Worcester Classical Guitar Society
The Guitar Society promotes ensemble playing for guitarists of all ages and abilities. We have a Guitar Orchestra, a Youth Guitar Orchestra (WYGO) and the long-standing Worcester Guitar Quartet. We also encourage other ensembles and solo playing.
New members are very welcome - just follow the rehearsals link below and join us at St. George's
Read on for all the news on artists, concerts and other random ramblings that may be of interest.
We also have some guitar music videos for you to enjoy.
Saturday October 4th
7:30 pm
Echoes of Summer
St George’s Church Hall
Emma Winscom, vocals and piano, and Steve Bridgwater, guitar, mandolin and dulcimer, will be performing a varied repertoire of songs and instrumental pieces by composers such as Carol King, Bob Dylan, Cole Porter, Carlos Jobim, Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla, plus original pieces by Steve and Emma.
A musical stroll to warmer lands, encompassing a festival of traditional, folk, contemporary, dance and original work by Dylan, Porter, Jobim, Granados, De Falla, McVie, King, Youmans, Bridgwater and Winscom.
Join them in the Magdalen Hall at St. George’s Church in Barbourne, Worcester. A donation of £10 is suggested and will include light refreshments as well as a fascinating and enjoyable programme of music. Proceeds will be divided between St. George’s and the musicians.
Birmingham, October 6th
Lorenzo Micheli
Strings of Fire
Italian guitarist Lorenzo Micheli has played at major venues around the world, was a winner of the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition and also teaches at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano.
Lorenzo will be visiting the UK for a tour in October and will be at Birmingham Old Rep on Monday October 6th.
Follow the link below for more details about the artist, a link to buy tickets and a YouTube video of Lorenzo playing Rondo Op 129 by Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Tickets Available HERE
Concert in Brum
Mela Guitar Quartet
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
October 2nd 6:30 pm
Winners of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition 2023, the Mela Guitar Quartet is known for its imaginative, engaging programming, ingenious arrangements and commissioning celebrated original works.
The quartet recently completed an eight-week tour of America and Canada as part of their GFA winners prize, including a USA premiere performance of Anthony Burgess's Concerto Grosso for four guitars and orchestra with Stanford Philharmonic at the Bing Concert Hall, California.
So here is an opportunity to see and hear this innovative quartet in action close to home in the Recital Hall of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Concert Tickets HERE
Mela Website HERE
Tribute to Agustin Barrios
El Bohemio
Thibaut Garcia
Thibaut Garcia is a gifted Franco-Spanish guitarist, born in Toulouse in 1994, who began playing the guitar at just seven years old. He has won many international guitar competitions, was a BBC New Generation Artist in 2017, making his Wigmore Hall debut the same year.
Thibaut Garcia pays tribute with El Bohemio to the Paraguayan guitar virtuoso and composer Agustín Barrios (1885-1944). El Bohemio duly complements 16 varied works by Barrios himself with three of his transcriptions of famous pieces by Chopin, Schumann, and Beethoven. In addition, the album includes readings of two of Barrios’s poems: ‘Bohemio’, which lends the album its name, portrays the composer as a wandering troubadour; ‘Profesión de fé’ (Profession of faith) honours the Guarani, the indigenous people of Paraquay.
Presto Music Website HERE
Chapeau Satie
Xufei Yang
Music From Erik Satie
Xufei Yang has now released her new album, featuring the music of Erik Satie, celebrating the centenary of his death in 1825. Satie, born Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, to a British mother and French father was something of an enigma. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire but was an undistinguished student and did not obtain a diploma. His later studies at the Schola Cantorum were much more successful and he became very influential, during his lifetime he influenced Maurice Ravel, Calude debussy and Francois Poulenc.
The “Chapeau” refers to Satie’s life in Montmartre when he was renowned for wearing a bowler hat, with one of his 12 identical velvet corduroy suits…….!!
Satie’s music was mainly written for solo piano and in Xufei Yang’s album his Gnossiennes and Gymnopédies are well represented. Amongst Satie’s other compositions are arrangements for voice and guitar, featuring the French soprano Heloise Werner and also transcriptions for guitar and flute with flautist Sharon Bezaly .
Below is a link to the Presto Music website where you can hear samples of all pieces on the album, the following is a quotation from Xufie Yang’s own website:
"To mark the centenary of Satie, Xuefei Yang has reimagined his music for guitar. The album is a chocolate box packed with familiar favourites and rarer truffles, tied together with a beautiful new piece by Werner (Mélancolie)"
Presto Music HERE
Remi Harris
Huntingdon Hall
Feb 6th 2026
Man of the World
The Music of Peter Green
Local guitarist Remi Harris will be bringing his elebration of the the life and music of Peter Green to Huntingdon Hall in February next year. Guitarist Remi Harris will be joined by vocalist Dave Small, bassist Tom Moore and Nicky Waters on drums to perform music from throughout Peter Green's career.
Peter Green, was the founder and original leader of the band Fleetwood Mac. Green formed the group in 1967 after a stint in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and quickly established the new band as a popular live act in addition to a successful recording act, before departing in 1970. Green's songs, such as "Albatross", "Black Magic Woman", "Oh Well", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" and "Man of the World", appeared on singles charts and several have been adapted by a variety of musicians.
Put the date in the diary - there’s no information on this on Worcester Theatres website yet.
This is not classical guitar of course, but should be very entertaining. While we’re on the subject, Remi will be bringing his “Blues Rock Roadshow” to Worcester’s Marrs Bar on July 17th.
Remi’s website HERE
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