Classical guitar – Past Concerts
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$25
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – Guitar Quartets in the West Hills
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from guitarist Jason Vieaux, violinist, CMNW Artistic Director Soovin Kim, the Dover Quartet’s Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola), & Camden Shaw (cello).
Sold Out
[LIVESTREAM + in person] Social Distancing Concert at the Couth Buzzard
Friday, March 13, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfonso X the Wise (attributed) – "To Dispell All Doubts" and "One Who Serves Sanat Maria" from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)
Free (Free)
Groupmuse House Concert: The Art of Spanish & Latin Guitar
Sunday, March 8, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, United States
Anonymous – Spanish Romance
Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe
João Pernambuco – Sons de Carrilhões
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
Leo Brouwer – Un dia de noviembre
Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Tye Austin – Bésame Mucho
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. Tye Austin – The Girl from Ipanema
Luiz Bonfá, arr. Tye Austin – Manhã de Carnaval
Tye Austin – Tango Fumar
Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe
João Pernambuco – Sons de Carrilhões
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
Leo Brouwer – Un dia de noviembre
Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Tye Austin – Bésame Mucho
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. Tye Austin – The Girl from Ipanema
Luiz Bonfá, arr. Tye Austin – Manhã de Carnaval
Tye Austin – Tango Fumar
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Groupmuse House Concert: The Art of Spanish & Latin Guitar
Saturday, March 7, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, United States
Anonymous – Spanish Romance
Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe
João Pernambuco – Sons de Carrilhões
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
Leo Brouwer – Un dia de noviembre
Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Tye Austin – Bésame Mucho
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. Tye Austin – The Girl from Ipanema
Luiz Bonfá, arr. Tye Austin – Manhã de Carnaval
Tye Austin – Tango Fumar
Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe
João Pernambuco – Sons de Carrilhões
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
Leo Brouwer – Un dia de noviembre
Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Tye Austin – Bésame Mucho
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. Tye Austin – The Girl from Ipanema
Luiz Bonfá, arr. Tye Austin – Manhã de Carnaval
Tye Austin – Tango Fumar
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Student Showcase at Music Works Northwest
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Music Works Northwest, Bellevue, WA, United States
Selected students of Music Works Northwest are invited to perform in a professional venue.
Free (Free)
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Kudirka
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Francesco Canova da Milano – Fantasias, Ricercars, and Improvisations
John Dowland – Three Lute Pieces
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Free (Free)
Bach's Lunch: Trío Guadalevín
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover the roots that bind the Americas with Southern Europe, the Maghreb, the Middle East, and West Africa with this captivating program of music for voices, plucked strings, and colorful percussion.
Free (Free)
Emerald City Music: Jason Vieaux, classical guitar & Kristin Lee, violin
Saturday, December 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Olympia Ballroom, Olympia, WA, United States
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements I & II)
Mauro Giuliani – Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52
Niccolò Paganini – Cantabile, MS 109
VARIOUS – Selected Brazilian tunes
Vivian Fung – Twist
Pat Metheny – Work for solo guitar
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements III & IV)
Mauro Giuliani – Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52
Niccolò Paganini – Cantabile, MS 109
VARIOUS – Selected Brazilian tunes
Vivian Fung – Twist
Pat Metheny – Work for solo guitar
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements III & IV)
$28-$43 (students $10)
Emerald City Music: Jason Vieaux, classical guitar & Kristin Lee, violin
Friday, December 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements I & II)
Mauro Giuliani – Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52
Niccolò Paganini – Cantabile, MS 109
VARIOUS – Selected Brazilian tunes
Vivian Fung – Twist
Pat Metheny – Work for solo guitar
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements III & IV)
Mauro Giuliani – Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52
Niccolò Paganini – Cantabile, MS 109
VARIOUS – Selected Brazilian tunes
Vivian Fung – Twist
Pat Metheny – Work for solo guitar
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements III & IV)
$45 (students $10)
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: Paul Grove
Saturday, November 30, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Leo Brouwer – Elogio de la Danza
Joey Hooper – The Enchanted Sapphire
Michael Tippett – The Blue Guitar
Florence Price, arr. Paul Grove – Andante
David Feingold – Song and Dance
Paul Grove – Hymn to the Sacred Earth
Agustín Barrios – Vals Op. 8, No. 4
Joey Hooper – The Enchanted Sapphire
Michael Tippett – The Blue Guitar
Florence Price, arr. Paul Grove – Andante
David Feingold – Song and Dance
Paul Grove – Hymn to the Sacred Earth
Agustín Barrios – Vals Op. 8, No. 4
Free (Free)
Groupmuse House Concert: Montlake Duo in Magnolia
Sunday, November 24, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Private home in Magnolia, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Prelude" from Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Julián Arcas — Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata
Johann Kaspar Mertz — Élégie
Stephen Goss — Watts Chapel
Antoine de Lhoyer — "I. Allegro agitato" from Duo Concertant, Op. 31, No. 3
Celso Machado — Imagens do Nordeste
Claude Debussy — Reverie
Julián Arcas — Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata
Johann Kaspar Mertz — Élégie
Stephen Goss — Watts Chapel
Antoine de Lhoyer — "I. Allegro agitato" from Duo Concertant, Op. 31, No. 3
Celso Machado — Imagens do Nordeste
Claude Debussy — Reverie
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Duo Melis
Saturday, November 9, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Joaquin Rodrigo – Tonadilla
Antoine de Lhoyer – Duo No. 3, Op. 31
Astor Piazzolla – Otoño Porteño
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonatas
Enrique Granados – Valses Poéticos
Alberto Ginastera – Danzas argentinas
Antoine de Lhoyer – Duo No. 3, Op. 31
Astor Piazzolla – Otoño Porteño
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonatas
Enrique Granados – Valses Poéticos
Alberto Ginastera – Danzas argentinas
$40 ($30 students, seniors, SCGS members)
Latin Guitar: Tango & Beyond
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of tango, valse, choro, and more featuring classic and original compositions, with a few surprises.
Free
Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson: Music from the Twilight of the Sun King & Dawn of the New World
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A tapestry of dances that sing of past glories, lost loves, and the possibility of renewal.
$18 suggested donation
Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson: Music from the Twilight of the Sun King & Dawn of the New World
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A tapestry of dances that sing of past glories, lost loves, and the possibility of renewal.
$18 suggested donation
Seattle Flute Society's Flute Celebration Day
Sunday, September 22, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music featuring members of the Seattle Symphony, Ah Tempo Flute Choir, Bellevue Youth Symphony, the Jolly-Jones Duo, and Flûtes-en-Bois, plus contemporary music by Steven Luksan, Sarah Bassingthwaighte, Leanna Keith, Bun-Ching Lam, Stuart Zobel, and Naoyuki Sawada.
Free
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Berta Rojas
Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Praised as “guitarist extraordinaire” by the Washington Post and by Classical Guitar Magazine as “Ambassador of the classical guitar.”
$40
Groupmuse: Chaconnes & Chacereras, Milongas & Menuets, the Old & the New on the Guitar
Friday, August 30, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Columbia City, Columbia City, WA, United States
A house concert with Mark Hilliard Wilson. Music by Francois Couperin, Francesco Corbetta, Carlos Moscardini, Quique Sinesi, and Wilson himself.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free