. If you are a guitar player, please include your personal biography/resume for our files.
The Edmonton Classical Guitar Society is a registered non-profit organization that was founded by Dwayne Osbaldeston in August 1995. Our mission is to serve the general public and classical guitarists by providing a forum for listening, learning, performing and teaching. We wish to encourage the appreciation for, and to foster the development of, the classical guitar because we love the sound and the music of the classical guitar and believe in it as a serious instrument. Our desire is for members of all playing levels to gather encouragement and motivation through a positive and constructive atmosphere, and to gain playing experience through performance before others with the same interest.
Member Benefits
The society publishes a quarterly newsletter that provides information about local and international classical guitar news, upcoming events, concerts, master classes, student recitals, etc. There is also a section of the newsletter where members may advertise classical guitars and accessories.
The society hosts informal meetings which provide a forum for development and enjoyment of the guitar. During these meetings, members can gather encouragement and motivation, gain playing experience, or just listen. You do not have to be a guitar player to be a member. Some society members have traveled widely and studied with the world's masters of guitar in pursuit of improvements in their own performance and understanding of the classical guitar.
The society arranges concerts and master classes featuring internationally and nationally acclaimed virtuosi as well as benefit concerts featuring some of Edmonton's best classical guitarists. Members will receive discounts on concert tickets.
Upon presentation of a membership card, society members receive discounts at selected merchants in the Edmonton area.
The cost for a 1 year membership is $30 CDN for adults and $15 CDN for youth (under 18 years old). Donations to the Society are also gratefully accepted.
Would you like to become a member? Simply download and fill out our Membership Application/Donation Form . If you are a guitar player, please include your personal biography/resume for our files.
The ECGS Executive:
Founder: Dwayne Osbaldeston
PH: (780) 460-1468, EMAIL: dwayne123@shaw.ca
President: David Grainger Brown
PH: (780) 489-9580, EMAIL: grainger@shaw.ca
Vice President: Ernst Birss
PH: (780) 482-3741, EMAIL: ebirss@telusplanet.net
Treasurer: Michael Lazar
EMAIL: edmtncgs@telus.net
Secretary: Carolyn Lambrechts
Directors:
Ken Freeland
Sarah Fedoretz
James Coughlin
Edmonton Classical Guitar Society
14104 - Valleyview Drive
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA, T5R 5T8
Phone: (780) 489-9580
FAX: (780) 489-9583
EMAIL: mail@edmontonclassicalguitarsociety.org
Copyright © 2008, Edmonton Classical Guitar Society.