The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews German-born Australian virtuoso guitarist Karin Schaupp. In this conversation we hear about Karin's extensive collaborations with many top-profile artists, including her work bringing acting and guitar together, as well as her educational work in Australia. Learn more about some of Karin's incredible (past and [...] The post...

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The 2019 CGC Summer School was a great success. Whether you were in attendance or not, you can still enjoy the sights and sounds in this month's show: (Summer School starts at 3:50) The post The CGC Show June 2019 appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews Chris Mallett, who is a wonderful performer, the co-owner and co-director of California Conservatory of Music and also the co-director of the Peninsula Guitar Series in San Bruno, CA. We hope you enjoy this fantastic conversation that concludes our series of podcast episodes featuring [...] The post CGC 087 : Chris Mallett an...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews film composer and guitarist Bryce Jacobs. This is a fascinating conversation stretching from Bryce's struggles at conservatory learning classical guitar to some of his stories working with Hans Zimmer on several film scores (including performing guitar on some of them). To find out more [...] The post CGC 086 : Bryce Jacobs a...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews California-based luthier Kenny Hill. In truth Kenny's projects take him around the world so he is truly an international luthier, and this conversation gets into a lot of those details, including how he got started building guitars, his different experiments and projects with building [...] The post CGC 085 : Kenny Hill appea...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews Blair Jackson, editor of Classical Guitar magazine. This is an insightful conversation about the history of CG and their service to the classical guitar community over the last several decades. Please join in the conversation by leaving a comment below! The post CGC 084 : Blair Jackson of Classical Guitar Magazine appeared fi...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews David Collett, President of Guitar Salon International, one of the largest dealers of classical and flamenco guitars in the world, located in Santa Monica, California in the States. Simon and David talk about GSI's guitar collection, its series of videos, and many other things [...] The post CGC 083 : Guitar Salon Internation...

Making the Most out of a Masterclass In episode 082 of the CGC Podcast, Simon discusses making the most out of a masterclass. The term masterclass has come to signify a fairly wide range of teaching scenarios. It isn’t always dependent on a "master" teacher being present. Rather, it's a lesson given to a student [...] The post CGC 082 : Making the Most out of a Masterclass appeared first on Classi...

Join Simon and Roger as they listen to numerous new year goals submitted by CGC Academy members.   Do you have your own Guitar Goals for 2019? Please feel free to share them in the comments below: The post CGC 081 : 2019 Guitar Goals appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon talks about "overload": getting overwhelmed by too many things that can distract you from focusing in your practice and from the task at hand. Our guest for this episode is Ian Steedman, a member at CGC Academy, who brought up the topic of his own [...] The post CGC 080 : Overload appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

David Leisner has authored a book entitled Playing With Ease : A Healthy Approach to Guitar Technique and it draws upon his extensive experience and investigations into body mechanics and guitar playing.   David shares a number of insights in this interview but if you would  like to read more from his book you can purchase [...] The post CGC 079 : Playing With Ease – David Leisner appeared first o...

Practice Routines can be a powerful tool to improve your playing. Not only do they keep you focused and on track but they also allow you to progress in a structured way. In this episode I discuss some of the elements that go into a good practice routine and announce the publication of 20 Practice [...] The post CGC 078 : Practice Routines appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews the world-renowned Beijing Guitar Duo, consisting of Yameng Wang and Meng Su. They talk about education and how these phenomenal young guitarists reached the level of playing and musicianship they have, as well as teaching and recording. This is an excellent conversation and a [...] The post CGC 077 : The Beijing Guitar Duo a...

Travel and Music Practice In this episode of The CGC Podcast, Simon Powis talks about travel and music practice. Specifically how to get the most of your travel time. Travel is part of modern life. Whether it is to visit family, for work, vacation, or study, it seems that as a society we travel more [...] The post Travel and Music Practice appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

After many months of hard work we are proud to reveal the next evolution of the CGC Academy. There are so many additions and improvements we are calling it CGC 2.0!   The post CGC 075: Announcing CGC 2.0! appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

Scott Tennant is one of the most accomplished guitarists of his generation. He is one of the founding members of the Grammy-award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. In addition he has recorded numerous solo albums in his decorated career. He is also the author of one of the most important classical guitar pedagogy texts of the [...] The post CGC 074 : Scott Tennant appeared first on Classical Gui...

A copy of the live stream in the final concert (apologies for the poor audio quality!) The post CGC 073 : CGC Summer School 2018 appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews Tony Morris, who hosts the radio show Classical Guitar Alive! Simon and Tony talk about CGA! and its global audience as well as Tony's work on the script for the film Mangoré about Agustín Barrios Mangoré. You won't want to miss this great conversation! [...] The post CGC 072 : Tony Morris and Classical Guitar Alive! appeared...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for another Q&A session with CGC Academy member Michael Clunn. Michael recently submitted his Level 1 Certificate Course submission and has been a member for a little more than two years now. He's an active member of the community and is helping to [...] The post CGC 071 : Member Q&A with Michael Clunn appeared first on Classi...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews . . . well, me! This was a fun conversation, mostly discussing what I do as the Community Manager at CGC, but also touches on some other topics you may find interesting, like the intersection of music and spirituality, and what have been some [...] The post CGC 070 : Dave Belcher appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon offers a sneak peek into one of the live sessions at the CGC Academy. This session was a wrap-up of our monthly member challenge, focused on scales. Enjoy this session where we walk through some of the tangible progress students have made through the month [...] The post CGC 069 : Scales Challenge! appeared first on Classical Guitar Cor...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for a Q&A with CGC Academy member Martha Kreipke. There are some great topics in here, including whether the use of language like "mistakes" and "bad habits" (something I'm guilty of!) might not be the best language to convey the positive nature of [...] The post CGC 068 : Member Q&A with Martha Kreipke appeared first on Class...

Information Overload In episode 067 of The CGC Podcast, Simon discusses information overload. I recently had a really great trip back to Australia for two weeks and had the opportunity to meet with about 8 members of Classical Guitar Corner Academy, to hang out and talk and eat and drink beers and take photos -- [...] The post CGC 067 : Information Overload appeared first on Classical Guitar Corne...

In this episode of the CGC Podcast, Simon sits down for an interview with one of the newest members of the CGC Faculty, Connie Sheu. Dr. Connie Sheu is the General Manager for the Guitar Foundation of America and teaches at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and Moreno Valley College. She is also a member [...] The post CGC 066 : Connie Sheu appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .