerts

Winchester Guitar Festival 2010: July 23rd-25th

Once again, Southampton Classical Guitar Society is very proud to be a co-promoter of the festival concerts which this year features two outstanding players from England and Canada. (Click the photo for a larger image).

Fri 23rd July 1pm: Helen Sanderson & The Eden Stell Guitar Duo kick off the festival with a lunchtime concert at St Lawrence Church, just off the High Street. Tickets just £7 on the door or via the link below.

Fri. 23rd July 8pm, Mark Ashford - a student of Gordon Crosskey at Chethams's School of Music, he followed his graduation with a year of intensive private study in Spain with David Russell. Mark is a multi-award winning guitarist who has performed all over the world as soloist and as a member of the Vida Guitar Quartet.

Sat 24th July 8pm, Dale Kavanagh (from Canada) - acclaimed as one of the guitar world´s most gifted interpreters, Dave Kavanagh hails from Toronto and now lives in Germany. She completed her studies with Oscar Ghiglia in Switzerland. She has played more than 1,000 concerts in over 40 countries.

The evening concerts take place the Milner Hall, St Peter Street, Winchester. Tickets are £12 (conc £10) and can be bought via the festival website: www.winchesterguitarfestival.co.uk

HOT NEWS: All concert tickets can now be bought online. Just click this link:

Don't forget to check out the festival course as well. There are places still available and, being a "credit crunch festival", it is reasonably priced. SCGS also offers a bursary to this course so please contact the festival office on 01962 860192 for more details.

Sat. 1st May 2010, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: The Vida Guitar Quartet

Full programme details can be seen here.

A full review of Vida's concert will appear in our May newsletter

http://www.vidagq.com/

Sat. 6th Feb 2010, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: Milos Karadaglic (from Montenegro)

Full programme details can be seen here.

A full review of Milos' concert appeared in our Feb 2010 newsletter.

www.miloskaradaglic.com  (check out the video clips)

Sat. 14th Nov 2009, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: Berta Rojas (from Paraquay)

Full programme details can be seen here.

A review of Berta's concert appeared in our Jan 2010 newsletter.

Sat. 2nd May 2009, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: Gary Ryan

Full programme details can be seen here.

A review of Gary's concert and workshop appeared in our May 2009 newsletter.

Sat. 31st Jan 2009, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: Xuefei Yang (from China)

Full programme details can be seen here.

A review of Xuefei's concert and workshop appeared in our Feb 2009 newsletter.

Sat. 20th Sep 2008, 8pm, The Point, Eastleigh: Fabio Zanon (from Brazil)

Full programme details can be seen here.

A review of Fabio's concert and workshop appeared in our Oct 2008 newsletter.