Big Guitar Weekend
Strum-thing big is about to hit Glasgow... the sound of glorious guitars will reverberate across the city when Big Guitar Weekend returns to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this Autumn!
About Big Guitar Weekend
A string of concerts and masterclasses will take place between 31st October and 3rd November as part of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Big Guitar Weekend!
31st October: RCS Guitar Prize sponsored by Knobloch Strings
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Guitar Prize kicks off their 2024/2025 Big Guitar Weekend by giving all RCS student guitarists the opportunity to present a 10 minute programme for this coveted prize.
Many thanks to Knobloch Strings for kindly sponsoring this prize.
1st November: Guitar Masterclass with Paul O'Dette
Lutenist and Guitarist Paul O’Dette works with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland guitarists in the Ledger Recital Room in their Renfrew Street campus.
1st November: Pale Blue Dot with Cochran & McAllister
Classical Guitar Duo Cochran & McAllister went big for their new album Pale Blue Dot. The guitar virtuosos drew inspiration from space, from time, and from the writings of beloved astronomer Carl Sagan.
American composer-guitarist Matthew Cochran turned that inspiration into a large-scale suite for two guitars, appropriately titled Pale Blue Dot. Cochran also contributed a series of ambitious and highly original arrangements by legendary jazz composers Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and Ralph Towner. The project concludes with the duo’s stunning performance of a suite from Hans Zimmer’s ephemeral score from the Christopher Nolan epic, Interstellar.
2nd November: Junior Conservatoire Guitar Showcase
Students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Conservatoire lead this concert performance in the Ledger Recital Room at their Renfrew Street campus.
2nd November: Tomasz Zawierucha & Graham Devine
Leading guitarists Tomasz Zawierucha & Graham Devine take to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland stage for this Saturday night concert of the Big Guitar Weekend.
3rd November: BGW Guitar Orchestra & BGW Performers
To round off the Big Guitar Weekend festival at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the BGW Guitar Orchestra and musicians from the BGW course perform varied worked in celebration of all things guitar!
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