Evocación by José Luis Merlin
Evocacion by José Luis Merlin José Luis Merlin's Suite del Recuerdo ("Suite of Memory") opens and closes with a beautiful, expressive movement called "Evocación." This is a piece that comes from our Grade [...]
Stage Craft
Stagecraft involves everything you do in front of an audience besides playing the music. It makes a large impact on the audience and contributes greatly to their musical experience. It does not, however, receive much [...]
Inspiration: Listening to Bach with The Great Necks
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 [...]
The Guitalele
by Dave Belcher The "Guitalele"? The guitar is but one member of a very large and extended family. Distant cousins of today's guitar stretch back at least 3,000 years -- though closer family resemblances date [...]
Inspiration: Listening to Scarlatti with Rene Izquierdo
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 [...]