this friday night we are launching the fourth guitar trek cd entitled 'asturias: the spirit of spain'. no kidding. yes, the good folk at the abc have decided to unleash our fourth opus upon the unsuspecting cd buying/mp3 downloading public, and as the title suggests the disc features works by leading spanish composers, including turina, falla and albeniz. what the title does not suggest - however we're sure you'll be mighty chuffed to hear - is that the disc also features some humdingers by south american composers piazzolla, machado and bellinati. you can see the complete tracklisting and purchase multiple copies here

we are celebrating said release by giving a recital for the canberra international chamber music festival this friday 8th may, at albert hall which you'll find on commonwealth ave yarralumla in the australian capital territory. we do the business at 6pm

this friday, january 23 2009, i will be giving a solo recital as part of the inaugural melbourne guitar festival. details as follows - melba memorial conservatorium of music buildings at 45 york street richmond, melbourne at 7.30pm. york st is just off punt road and an absolute piece of the proverbial to find. i am led to believe tix are a mind-numbingly cheap thirty clams - for that fair dinkum bargain price you also get to see local flamenco heros kieren ray and tom lee. i am also led to believe i shall be performing works by albeniz, castelnuovo-tedesco and iannarelli  http://www.melbourneguitarfestival.com/

this weekend sees the premiere of a new concerto written for and dedicated to one daniel timothy mckay by the brilliant young composer timothy hansen. it's a super-exciting, dramatic, single movement work hot off the pencils - tim put the final touches on it mid august. a fantastic addition to the guitar's repertoire, which deserves to played a heap of times and make sr. hansen a pile of filthy lucre. these concerts will feature the canberra youth orchestra conducted by dom harvey. you can be a part of this historic event [!] by bustin' a move to

The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, at 7pm, on either friday 19/09 or saturday 20/09 or both...tickets are only $15/10

for those of you who have just tunes in there are a couple of recitals approaching rapidly around melbourne and victoria. details are as follows   -   17 August, 3pm Solo Recital for the Victorian Classical Guitar Society St John's, Southgate works by Iannarelli, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Tansman and Albeniz   20 - 24 August Recitals with Zoë Black - Portland, Hamilton, Bendigo, Macedon and Montsalvat (Eltham)   20 August, 8pm Portland Arts Centre Glenelg Street Portland   21 August, 8pm Hamilton Performing Arts Centre Brown St Hamilton   22 August, 8pm The Capital View Street Bendigo   23 August, 8pm Lowland Farm Brougham Road Mt Macedon   24 August, 3pm Montsalvat Hillcrest Avenue Eltham

our new cd d'aujourd'hui is available right now from move records! you can buy it online from move www.move.com.au

we are launching the cd tuesday, july 29, at fortyfivedownstairs - 45 flinders lane melbourne. only ten clams gets you in and we'll be doing a special on-the-night-only price for the cd too. bargain! so even though it's a school night get along. if you haven't stepped foot within the hallowed walls of fortyfive then you should make doubly sure you make it as it's one of melbourne's best intimate recital spaces.

the cd should then be hitting 'all good record stores' soon after that, or you will be able to order it from move records

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