Canberra Classical Guitar

The recently formed Canberra Classical Guitar Society Orchestra has stepped into the Canberra music scene with two recent performances. Its debut outing was at the Italian Cultural Centre at the invitation of guitarist Milena Cifali who held a concert there on 23 May. A second chance for the group to perform came  from the Spanish-Australian Club who invited the orchestra to kick off their Santiago Day festivities on 25 July. Santiago (Saint James) is the patron saint of Spain. Continue Reading »

The following Canberra Times2 article appeared on 9 July prior to MGQ’s performance on 12 July 2009 at Wesley Music Centre.

Top quality musicians bring their guitars and a vibrant program to Canberra, Janet Wilson writes.

“Our mission is to push the guitar into a more mainstream area of music making,” Antony Field says as he talks to me about the Melbourne Guitar Quartet – MGQ – and the program to be played at Wesley Music Centre on Sunday afternoon. Continue Reading »

Joe Gallacher is a full-time guitar maker living in Albury, NSW.   He makes traditional classical/flamenco guitars (as well as mandolins and Irish bouzoukis) and brought one his instruments (a guitar based on the German maker Herman Hauser) to our Society meeting yesterday.  If you would like more information, please visit his website www.gallacherguitars.com.