Dedicated to the interests of classical guitarists and those who enjoy classical guitar music.
Our next meeting is Saturday, December 7th at 7:30 pm. This meeting will take place at our new, permanent location - FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH at 7500 De Soto Ave in Canoga Park, CA 91303. See you at the December AGS meeting!!
The November 2nd AGS meeting hosted our annual Bickford Competition. Sixteen highly accomplished students of the classical guitar, competed for cash awards and honors. Here is the program for this event! And the awards go to:
DIVISION 1: First place ranking goes to London Knight, and 2nd place ranking goes to Joaquim Park.
DIVISION 2: First place ranking goes to Edge Woodruff, and 2nd place ranking goes to Noah Park.
Noah Park, Joaquim Park, Mark Achuff - Competition Director, Gregory Newton - AGS President, London Knight, Edge Woodruff
The 2024 AGS Bickford Competition was one of our finest competitions ever. Each participant is to be congratulated for their remarkable accomplishments on the classical guitar.
Read our AGS Newsletter for November 2024
Vahdah Olcott Bickford
photo from about 1915
The American Guitar Society is the oldest, continuously operating guitar society in the United States. It was founded in 1923 by Vahdah Olcott Bickford (VOB), who was born in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1885 and died in Los Angeles in 1980. She was considered one of the foremost concert guitarists in the United States from 1910 to 1957, at which time she retired from the stage to devote the rest of her life to teaching and publishing. VOB published a number of original compositions and arrangements of popular pieces for the guitar, where she declared AGS as the publisher. Visit the LIBRARY tab to view and download all 20 of the works she published via the AGS organization.
Our Mission
The purpose of the AGS is to promote the beauty of the Classical Guitar via Education, Scholarships, Concerts, and monthly Meetings where members perform.
Meet, Play, Listen
Our next meeting will be 7:30pm on December 7th and will be a live, in person meeting. We will meet at the FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH located at 7500 De Soto Ave, Canoga Park. Please join AGS and sign up to perform your classical guitar pieces at an upcoming monthly meeting.
