In January 2012 the New Plymouth Classical Guitar Society will be running the first Classical Guitar Summer School in New Zealand for nearly twenty years. It will be held in New Plymouth in the Taranaki region of the North Island. It will be six days of events that will have all registrants playing their guitar every day as a part of an ensemble that will merge at the end of every day to form a larger Guitar Orchestra. These ensembles will be lead by John Couch, Owen Moriarty and Jane Curry and the Guitar Orchestra led by John Couch.

Other events will include evening concerts from the New Zealand Guitar Quartet, Matthew Marshall, John Couch and the Duo Jackson. Lunch time concerts by Jane Curry, Cheryl Grice Watterson, Nick Price, Marek Pasieczny, Christopher Hill and Duo Tone. Master classes will be run by some of the most prominent New Zealand guitarists. A whole series of talks will cover some of the elements encountered by guitarists from Flamenco Guitar techniques to Understanding Nerves and Conquering Stage Fright.

Would you mind if we were to send you some flyers/posters to place around in key areas to help us get the word out? I have your email address, what is your postal address please? Registrations are open now; please forward this on to anyone and everyone you know that may be interested in coming to Taranaki for a week of guitar. For families traveling to New Zealand, Taranaki is a fantastic part of the country for tourists and travelers.

For full details at www.taranakisummerschool.weebly.com