Diary for 2023/24
Monthly Members Meetings are the core of our events calendar. We meet on the last Wednesday of the month. Typically, there's some simple sight-read ensemble, a break for coffee and then an opportunity for members to perform - solo, in duet, or any combination you like. All standards of player are welcome. But treat it as a performance and put in a bit of practice beforehand.
Other events in the calendar include recitals in our Celebrity Concert Series, often at Turner Sims, Southampton, but sometimes in collaboration with other venues and festivals. Occassional workshops and other events feature from time to time.
Next up...
OCT
25
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 at 7:30pm
Members meeting
The Durham/York Room, St Boniface Church
Presentation of the SCGS Cup and winner's recital
Ensemble, solos and duets
OCT
28
Saturday, 28 October 2023 at 7:30pm
Celebrity Concert with VIDA Guitar Quartet
Turner Sims, Southampton
SCGS Members will benefit from a member discount on tickets for this concert. Get your discount code here
Four exceptional guitarists. A programme that includes Bernstein's West Side Story Suite
The VIDA Guitar Quartet brings together four guitarists of exceptional artistry who share a passion for chamber music.
Mark Ashford and Amanda Cook are both internationally renowned performers in their own right. Mark Eden and Christopher Stell are otherwise known as the Eden Stell Guitar Duo, one of the most innovative guitar duos in the world.
Since forming in 2007, VIDA has performed to critical acclaim in major UK venues and are sought-after festival artists throughout the UK, Europe and North America
NOV
29
Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 7:30pm
Members meeting
The Durham/York Room, St Boniface Church
Composers' Night
Find out more in the SCGS June eNewsletter HERE
DEC
13
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 at 7:30pm
Christmas Party
The Winchester Room, St Boniface Church
Food, wine and a recital by Amanda Cook
Dubbed 'The guitar queen with a silken touch' by The Independent, Amanda has appeared as a soloist in the USA, South America and throughout Europe. In the UK venues include the South Bank, Wigmore Hall, St George’s Bristol, King’s Place & The Sage Gateshead. Her highly acclaimed performances are always noted for their sensitive musicality, fluid technique, and ability to draw the audience in to her world.
Along with solo work Amanda has always had a passion for chamber music and has worked in various duos and ensembles through her career including the Appassionata Guitar Trio, G Plus Ensemble and more recently with the renowned soprano Bibi Heal and the critically acclaimed Vida Guitar Quartet, who regularly tour the USA, Europe and China.
JAN
31
Wednesday, 31 January2024 at 7:30pm
Members meeting
The Durham/York Room, St Boniface Church
Ensemble, solos and duets
FEB
24
Saturday, 24 February 2024 at 7:30pm
Celebrity Concert with Jonathan Parkin
Turner Sims, Southampton
SCGS Members will benefit from a member discount on tickets for this concert.
In 2015 Jonathan graduated with first class honors from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he studied with John Mills and Helen Sanderson, amongst others.
In 2017, he gained his Masters Degree in Performance at Trinity Laban in London with distinction. He began to build his profile as a performer at the Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, The Barbican and Saint James’ Piccadilly and at the IGF London Guitar Festival.
In recent years his sensitive and virtuosic playing has brought him international praise at the very highest level. He has been a prize winner and finalist at some of the most prestigious international guitar competitions including Certamen Llobet, the London International Guitar Competition and the Concurso International Raimundo.
Currently based in Valencia, Jonathan is a professor at both the Escuela Superior de Música Alto Rendimiento and at the Conservatorio Professional Ignacio Monzonís. He combines his teaching activity with solo and chamber recitals throughout Europe.
An immensely gifted and talented musician
BBC Radio 3
Listen to Jonathan Parkin HERE
We'll tell you when the Box Office opens
FEB
28
Wednesday, 28 February 2024 at 7:30pm
Members meeting
The Durham/York Room, St Boniface Church
Ensemble, solos and duets
MAR
27