Classical FastTrack 2.0 (Masterclass with Jonathan Paget)

  Classical FastTrack 2.0 (Guitar Masterclass with Jonathan Paget) 1.00pm-4.00pm Sunday 21 July 2024 Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, ECU (2 Bradford St Mount Lawley) Boost your confidence, strengthen your skills, and turbocharge your performances through working with one of Australia’s most esteemed performers and pedagogues! (see Associate Professor...

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Silversands Guitar Quartet–WAAPA Lunchtime

Silversands Guitar Quartet–WAAPA Lunchtime Concert 1.10pm, Thursday 19th September Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Free admission The Silver Sands Guitar Quartet performs this delightful lunchtime program featuring a selection of modern Australian and international works. Featuring four acclaimed virtuosi (Jonathan Paget, Ingrid Riollot, Ethan Dorrian, Craig Lake),...

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WAAPA Guitar Forum 2024 on “Women of the Guitar”

WAAPA Guitar Forum 2024 on “Women of the Guitar” 2.00-5.00pm Saturday 22 Symposium 6.00pm Showcase Concert (featuring new/recent works by WA composers) Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley Free admission (registrations TBC) WAAPA’s 2024 Guitar Forum is an exploration and showcase of “Women of the Guitar”, both...

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The Mediterranean Guitar (WAAPA)

The Mediterranean Guitar 7.30pm, Thursday 10th October Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Tickets: $30 – Full, $25 – Concession, $23 – Friends click here The Spanish may have invented the guitar, but the Italians also made the instrument their own! Over the centuries, a diaspora of Mediterranean...

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News from Nowhere (WAAPA Guitar)

News from Nowhere 7.30pm, Wednesday 24th April Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Tickets: $30 – Full, $25 – Concession, $23 – Friends click here The vastness of the country, the muted colours of the landscape, and an introspective lyricism – these essential national elements infuse the Australian...

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UWA DAY OF GUITAR

UWA Day of Guitar 19 October 2024, 1-5pm Classical guitarists of all ages and abilities are invited to join us at the UWA Conservatorium of Music for an inspiring day of performances, workshops, guitar comparison demonstrations, masterclasses and guitar orchestras led by some of WA’s finest performers and educators. The...

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Centre Stage Co-Lab : Guitar + STRINGS

Centre Stage Co-Lab | Guitar + STRINGS 3 October 2024, 7pm Join us as talented students from the UWA Guitar and String studios join forces for a exciting night of rarely heard chamber music for plucked and bowed strings. The concert will culminate in the West Australian premiere of Nigel...

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UWA Guitar Studio | Lunchtime Concert

UWA Guitar Studio | Lunchtime Concert 7 August 2024, 1pm Come hear some of Western Australia’s most talented young guitarists perform an exciting concert of solo and ensemble repertoire for the guitar. Free entry, no registration required.

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Masterclass with UWA’s Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald

Masterclass with UWA’s Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald 27 July, 2024, 2pm Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald, Chair of Guitar at the UWA Conservatorium of Music, will present a free masterclass for advanced high school classical guitar students.  Performers: Participation is free but performers must email Jonathan Fitzgerald at jonathan.fitzgerald@uwa.edu.au to book a spot...

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UWA Perth International Classical Guitar Fiesta

UWA Perth International Classical Guitar Fiesta 26 May 2024, 1.30-6.30pm After the sold-out success of the 2023 Perth International Classical Guitar Festival, be treated to a fiesta of solo and ensemble performances & masterclasses in a stunning day of guitar artistry featuring London-based Bulgarian guitarist Pavel Ralev & the UWA...

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Centre Stage: UWA Guitar Studio + Accelerate!

Centre Stage: UWA Guitar Studio + Accelerate! 11 May 2024, 5pm Join us for an exciting concert as talented high school players in UWA’s Accelerate! program join forces with emerging artists from the UWA Guitar Studio. Be inspired as the cream of the crop of WA’s young guitarists perform a...

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UWA Guitar Studio | Lunchtime Concert

UWA Guitar Studio | Lunchtime Concert 8 May 2024, 1pm Come hear some of Western Australia’s most talented young guitarists perform an exciting concert of solo and ensemble repertoire for the guitar. Free entry, no registration required.

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Accelerate! Guitars

Accelerate! Guitars Accelerate! Guitars is UWA’s elite performance training program designed for classical guitarists in Years 10–12 who are looking to take their playing to the next level! Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with Chair of Guitar Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald, as well as some very special guests....

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Vladimir Gorbach: Guitar Artistry

Vladimir Gorbach: Guitar Artistry 7.30pm, Thursday 8th August 2024 Richard Gill Auditorium, WA Academy of Performing Arts (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Tickets: $37 Full. $32 Conc.  Purchase tickets HERE Described as ‘a gift to the world of music’, Russian-born classical guitarist Vladimir Gorbach is internationally acclaimed for his outstanding...

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The Human Experience

The Human Experience  12th January, 7:30pm, The North Perth Town Hall (26 View St North Perth) Tickets: $20 adult, $15 concession/students/kids 12+, free admission for under 12; see https://events.humanitix.com/the-human-experience Boorloo/Perth- based guitarist Abbey Felton (Ensemble Offspring’s Hatched Associate Artist 2023) remounts the concert she presented with Ensemble Offspring in Perth with local...

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Philippe Villa: Rêverie

Philippe Villa: Rêverie 7.00pm, Wednesday 28th February 2024 Richard Gill Auditorium, WA Academy of Performing Arts (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) French virtuoso Philippe Villa performs this very special concert on nineteenth-century and modern instruments (one night only), in a program encompassing Coste, Legnani, Regondi, Giuliani, Tesar, Rudniev, and Merlin....

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Claire Angel Bonner: A Tale of Three Cities

7pm, Thursday 16 November, 2023 Callaway Music Auditorium, University of Western Australia A musical journey through Napoleon’s Europe Tasmanian musician and 19th century guitar specialist Claire Angel Bonner presents a captivating musical journey through Napoleon’s Europe in this solo concert featuring works by Sor, Giuliani, Regondi, Coste and Mertz. “It...

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UWA Guitar Studio Concert

UWA Guitar Studio Concert 7pm, Wednesday September 13, 2023 Braham Auditorium, Trinity College (2 Trinity Ave, East Perth) Free entry! The UWA Guitar Studio is thrilled to partner with Trinity College for an exciting concert celebrating the classical guitar. Come hear some of WA’s finest young musicians performing a varied...

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