Songs of Yesteryear

Songs of Yesteryear 7.30pm, Wednesday 11th October Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Tickets: TBC Performed by WAAPA guitar and voice students and staff.   Wallow in the romance of Elizabethan music song, the pangs of unrequited love, and the delights of sixteenth-century mischief. From the songs...

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Boyd Meets Girl

Boyd Meets Girl 7.30pm, Friday 18th August Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Tickets: $40 adults, $35 concession, $33 friends, Bookings: click here Boyd Meets Girl pairs Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd with American cellist Laura Metcalf. The duo has toured the world sharing their eclectic mix...

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WAAPA Guitar Forum 2023 on “Composing for the Guitar”

WAAPA Guitar Forum 2023 on “Composing for the Guitar” Sunday 25 June 3.00-4.30pm Workshop and Roundtable 5.00-7.00pm Showcase Concert (featuring new/recent works by WA composers) Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Free admission (register online here) WAAPA’s 2023 Guitar Forum is a celebration of guitar composition, culminating...

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Rio Rhapsody

Rio Rhapsody 7.30pm, Thursday 18th May 2023 Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Performed by Classical, jazz, and contemporary guitar students and staff. Tickets: TBC   Join us for a fiesta of Latin American guitar music, with special tribute to the music of Brazil, where the musical...

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Christmas Fundraising Guitar Concert

Sun, 04 Dec – Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre Christmas Fundraising Guitar Concert Enjoy a magical afternoon listening to classical guitar music by the lake, all while raising money for charity. Please click here to purchase tickets

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Alexis Chin – Third Year Guitar Recital

Alexis Chin’s graduation recital program will include works by Bach, Piazzolla and Regondi. He will also be joined by associate artist, Alex Wallace (Clarinet) Date: Saturday 12 Nov Time: 7pm Venue: Callaway Auditorium, UWAFree Entry

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Hayden Burke – Honours Guitar Recital

Hayden Burke will present a program that celebrates the Julian Bream repertoire: a collection of 20th century guitar works by William Walton, Benjamin Britten and Reginald Smith Brindle. Date: Saturday Nov 12 Time: 5.30pm Venue: Callaway Auditorium, UWA

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Abbey Felton: These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens... These are a few of Maria Von Trapp's favourite things, and now Abbey Felton wants to share some of her favourite things with you. With the enthusiasm of a young nun jaunting across the Austrian alps, Felton...

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WAAPA Guitar: The Music of Our Time

6pm, Saturday 12th November 2022 Kurrongkurl Katijin Gallery (Building 15, ML campus, ECU) FREE ADMISSION Music Direction by: Jonathan Paget Performed by: Classical Guitar students and staff Join us for a panoply of solo and chamber guitar works that epitomise “the music of our time,” including twentieth-century greats such as...

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Ethan Dorrian: Masters Lecture-Recital

6.00pm Sunday 20th November 2022 Talented WAAPA masters student Ethan Dorrian gives a lecture recital that both traces the development of the guitar sonata in the modern era, with performances of works by Ponce and Brouwer, and culminates in discussion and performance of the Sonata del Guadalquivir by Angelo Gilardino...

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Classical Guitar Forum 02

Classical Guitar Performers Meeting 7.00pm Thursday, August 10, 2023 ***change of venue***  Unfortunately there has been a change of venue for the Guitar Performers Meeting on Thursday  10th August  7.00pm due to ongoing building works at the Lesser Hall.  It will now be at the City of Vincent’s Community Centre,...

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2022 WA Classical Guitar Ensemble Festival

The WA Classical Guitar Ensemble (and Solo) Festival (2022) will be held at Carine Senior High School, 51 Everingham St Carine, on Saturday, 20 August and Sunday, 21 August. Tickets available at the door (contactless only): ($6 adult weekend pass; $4 concession weekend pass; and $16 family weekend pass=2 adults and...

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Ingrid Riollot Masterclass (with Damon Smallman)

4.30-6.30pm Thursday 18 August 2022 Room 1.225, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, ECU (2 Bradford St Mount Lawley) Attendance is free, but please register in advance at https://events.humanitix.com/ingrid-riollot-masterclass-with-damon-smallman Players interested in performing in the masterclass should contact Jonathan Paget directly on j.paget(at)ecu.edu.au  

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Symphonic Miniatures of the Napoleonic Guitar

Duos and trios on period instruments: Performed by Jonathan Paget, Morgan Remaj, and Craig Lake. Three highly-acclaimed artists join forces in a very special concert on period guitars from the Napoleonic era, with works by L’Hoyer, de Fossa/Haydn, and Diabelli–all performed in the stunning and resonant acoustic of the Church of...

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PRIMARY GUITAR WORKSHOP

PRIMARY GUITAR WORKSHOP When: 2-4PM Sat 11th June Where: Instrumental Music School Services, 150 Guildford Rd Maylands (entry off Peninsular Ave) This event is now SOLD OUT (fully registered); Email Deborah.Banks@education.wa.edu.au to be placed on a reserve list and to be notified re future events of this kind. The Primary Guitar Workshops are a music ensemble...

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Ingrid Riollot: Guitar Recital

Ingrid Riollot: Guitar Recital   Principle Artist & Adjudicator of the 2022 WA Classical Guitar Ensemble and Solo Festival, Ingrid Riollot is a French guitarist of brilliant technique, inspirational artistry, and international renown who now resides in Esperance, Western Australia. When: 7.30pm Friday 19 August 2022 Where: Richard Gill Auditorium,...

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Strings Attached Festival 2022

Strings Attached Festival 2022, 7-9 October Strings Attached: The West Australian Guitar Festival (waguitarfestival.com.au) More Details to follow…

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Morgan Remaj: Guitar and Theorbo

Morgan Remaj: Guitar and Theorbo Time: 7.30pm Saturday 25 June Venue: Church of the Resurrection Swanbourne; Shenton Rd, Swanbourne Tickets: $25 adults, $15 concession.  Bookings at https://events.humanitix.com/morgan-remaj-guitar-and-theorbo   Come on a journey with the celebrated classical guitarist and early musician Morgan Remaj through a myriad of 17th and 18th centuries treasures...

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Pietro Locatto: Guitar Recital

Pietro Locatto: Guitar Recital 8.00pm Tuesday 26th July 2022 Richard Gill Auditorium, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University (2 Bradford St Mt Lawley) Tickets: $30 adults, $20 concession, available at https://events.humanitix.com/pietro-locato-guitar-recital   The remarkable Italian guitarist Pietro Locatto, winner of the 2020 Adelaide International Guitar Competition, performs a...

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