Dedicated to the interests of classical guitarists and those who enjoy classical guitar music.
Here is an important message from AGS regarding the recent fire storms.
Our next meeting is Saturday, June 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. All performance slots are now filled for the June 7th meeting. Please attend to experience the lovely classical guitar music our performers have planned for you!
Click here to read our June 2025 AGS Newsletter.
Thank you to all who made our March 22nd Fund Raiser Concert a smashing success!
Visit the EVENTS page to see a gallery of photos of the 2025 AGS Guitar Orchestra.
AGS Congratulates our 2025 Denner Scholarship Recipients!
Each year, the AGS notifies professors at local institutions of our scholarship opportunity and requests that they select one student who demonstrates dedication, continuous improvement, and notable proficiency in performance and understanding of the classical guitar. Selected students are then asked to attend an AGS meeting to perform, receive their Certificates of Merit and their award checks for $200. Click here to learn more.
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 June 7th and will be a live, in person meeting. We meet at the FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH located at 7500 De Soto Ave, Canoga Park. Our last meeting for the 1st half of 2025 will be June 7. Please join AGS and sign up to perform your classical guitar pieces at an upcoming monthly meeting.
