2022-23 Season
September 29, 2022
Mario da Silva
Unraveling Extended Guitar
Co-presented with the Mannes School of Music
October 6, 2022
James Westbrook
The European Guitar Prior to Torres
November 3, 2022
Alan Mearns
Bach Arrangements for the Guitar
December 1, 2022
Jiji
Wearing Many Hats as a 21st-Century Musician: What Skills Should I Invest in?
January 12, 2023
Ben VerderyMusical Truths and Observations
February 2, 2023
Andrew YorkA Discussion with Andrew York
March 9, 2023
Xuefei YangMasterclass
April 6, 2023
David LeisnerBreathing and the Guitar
May 4, 2023
Steven Cowan and Adam Cicchillitti Pushing the Limits: Arranging, Commissioning, and Collaboration
2021–22 Season
September 2, 2021
Mark Marrington
Recording and the Identity of the Classical Guitar in the 20th Century
October 21, 2021
Nate Huvard
Making the Most of Virtual Performance: Technical Guidance for Playing Live Music Online
February 10, 2022
Rene Izquierdo
A Discussion with Rene Izquierdo
March 10, 2022
João Kouyoumdjian
Komitas and Armenian Folk Music
April 7, 2022
Gulli Björnsson
Creative Processes in Classical Guitar Composition
May 26, 2022
Patterson/Sutton Duo
Eclectic Influences: An In-Depth Look at Stephen Goss’s Park of Idols for Cello & Guitar
June 9, 2022
William Kanengiser
Biomechanics for Guitarists
August 4, 2022
Phil Goldenberg
Building Success: The Art of Practice
2020–21 Season
September 10, 2020
Frederic Hand
Frederic Hand: Too Short for Basketball
October 8, 2020
Ben Verdery
How Ferdinando Carulli’s The Storm Changed My Life
November 5, 2020
Christoper Mallett
An American Original: The Life and Works of Justin Holland
December 3, 2020
John Olson
What Are the Most Popular Classical Guitar Pieces?
January 14, 2021
Mariano Aguirre
The progressive and meticulous method books of Julio Sagreras
February 11, 2021
Gary Lee
How Was Your Guitar Built?
March 4, 2021
Michael Kudirka
How Microtonal Fretboards Can Save Harmony (And Why You Should Care)
May 6, 2021
Oren Fader
Contemporary Music for the Guitar: Learning, Performing, and Commissioning
June 3, 2021
Elizabeth Coleman
Mindfulness and Guitar Playing and Performance for the Amateur and the Professional
July 12, 2021
Thomas Flippin
Cognitive Dissonance: Composing and Arranging for the Classical Guitar
2019–20 Season
September 5, 2019
Elizabeth Coleman
Mindfulness Techniques to Make Performing Guitar Less Stressful and More Fun
October 3, 2019
Laura Snowden
Lessons Learnt from Julian Bream
November 7, 2019
Diálogos Duo
A Dozen Choro Tributes: Contemporary Insights into Choro’s Evolution
December 5, 2019
Irina Kulikova
A Discussion with Irina Kulikova
January 9, 2020
Andrew Schulman
Medical Musician: A Storyteller and Travel Guide in Music
February 6, 2020
Benjamin Verdery
I wanted my classical guitar to sound electric … like Jimi
March 5, 2020
Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet
Brazilian and Latin American Guitar: Repertoire and Rhythms
April 9, 2020
Martha Masters
Strategies to Improve Your Sight-reading
May 7, 2020
Rene Izquierdo
The Poised Guitarist
June 11, 2020
Tali Roth
Baroque Ornamentation and Dance in the Music of J. S.Bach
July 9, 2020
Rupert Boyd
Music for Guitar and Cello: Exploring and Expanding the Repertoire
August 6, 2020
Dan Lippel
Reassigning Resonance: Scordatura in Contemporary Repertoire
2018–19 Season
September 6, 2018
Elizabeth Coleman
Mindfulness Techniques to Make Performing Guitar Less Stressful and More Fun
October 4, 2018
Beijing Guitar Duo
Masterclass
November 8, 2018
Tali Roth
How to Build a Career in Music
December 6, 2018
Kevin Sherwin
The Classical Guitar on Early Sound Recordings: Style, Expression, and Technique
January 10, 2019
Mark Delpriora
A Concise View of the New York Classical Guitar Scene During the 1950s and Early 1960s
February 7, 2019
Mariano Aguirre
Rhythmic Training during Technique Practice: Pulse and Meter Awareness
February 28, 2019
Zoran Dukic
Masterclass
April 4, 2019
Gohar Vardanyan
Guitar Practice Techniques
May 2, 2019
Judicaël Perroy
Masterclass
August 1, 2019
Andrew York
A Discussion with Andrew York
2017-18 Season
September 7, 2017
Tariel Iberi
Georgian Guitar Music
October 5, 2017
Brasil Guitar Duo
Masterclass
November 2, 2017
Peter Argondizza
Talk to the Hand, Because the Face Ain’t Listening: The Use of Idiomatic Fingerings, Shapes, and Gestures in Selected Guitar Works of Heitor Villa-Lobos
December 7, 2017
Yenne Lee
Arranging Songs for the Guitar
January 11, 2018
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
A Discussion with Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
February 1, 2018
Max Zuckerman
Making a Guitar Transcription: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
March 8, 2018
Fabio Zanon
Masterclass
April 4, 2018
Martha Masters
Learning a New Piece: Bach’s Chaconne as an Example
May 3, 2018
Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Memories from My Grandfather
June 7, 2018
Gyan Riley
Playing with the Classics: Examining and Expanding upon Classical Themes through Improvisation
2016-17 Season
September 1, 2016
David Nadal
Contemporary Classical Music for Solo Electric Guitar
October 6, 2016
Frederic Hand
Odyssey
November 3, 2016
John Dearman
Masterclass
December 1, 2016
Marco Sartor
Abel Carlevaro’s Instrumental Technique
January 12, 2017
Daniel Lippel
Topics in Modern Repertoire: The Guitar’s Integration into Contemporary Aesthetics
February 9, 2017
Andrew York
A Discussion with Andrew York
March 2, 2017
Thomas Offermann
The Integrative Guitar Technique
April 6, 2017
Alvaro Pierri
Masterclass
May 4, 2017
Federico Diaz
The Guitar in Tango
June 1, 2017
Mariano Aguirre
Developing Musicianship on Guitar
2015-16 Season
September 3, 2015
Simon Powis
A Repertoire Analysis Toolkit
October 1, 2015
Garrett Lee
Confessions of a Luthier
October 22, 2015
Richard Savino
Switch Hitting in the Modern World
November 5, 2015
Yen Lee
Fernando Sor’s Guitar Fantasies
December 3, 2015
João Kouyoumdjian
Fingerings in the Unaccompanied Music by Bach: An approach in Step-wise Motion
January 7, 2016
Benjamin Verdery
Composing for the Guitar
February 4, 2016
Colin Davin
The Guitar in Kabul
March 3, 2016
Celil Refik Kaya
Application of Classical Turkish Music Techniques on the Classical Guitar
April 7, 2016
Harris Becker and Veronica Salas
On New Music
May 5, 2016
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Masterclass
June 2, 2016
João Luiz
The Brazilian Guitar Works of the Generation after Villa-Lobos
2014-15 Season
September 4, 2014
Raphaella Smits
Masterclass
October 2, 2014
Kevin Gallagher
Common Problems and Solutions for the Student Guitarist
October 16, 2014
Adam Holzman
Masterclass
November 6, 2014
Jerry Willard
A Brief History of the Guitar
December 4, 2014
Frederic Hand
Tone and Relaxation
January 8, 2015
Gene Bertoncini
Ear Training and Fingerboard Knowledge
February 5, 2015
Benjamin Verdery
Exploring Falla’s Homenaje
March 12, 2015
Xuefei Yang
A Discussion with Xuefei Yang
April 2, 2015
Stephen Robinson
A Diverse Career in Music: Recording, Performing, Teaching, Publishing, Community Engagement
May 7, 2015
Brandon Medici
A Discussion of Guitar Strings with D’Addario’s Business Development Manager
June 4, 2015
Pablo Villegas
The Symphonic Guitar
2013-14 Season
September 5, 2013
Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo
See It, Sing It, Play It: Top Tips to Sight Read with Ease
October 3, 2013
Eduardo Fernández
Masterclass
November 7, 2013
Zane Forshee
Vicente Asencio and His Collectici íntim: In Search of a Text
December 5, 2013
Bradley Colten
Unearthed: American Masterpieces for Guitar Solo
February 6, 2014
Berta Rojas
The Music of Agustin Barrios
March 13, 2014
Lily Afshar
Goya and the Guitar
April 10, 2014
Rene Izquierdo
Technique and Performance
May 1, 2014
Denis Azabagic
How to Deal with Stage Fright
June 5, 2014
SoloDuo
Masterclass
July 3, 2014
Gian Marco Ciampa
Short Recital
2012–13 Season
September 6, 2012
Connie Sheu
The Life and Work of Emilia Giuliani
October 4, 2012
Garrett Lee
How Luthiers Optimize Sound
November 15, 2012
João Luiz
Brazilian Rhythms
December 6, 2012
Ana Vidovic
Masterclass
February 7, 2013
Benjamin Verdery
There’s more to the score! Filtering out truth from fiction: Performers’ dilemma with urtext editions
March 7, 2013
David Leisner
Your Body and the Guitar
April 4, 2013
Martha Masters
Left-hand Technique
May 2, 2013
Jason Vieaux
A Discussion with Jason Vieaux
June 6, 2013
Lars Frandsen
The Interaction of Tonality and Serialism in Henze’s Royal Winter Music
2011–12 Season
September 1, 2011
Jason Sagebiel
How to Practice
October 3, 2011
Norbert Dams
Rest in Pieces, Rest in Peace? A reflection on note-values in the 19th century related to the development of musical notation
November 6, 2011
Michael Lorimer
A discussion with Michael Lorimer
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December 1, 2011
Alice Artzt
The Presti Technique
January 4, 2012
Jorge Caballero
A discussion with Jorge Caballero
March 1, 2012
Martha Masters
Practice Strategies
April 5, 2012
Ian O’Sullivan
The Guitar in Hawaii: Past, Present and Future
May 3, 2012
Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Larry Del Casale
June 7, 2012
Frederic Hand
Fingerboard Harmony
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July 5, 2012
Isabella Abbonizio and Gaëlle Solal
The Guitar Music of Maurice Ohana
2010–11 Season
September 2, 2010
Gene Bertoncini
October 7, 2010
Scott Jackson Wiley and James Lorusso
Narciso Yepes: An Appreciation
November 4, 2010
Serenade Duo
The Art of the Ensemble
December 2, 2010
Joshia de Jonge
Guitar Building
January 6
David Starobin
Some New Guitar Music and Thoughts about the Repertoire
February 3, 2011
Gyan Riley
March 3, 2011
João Kouyoumdjian
Interactive Performance: Breaking the Barriers Between Artist and Audience
April 7, 2011
Australian Guitar Duo
Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover on Australian music for two guitars
May 5, 2011
Giovanni Grano
June 2, 2011
Scott Tennant
Masterclass
2009–10 Season
September 3, 2009
Tali Roth
Tango, Folklore and Spanish Dance Influences in Piazzolla and Albéniz
October 1, 2009
Mark Delpriora
Music from the Segovia Archive
November 5, 2009
Kevin Gallagher
The Tárrega School
December 9, 2009
Jim Skinger
Style and Influences in the Music of John Duarte
February 4, 2010
Simon Powis
Sight-Reading on the Classical Guitar
March 4, 2010
Lars Frandsen
Applying Musical Analysis to Interpretation
April 1, 2010
Jerald Harscher
Body Mapping for Guitarists
July 1, 2010
Benjamin Verdery
If You Arrange It, They Will Listen!
August 5, 2010
Irene Gómez
Estudios y Fantasias
2008–09 Season
September 4, 2008
Dennis Koster
Flamenco Technique
October 2, 2008
Aaron Green
Guitar Building
November 6, 2008
Frank Wallace
Outside the Box in the 21st Century: Creator/Performers in a New Era
December 4, 2008
Ana María Rosado
Latin American Rhythms in Guitar Music
January 8, 2009
Richard Cocco and Eric Cocco
Guitar strings and the history of the La Bella Strings company
February 5, 2009
Tom Vasiliades
An Introduction to Alexander Technique
March 5, 2009
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
Practice Tips for Soloists and Ensembles
April 2, 2009
Ken Hatfield
Etudes for Solo Guitar in 24 Keys
June 4, 2009
Frederic Hand, Dennis Koster, and Benjamin Verdery
The Guitar in Gotham: An Evolving Presence
A panel discussion moderated by John Lehmann-Haupt
July 2, 2009
Norbert Dams
From Page to Page: A Close Look Behind a Publisher’s Work
2007–08 Season
September 6, 2007
Oren Fader
The importance of chamber music and new music for artistic development and career choices
October 4, 2007
Frederic Hand
November 1, 2007
Thomas Offermann
Integrative Guitar Technique
December 6, 2007
Dominic Frasca
January 3, 2008
Arc Duo and Shafer Mahoney
Performance and discussion of Shining River by Shafer Mahoney
February 7, 2008
Threefifty Duo
March 6, 2008
Benjamin Verdery
April 3, 2008
Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Friends
May 1, 2008
Gene Bertoncini
June 5, 2008
J. Andrew Dickenson
2005–06 Season
September 1, 2005
Gene Bertoncini
Jazz on the Classical Guitar
October 6, 2005
Jerry Willard
Early Music on Early Guitars
January 5, 2006
Don Witter, Jr.
March 2, 2006
Paul Smith
Guitar in Chamber Music: The Six-String Solution
April 6, 2006
Michael Barry
How to Practice
June 1, 2006
1 East Guitar Quartet
2004–05 Season
September 2, 2004
Larry Rawdon
October 7, 2004
David Spelman
November 4, 2004
Seth Warner
Keeping Yourself in Tune — A Classical Guitarist’s Guide
January 6, 2005
Gerry Saulter
Recording the Classical Guitar with the Korg PXR4
February 3, 2005
Arthur Kampela
March 3, 2005
Scott Matejicka
April 7, 2005
Terry Champlin
The Problems and Joys of Writing for Classical Guitar in a Chamber Music Setting
2003–04 Season
November 6, 2003
Seth Warner
Harvesting the Renaissance: A Classical Guitarist’s Second Look
January 8, 2004
Dennis Koster
Playing the Aranjuez Concerto
February 5, 2004
Harris Becker and Pasquale Bianculli
Ensemble Playing
March 4, 2004
Scott Matejicka
The Evolution of the Guitar
April 1, 2004
Terry Champlin
Arranging Music for Guitar
June 3, 2004
New York premiere viewing of Aaron Shearer: A Life with the Guitar