CLASSICAL GUITAR MASTERCLASS WITH JONATHAN FITZGERALD 9 September 2023, 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. Students interested in performing in the class should contact concerts@uwa.edu.au for more information.
UWA Guitar Studio | Lunchtime Concert 9 August 2023, 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.
Perth International Classical Guitar Festival 28-30 July, 2023 Mark your calendars for Perth’s only international classical guitar festival! Over three days, enjoy a jam-packed program featuring local, national and international artists including Colin Davin (USA), Petra Poláčková (Czech Republic), Connor Whyte (AUS) and the Perth Guitar Quartet. Be treated to...
UWA Guitar Studio + Accelerate! 27 May 2023, 7pm Join us for an inspiring performance as talented high school guitarists in UWA’s Accelerate! program join forces with emerging artists from the UWA Guitar Studio in a concert of solo and ensemble works that is not to be missed!
Guitar & Percussion Co-Lab 18 May 2023, 7pm Join us as talented students from the UWA Guitar and Percussion studios join forces for a exciting night of rarely heard music for marimba, vibraphone, percussion and guitar.
Accelerate! Guitars Join UWA’s elite classical guitar training program designed for players in years 10-12 who want to take their skills to the next level! Run on Friday afternoons in May, participants will have the opportunity to work closely with Chair of Guitar Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald as well as some...
UWA Guitar Studio | Lunchtime Concert 26 April 2023, 1pm Come hear some of Western Australia’s most talented young guitarists perform an exciting concert of solo and ensemble repertoire for the guitar, including the Australian premiere of Steven Goss’s epic chamber work “Tarot”. Free entry, no registration required.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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
