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Useful
resources for classical guitarists... |
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| David Russell's "Tip of the Season" Page | Not his home page but his excellent tips section |
| Douglas Niedt's "Fun Stuff" | Again, not his home page, but the technique tips and musical games |
| Fernando Sor Original Manuscripts | Everything the man ever wrote! |
| FreeScore | Free sheet music. No more photo-copying (only joking!) |
| Hago's Guide to Restringing a Guitar | If you can re-string your guitar properly you don't need to read this |
| Mauro Giuliani Original Manuscripts | Everything the man ever wrote and more! |
| YouTube Classical Guitar Search | Find others playing the piece you are learning (better or worse!). Over 35,000 clips when we last looked |
Guitar
magazines... |
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| Classical Guitar Magazine | The only printed magazine dedicated to classical guitar |
| Classical Guitar News | Online newspaper and general classical guitar resource |
| Guitarra Magazine | Online guitar magazine from America (looks a little out of date?) |
Publishers... |
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| Ashley Mark Publishing Ltd | The Classical Guitar Mag people plus music, CDs etc |
| Chanterelle | Over 5,000 pieces in their catalogue to keep you practising for years |
| Corda Music | Ian Gammie's music is always value for money |
| Editions Orphée | Go to the catalogue |
| Lathkill Music Publishers | Steve Marsh's site. (Only seems to work in Internet Explorer?) |
| Tecla Music | Dr. Brian Jeffery's excellent establishment |
Retail
therapy for your guitar (or you)... |
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| Barry Mason's Spanish Guitar Centre | Leicester Square, London. Founded by Len Williams (John's father) in 1952 |
| Birmingham Classical Guitar Centre | Stockists of fine guitars (Ramirez, Fischer just to whet your appetite) |
| Bristol Spanish Guitar Centre | Chris Gilbert stocks lots of excellent guitars here |
| FretsOnly | The retail arm of Ashley Mark, publishers of Classical Guitar Magazine |
| Nottingham Spanish Guitar Centre | Run by Andrew Liepins & Catherine Dickinson. Loads of music and stuff |
| Stafford Classical Guitar Centre | Equally fine guitars available here but a slightly longer drive |
Guitar
makers... |
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| Christopher Dean | Oxfordshire, top English maker. Guitar played by Eden Stell, Mark Ashford and many others |
| David Rouse | An Essex maker |
| Earl Marsh | Lincolnshire based friend of SCGS who visited us a few years back |
| Gary Southwell | Nottinghamshire, has a special interest in making 19th century copies |
| José Ramirez | Top Spanish luthier. Go on - spoil yourself |
| Kevin Aram | Highly rated maker based in North Devon |
| Paul Fischer | Oxfordshire. One of the world's top makers. Worked with David Rubio for many years |
| Rod Capper | Outstanding New Zealand maker |
| Romanillos | Our local maker. We've visited him in Wiltshire several times |
| Rohan Lowe | Sussex maker |
| Simon Ambridge | High quality instruments made in Devon |
| Smallman & Sons | Australian makers. No website but, be honest, you can't afford one anyway! |
| Stephen Hill | English maker now living in Granada, Spain. A tough life but someone has to do it! |
| Trevor Semple | Another fine English maker, unusually based in London |
Our
friends in other guitar societies and organisations... |
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| Arts Circus | Charity providing opportunities for all to experience the thrill of live music |
| Berkshire Guitar Society | On the fringes of the 'south', they live in Bracknell |
| Derby Classical Guitar Society | Despite the distance, some of them have visited us more and vice versa |
| Dorset Guitar Society | Our neighbours to the west. Based in Bournemouth |
| Federation of Guitar Societies | An umbrella organisation of which we are a part |
| Greenwood Classical Guitar Society | On the edge of London, based in Middlesex |
| hago (Hampshire Guitar Orchestra) | Particularly fine and specialist ensemble based near Portsmouth |
| Manchester Guitar Circle | Probably the oldest guitar society in the country, founded in 1946 by John Duarte |
| Richmond Guitar Society | Good friends with Greenwood, whose meeting place they share |
| Seattle Classic Guitar Society | SCGS (West)! Our new friends 6,000 miles away on the Pacific Coast. |
| Southern Jazz Guitar Society | Jazz version of us who meet next door in the pub (of course!) |
| Twango! | Southampton Music Service's U18 guitar ensemble |
| West Sussex Guitar Club | Great organisation promoting fabulous concerts in Bognor Regis |
| Winchester Guitar Festival | Excellent local festival organised by Helen Sanderson |
| World Youth Guitar Festival | Alternates every other year with Winchester Guitar Festival |
Guitarists
who have played for us (see the events page for
details)... |
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| Abigail James | Played a recital of contemporary music at King John's House for us back in 2000 |
| Amanda Cook | One of our favourites. Only John MIlls has played more times for us |
| Amber Saunders | One of our own. Local teacher and extremely rare three handed guitarist! |
| Andrew Gough | Midlands based player who played at King John's House in 2003 |
| Appassionata | A trio of our friends, Amanda Cook, Hayley Savage and Rebecca Baulch |
| Benjamin Verdery | Inspirational New Yorker who has played 3 times for us in the past 20 years or so |
| Brad Richter | Terrific guitarist/composer from Arizona, USA |
| Carlos Bonell | Another who has made a hat-trick of appearances for us over many years |
| Chris Kilvington | Good friend who passed away in 1999. Remembered as the inspiration behind our One-Day Mini-Festival |
| Craig Ogden | Brilliant Cotswolds-based Australian player. Solo in 2005 and with Alison Stephens (mandolin) in 2003 |
| David Russell | Played for us in 1993 at The Gantry in Southampton. |
| Detlev Bork | German guitarist played the last concert we held at Southampton's Tudor Merchant's Hall |
| Doulisme Guitaar Duo | Dutch pair who played at King John's House in September 2003 |
| Eden Stell | Local duo of international renown."They play like brothers!". Great concerts/workshops in 2001 and 2004 |
| Emanuele Segre | Italian who played for us back in 1999 |
| Erling Møldrup | Danish friend of John Mills who gave a very interesting lecture/recital on Danish composers |
| Fabio Zanon | Wonderful Brazilian GFA winner. Performed in 1999 and 2002. Playing in Sept |
| Fiona Harrison | Played twice for us at KJH in 1993 and 1996 |
| Galina Vale | Manchester-based Ukrainian lady puts on a heck of a show! Her homepage will give you a clue |
| Gary Ryan | Virtuoso player/composer. Played in 2003 (solo) and 2006 (Tetra Quartet) |
| Hayley Savage | Brilliant composer and player from the West of England |
| Hezy Levy | Most unusual 'troubadour guitarist' from Israel. It was a real treat to hear him in 2000 |
| Hill Wiltschinsky Duo | These guys have the honour of playing the first ever concert for us at The Point in 1998 |
| Hucky Eichelmann | Thailand-based German guitarists who played for us in 1999 and, with Richard Harvey, in 2004 |
| José Manuel Dapena | Fine Spanish player who has played at King John's House (2002) and The Point (2003) |
| John Mills | John has no website but there is no way he is being omitted from this list |
| Lorenzo Micheli | Another GFA winner who has played KJH and The Point for us in 2001 and 2002 respectively |
| Mark Ashford | His concert in 1997 at IBM's R&D Labs. (Trust me - it was a great venue!) signaled the rebirth of SCGS |
| Martha Masters | California's GFA winner played here in 2002 |
| Maud Laforest | French guitarist who performed brilliantly for us not once but twice in 2007 |
| McClelland Cousté Duo | Paris-based Canadian/French Duo. PLayed at our 3rd One Day Mini-Festival |
| Michael Hulmes | One of our own! Dorset based Michael played in 1999, 2000, 2006. Playing in July (see concerts) |
| Modern Guitar Trio | Outstanding triumvirate of composer/guitarists. Great concert in 2006 |
| Neil Smith | Bolton's finest. Played for us in 1999 and 2006 (with just a few hours notice). Was nearly a Beatle! |
| Nigel North | Lute virtuoso performed our 1st & 2nd ever concerts in 1973. It would be good to let him get his hat-trick |
| Peter Nuttall | Well known composer of easier pieces gave a fascinating lecture/recital and aerobics class for us in 1999 |
| Petri Kumela | Finnish player we met at West Dean and performed at KJH for us in 2001 |
| Rebecca Baulch | A rare hat-trick of performances at King John's House in 1994, '95 & '99 plus with Appassionata in 2005 |
| Simon Dinnigan | Great talent, a pupil of Gordon Crosskey and José Tomás |
| Stephen Kenyon | Dorchester based player, composer teacher, played several times for us in the 1980s and 1990s |
| Stewart French | Another West Dean friend who played KJH in 2000. Still the best Bach 'PFA' some of us have ever heard |
| Tetra Guitar Quartet | The long establish ensemble played for us in 2006 |
| William 'Bill' Coulter | Californian steel-string performer of Celtic and Shaker music, played with fellow 'Dude' Ben in 2004 |
| Xuefei Yang | Breath-taking performances at King John's in 2001 and The Point in 2003. Playing again Jan 2009 |
| Guitarists
who have not played for us (yet!)... |
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| Berta Rojas | Brilliant concert at West Dean 2007. Great CD. Would love to hear her play for us |
| Duo Ahlert Schwab | German based duo specialising in early instruments like archlute as well as guitar and mandolin |
| Eleftheria Kotzia | London based Greek player who was due to play for us in 2006 but was ill. We'll try again soon |
| Eliot Fisk | One of the top American players |
| Gerald Garcia | Oxford based guitarist, composer, teacher and guitar orchestra director-extraordinaire |
| Irina Kulikova | Very talented young Russian player. Took West Dean by storm in the mid 1990s |
| John Williams | Has played for us many times, sadly all of them in my dreams! Maybe he'll see this and take pity on us? |
| Juan Martin | UK based flamenco player |
| Karin Schaupp | Top Australian who was due to play for us in 2005 but it never happened. One day! |
| Katona Twins | Hungarian born, based in Manchester |
| Liona Boyd | Canada's "First Lady of the Guitar" |
| Manuel Barrueco | Cuban born American based superstar of the classical guitar |
| Muriel Anderson | American award-winning guitarist |
| Paco Peña | Probably the best flamenco player in the world today |
| Pavel Steidl | Extraordinary talent from the Czech Republic |
| Pepe Romero | Perhaps the most famous of the Romero guitar family |
| Roland Dyens | Great French-Tunisian guitarist and composer |
| Sharon Isbin | Another top American guitarist |
| Solo Duo | Brilliant Italian duo of Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela |
| Tomas Jiménez | UK based flamenco player |
Other
organisations... |
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| Hantsweb | Hampshire County Council website |
| Southampton Music Services | The... er... Music Service that.. um... serves... er... well, Southampton |
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