Springfield Classical Guitar Society continues its 2013-14 season with a benefit concert by Russel Brazzel on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Faith Lutheran Church. Brazzel will include a fun variety of pieces from Renaissance lute music to “Sakura.” Brazzel has been performing concerts and promoting classical guitar in central Illinois for years. This concert is a […]
Springfield Classical Guitar Society
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Six-string master
Springfield Classical Guitar Society concludes its 2012-2013 concert season with prize-winning and world-touring classical guitarist Zane Forshee. Forshee will perform music by Albeniz, Scarlatti, Bellinati, Asencio and Ronald Pearl. With a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University, Forshee teaches at the North Carolina School of the Arts […]
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Dynamic duo
The Springfield Classical Guitar Society hosts its next concert at Faith Lutheran Church on Saturday, Jan. 12. Featured are local favorites Kamen Petkov and Russel Brazzel on violin and classical guitar, respectively. Kamen and Russel are well known in Springfield, both for their talent and for their advocacy for the arts. They have been performing […]
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Poetic playing
Classical guitarist Francois Fowler performs Feb. 19 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church for the Springfield Classical Guitar Society. He has impressed numerous audiences in Canada, the United States and Mexico with his technically impressive and poetic playing and with his unique and interesting repertoire that combines new and original music, traditional classical guitar music and […]
