Guitar Perspectives

29/04/2024

Insightful and inspiring contemporary guitar class today with Stu MacKenzie from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

03/04/2024

What a great way to start our concert series for 2024, with concerts by legendary lutenist Peter Croton from Basel, Melbourne's own John Griffiths on vihuela (15 March) and electric guitarist Francesca Naibo giving a moving performance of her album So Much Time (27 March). Graduate Researcher Louis Smith gave a wonderful account of Lisa Illean's Tide to open last Wednesday's concert for Francesca

23/03/2024

Don't miss this unique concert!

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19/03/2024

Really looking forward to Francesca Naibo's concert at Hanson Dyer Hall on Wednesday 27 March at 7.30pm. See Eventbrite for bookings and details

14/03/2024

Fascinating masterclass at the Melbourne Conservatorium with Peter Croton from the Schola Cantorum in Basel. Don't miss his concert tomorrow night with John Griffiths at Hanson Dyer Hall, 7.30pm

12/03/2024

Thanks to everyone who came to hear Nathan Sinclair's curated program of Spanish music featuring works by Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Rodrigo. Miguel Lobet's arrangements of Falla were featured, as was Falla's harpsichord concerto in a new arrangement. It was wonderful to have such top class musicians playing: Eliza Shephard (flute), Briana Leaman (oboe), Patrick Vaughan (clarinet), Richard Keuneman (violin) and Meredith Steele (cello), alongside Nathan Sinclair and Ken Murray (guitars).
Great audience!

08/03/2024

On Tuesday night at Hanson Dyer Hall, Spanish music featuring MCM graduate researcher Nathan Sinclair. the program includes his arrangement of Falla's Harpsichord Concerto for two guitars and chamber ensemble

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26/02/2024

Our second concert for 2024 features the wonderful guitarist Francesca Naibo from Italy. She will perform "So much time", her latest solo album released by Ramble Records on 27 March. This is a work about time: an impossible time that permits a dialogue between the child and the adult, a distant time of faded memories that emerge from memory, a time that flows with different speeds, a compressed and dilated time in our lives, a time that comes back in phases, a layered time of experiences and events.. The performance is made of composed pieces and free improvisations.

Francesca Naibo - electric guitar, voice, tapes, effects, objects

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19/02/2024

A must-see concert for early music lovers!
Part of the Melbourne Conservatorium Guitar perspectives series 2024. Friday, 15 March · 7:30 PM, Hanson Dyer Hall. Bookings via the link below.

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19/02/2024

SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY 8PM
DARCY KING & ROSS MORRIS

TICKETS $22 | $15
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/king-morris-guitar-duo

Darcy King returns to Tempo Rubato in collaboration with Ross Morris (UK), a partnership that formed during their studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

With a programme of solo and duo music for the guitar, this concert is a celebration of the vibrant and expressive music of Spain and South America.
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Please note, Tempo Rubato does not take cash. All purchases at the venue have standard transaction fees.

30/12/2023

It’s been a great year of guitar events at the Melbourne Conservatorium. Thanks to all the performers an everyone who attended our events. Looking forward to a great range of concerts in 2024, featuring Swiss/American early music specialist Peter Croton, local legend and vihuela/guitar expert John Griffiths, Italian experimental electric guitarist Francesca Naibo, Award winning classical guitarist Jesse Flowers (Germany/Australia and visiting classical guitarist James Audet from Sydney. Also a masterclass with Swedish lutenist Jakob Lindberg who is visiting Melbourne as part of Rosemary Hodgson’s Melbourne International Lute Festival.
Happy New Year!

07/12/2023

Beautiful weather for the annual Melbourne Conservatorium classical vs contemporary guitar cricket match. A strong showing from the classical players who won in style. Flamenco players were evenly divided between the two teams. Ash Murdica was awarded the prize for best vibe, an in depth book on Beatles gear donated by

29/11/2023

A beautiful new piece by Nat Bartsch, the eighth new work commissioned specially for Guitar Perspectives though a generous donation from Peter and Rasika Crowley. Recorded by Leo Dale at WeFo studios. Performed by Roy Girvan

The eighth new work commissioned specially for Guitar Perspectives though a generous donation from Peter and Rasika Crowley. Recorded by Leo Dale at WeFo stu...

20/10/2023

Melbourne Conservatorium guitarists will be performing on classical, acoustic, electric and bass guitars in this special end of year showcase. The program ncludes the premiere of Nat Bartsch's new work "Bart Tricky Matilda Frankie", commissioned by Peter and Rasika Cowley! Don't miss it!

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12/10/2023

This will be a fascinating concert and conference put together by Michael Christoforidis and Luisa Morales. The concert is tonight at Melba Hall at 8.30 featuring Nathan Sinclair's arrangement of Falla's Harpsichord Concerto for two guitars and ensemble.

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04/10/2023

This is going to be a great concert of new music curated by the composer Leilehua Lanzilotti who is visiting the MCM as the current MacGeorge Fellow.

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22/09/2023

Leading Edge Guitar Ensemble presents: Sketches of Coburg!
New works by Andrian Pertout, Eitan Ritz, Ken Murray, alongside music by Baden Powell and Archangelo Corelli.

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22/09/2023

Some upcoming MCM guitar concerts!
Guitar Showcase - solo performances from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music guitar students covering a wide range of repertoire and instruments. Featuring the first performance of the Guitar Perspectives Commission written by Nat Bartsch and performed by Roy Girvan. This commission is made possible through the generous support of Peter and Rasika Crowley and is the eighth new work of the series!

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08/08/2023

More MCM Guitar Festival snapshots!

31/07/2023

The MCM Guitar Festival was a great way to supercharge the start of semester 2. Thanks to the great team of performers, organisers and teachers and our invited guests Rene Izquierdo, Contra Guitar Duo, Doug de Vries, Stu Mackenzie and Joey Walker, Walter Clark and Javier Suarez Pajares, Cameron Deyell, Jack Say, Olivia Hally, Gerard Mapstone, Nathan Sinclair, Rose Gonzalez and Sophie Marcheff. Special thanks to our amazing sponsor and supporter Altamira guitars.

27/07/2023

Really looking forward to the launch of the guitar festival tonight with the Hanson Dyer colloquium: Joaquin Rodrigo and the guitar, with speakers: Javier Suárez-Pajares and Walter Aaron Clark. Musical performances from Nathan Sinclair, Sophie Marcheff and Rose Gonzalez

Join us for an action-packed weekend of concerts and masterclasses featuring icons of the guitar world and outstanding guitar teachers and students from the Conservatorium.

24/07/2023

Excited for this panel discussion led by the inimitable Jack Say at the MCM Guitar Festival. Featuring Olivia Hally, Cameron Deyell, Nathan Sinclair and Sam O'Halloran. They will discuss their multi-faceted relationships with guitar, music and professional activities after study. Here's some of Jack's work with Swag on the Beat

23/07/2023

Don't miss the Contra Duo playing at the Mcm guitar festival, Hanson Dyer Hall Sunday 30 July at 1.30pm.
Enjoy this performance of Andres Segovia's Divertimento for two guitars

A short, delightful Divertimento by Andrés Segovia for two guitars. Performed by Contra Guitar Duo, Hamish Strathdee and Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle.This br...

20/07/2023

Opening the MCM Guitar Festival on Friday 28 July the Louise Hanson Dyer Lecture will be presented by leading international scholars Walter Aaron Clark and Javier Suárez Pajares to mark the launch of their ground-breaking new book A Light in the Darkness: The Music and Life of Joaquín Rodrigo. They will be zooming into Melba Hall while Melbourne Conservatorium of Music postgraduate researcher Nathan Sinclair will perform live music by Rodrigo to accompany the event. Have a drink and then stay for the showcase concert to follow. Bookings via link below

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19/07/2023

Don't miss Rene Izquierdo's concert at the MCM Guitar Festival. Saturday 29 July at Hanson Dyer Hall, sponsored by Altamira guitars. Here's a clip of Rene playing his masterful arrangement of 'Arabesque No.1' by Debussy

Arabesque No.1 by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arranged and played by Rene Izquierdo. Rene is playing an N3 concert guitar made by luthier Hanson Yao. "Written...

17/07/2023

Don't miss this concert for the Contra Guitar Duo. Australian guitarists Hamish Strathdee and Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle will present a wonderful program featuring newly composed works by Australian composers Holly Harrison, Olivia Davies and Helen Svoboda. Also on the program are pieces by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad and Australian legends Ross Edwards and Maria Grenfell. Sun, 30 Jul 2023 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, Hanson Dyer Hall.

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13/07/2023

Doug de Vries weaves his magic in a concert celebrating British and American guitar innovators Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jerry Reed, Ralph Towner and Michael Hedges. Curated by Doug with a host of guests!

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10/07/2023

Join us for an action-packed weekend of concerts and masterclasses featuring icons of the guitar world and outstanding guitar teachers and students from the Conservatorium. Bookings and details via the link below

Join us for an action-packed weekend of concerts and masterclasses featuring icons of the guitar world and outstanding guitar teachers and students from the Conservatorium.

30/05/2023

A few photos from the Leading Edge guitar Ensemble concert last week. Many thanks to photographer Ken Wei!

16/05/2023

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