Apologies once again for the great delay in writing another blog. University exams crept up on me along with a whole bunch of other stuff. Anyway, Uni is done for the year which means more guitar!
I just uploaded Barrios' Vals 3 if you haven't seen it yet, it was one of the pieces that I did for the Classical Guitar Society of Victoria (CGSVhttp://www.melbourneguitar.com) competition last month. I also performed Phillip Houghton's 'The Ancients'. I was lucky enough to win my division which meant I got a workshop with Slava Grygorian.
I was pretty stoked about that. Got to meet him last Monday and we had a good chat (along with the winners from the other divisions). Unfortunately it wasn't a guitar masterclass (so I didn't get to play for him) but he gave some great insight into the industry and quite a few professional tips (also got a signed CD which is always nice).
So what next? Well.. I just found out the 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival is holding it's competition again next year in August. The audition round opens between the 2nd of January and 29th of February next year. We need to send in 3 recordings as our audition. Two Prescribed and one Free Choice. I have just started looking at the two prescribed pieces and well.. they ain't easy.
1) BWV 997 Sarabande by Bach
2) Dervish (2nd Movement) from Phillip Houghton's 'Stele'
Not sure what I would do for a free choice yet, but I have a few ideas floating around so wish me luck for that!
You might have seen the other channel I startedhttp://www.youtube.com/user/GlensideMusic, that one is just for something different. Not exclusively for guitar, but a channel for some fun collaboration. Should have another one on that channel up in a week or so.
As for my main guitar channel, I plan to put another two piece's up before I go overseas but also while I'm abroad I'll have plenty of time to record on my laptop so stay tuned throughout the summer (or winter if your on the other side of the world).
Just a quick update but I shall post again next week :)
Take it easy
Jesse
other channel I started
