Newsletter

The next meeting of the American Guitar Society will be held on Saturday, November 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Music 105, Cal State Northridge. If you would like to perform, please telephone Carolyn Kassian (818-758-0089) by Wednesday, October 29.

At the October 4 meeting, checks and certificates were presented to the five community college student scholarship winners, three of whom performed. With students like these, the future of the classical guitar is assured. Doug Goode, our webmaster, posts selections from our meetings on the website a few days after each meeting.

Our concert series begins on Saturday, October 11 with a performance by Laurine Phélut, a young French guitarist. She will open with the Bach Chaconne (!), then follow with works by Asencio, Mompou, Turina, Grimes and Rodrigo. She, and we, need and deserve your support.

As you must be aware by now, AGS board members are elected by the membership to serve five-year terms so that one board member comes up for re-election or replacement each year. This year it's Steve Thachuk's turn, and he has kindly agreed to run for re-election. However, any member is eligible to serve on the board, and if you would like to run for this position or nominate someone, please notify the secretary or any other officer by November 1. (In case you are unaware, Steve is head of the Guitar Department at Cal State Northridge.)

The board and officers will meet on Saturday, November 1 following the general membership meeting. Any AGS member is eligible to attend (but not vote). We have no secrets, at least not many. Your board members and officers work hard and without pay. Things do not happen by magic

AGS received a news release and promotional copy of "Ken Hatfield Etudes for Solo Guitar in 24 Keys" (publisher - Arthur Circle Music.) These are interesting works that the jazz oriented nylon string guitarist may wish to explore. Jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini speaks highly of Ken and this publication. For more information see www.kenhatfield.com Thanks to Mark Achuff for researching this.