Featured performer Jamie Garrick Come and hear this great new talent at our society! Here is some biography about Jamie…  ‘… a poetic interpretation, with sensitive phrasing and appropriate rubato, underpinned by a sound technique…’                                                                       – Frances Robinson, Middle C Classical Music Reviews Jamie Garrick, a graduate of the New Zealand School of Music , was recently awarded 1st prize at the 2014 New Zealand Classical Guitar Competition.  This achievement comes less than a year after Jamie completed his Masters, gaining Distinction under the tuition of Dr Jane Curry. Jamie’s previous accomplishments include being awarded a ‘New Zealand
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Great guitarists of the World Some thing I have wanted to do for a long time is have a theme dedicated to showing some videos of some great performances by some of the greatest guitar players of the world! So the later part of this months meeting will be dedicated to this. Including names such as Julian Bream,  Alvaro Perri, Ana Vidovic, Marek Pasieczny. These may be performances or performers you have not seen before.   Naturally we will have our guitar ensemble. The pieces we will play this month are the first 5 from the ensemble book.  Please decide
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Owen Moriarty – featured artist This meeting is our second meeting for the year of 2015. It will be great to see you all. Save medical fees and come and get some music treatment instead. We will be back to our standard meeting structure. We will start with guitar ensemble. Please be brave and join this group. There are parts for players of all standards. Many of us find it a great joy to be part of this group and it is excellent for developing your playing standard. Group music books will be available for paid up members. Non paid
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This meeting will be our first meeting for the year of 2015. It will be great to see you all on the first meeting of the new year. This will be a relatively informal first meeting. We have some members who have already offered to play. We should have some pieces available for our guitar orchestra as well. Any one else who has something to play would be very welcome. It could be a future or previous exam piece for example. Or just something you have been working on recently. See you there this coming Sunday for more enjoyable guitar
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Held at Highlands Intermediate School, 2012 was the first Summer School for classical guitar held in New Zealand since the early ’90’s. This Taranaki Classical Guitar Summer School was jam packed with workshops, masterclasses and ensembles designed to improve both guitar playing and appreciation. Culminating in performance at Pukekura Park Festival of Lights, the 2012 Summer School was a huge success with over 60 participants. This success was felt by all the participants: “What a fantastic week!! Many thanks again to organisers and participants alike who made this such a great occasion. As a novice I was made to feel
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