The guitar duo as a subgenre of classical guitar boasts a strong lineage.  From Presti and Lagoya to the Assads, the guitar duo has the distinct advantage of adept proponents who exploit the pairings unique ability to create the pianistic harmonic and polyphonic density that though imagined and strived for by the soloist, simply is not possible.  More...

Congratulations to Martha Masters.

Her new disc, Viaggio in Italia, came as a welcome relief from the cataloguing efforts of so many other recent recordings wherein listening to a CD became not a pleasure but an academic exercise.  So much of what is published these days involves choosing a composer and exhausting his output. More...

DAVID STAROBIN

Three Places in New Rochelle

Starobin pens a driving first movement, ‘Bombay Express’.  Named for a local take-out joint in New Rochelle, the piece projects a wild scene.  This movement appears to be built around...More...

COLIN MCALLISTER

The Vanguard Guitar: Etudes and Exercises for the Study of Contemporary Music

Meant as a primer for such pieces as Britten’s Nocturnal, Brouwer’s La Espiral Eterna, Carter’s Changes, as well as many others...More...

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SCOTT MORRIS

Scott Morris talks about hosting the next GFA festival and his travels in China. Interview...

Scott Morris gave his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall, in April of 1998. More...

DAVID RUSSELL

"Live, in concert" - I don't know what it means to you, but to me it's electric. Recordings are nice, but they're not the real thing.  For the performer, the recording is a snapshot of a moment in time...More...

MARTHA MASTERS

Viaggio in Italia

AMADEUS GUITAR DUO

Hommage

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Next issue: Volume 1 Issue 2, July 1, 2007.

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June 5, 2007