The Great Necks are a fantastic guitar trio made up of Adam Levin, Scott Borg, and Matthew Rohde. They just completed their first album last year and it includes a recording of this amazing Toccata [...]
Over at CGC Academy we've been treated to some wonderful new masterclass lessons on Brouwer's Etudes Simples with Cuban vituoso guitarist Rene Izquierdo. If you haven't gotten enough inspiration yet, here's some more! This is [...]
In honor of the life and art of Australian guitarist and composer Philip Houghton (d. Sept. 30, 2017), here's a beautiful performance of Houghton's "haunted sonata," Ophelia, played by Jacob Cordover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNe6YTw9kAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTTjvhyW-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-4rV6QJWZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQjDaTwaBTE [...]
For this month's bit of inspiration, check out SoloDuo, a duet of Italian guitarists Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli (featured on the CGC Podcast here), playing Beethoven! This is Sonata no. 8, op. 13, "Pathetique." [...]
For this month's dose of inspiration we're going to sit at the feet of Maestro J. S. Bach. In this performance Cuban virtuoso Rene Izquierdo is performing the famous Prelude from the Violin Partita no. [...]
For this month's bit of inspiration we'll be taking a listen to one of our new CGC Academy Faculty members, Kevin Gallagher, playing a beloved piece from the classical guitar repertoire (even though it was [...]
No matter what our level of playing ability, we all need inspiration. I remember when I first heard Segovia play J. S. Bach's legendary "Chaconne" and how it inspired me not only to want to [...]
