When:

Bradley Kunda started playing the guitar at the age of six. Born and raised in Adelaide, he studied flamenco guitar for four years before furthering his classical studies with Hungarian-born guitarist András Tüské. In 2005, Bradley won the coveted National Undergraduate Scholarship at the Australian National University, where he completed a bachelor degree in music with first class honours under the notable Australian guitarist Tim Kain, while also studying for a bachelor degree in law. Bradley is currently a PhD candidate in guitar performance at the Australian National University. He is also preparing to complete specialist studies in early-19^th century guitar performance practice at the Accademia l’Ottocento (Italy), studying under Carlo Barone.

Bradley has won first prize in the Fifth International Competition “Festival de Córdoba” (Spain), and the audience prize in the Nikšić International Guitar Competition (Montenegro), determined by voters on live satellite television. He was awarded the 2007 Erika Haas Award for the most outstanding instrumental performance student at the Australian National University. He is currently the recipient of an Australian Professional Award.

Bradley is actively engaged in bringing a diverse and accessible range of chamber music to new audiences. As a member of the BREW Guitar Duo and contemporary music septet dominantSEVEN, he has commissioned significant new works by Australian composers including Robert Davidson and Richard Charlton. As a soloist and chamber musician, his performances have included concerts at the Córdoba International Guitar Festival (Spain), the Project Canción Española (Spain), the Nikšić International Guitar Festival (Montenegro), the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival and the Darwin International Guitar Festival (Australia). In 2009, Bradley joined Australia’s leading guitar quartet, Guitar Trek, which has pioneered new repertoire for the guitar family for over two decades under the leadership of Tim Kain. Bradley also enjoys collaborative projects with clarinettist Nicole Canham and soprano Rebecca MacCallion.

As a composer, Bradley has been featured in ABC Classic FM’s Young Australian Composers series celebrating “Australian Music Month.” His guitar works are regularly played on ABC Classic FM, and have been finalist entries in the 3^rd International Australian Guitar Composition Competition, and the ASME Young Composers’ Awards. In 2011, Bradley won the Canberra Classical Guitar Society Composition Competition, which awards him a commission to compose a new work for guitar orchestra. In addition to writing guitar music, Bradley’s work for carillon will soon be published in an upcoming volume of Australian carillon music. Bradley’s choral works have also been performed by the choir of the Wesley Uniting Church in Forrest, Canberra.

Bradley is on staff in the Guitar Department at the Australian National University School of Music, where he has also tutored and lectured in various undergraduate musicology subjects.

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Programme for Cooma Concert:

Bradley Kunda

Five Preludes (Heitor Villa-Lobos)

Selections from Los Caprichos de Goya (Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco)

• I – Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor
• VIII – Dios la perdone; y era su madre
• XIII – ¿Quién más rendido?

In the Woods (Toru Takemitsu)

• Wainscot Pond
• Rosedale
• Muir Woods

Variations on a theme of Scriabin (Alexandre Tansman)

Sonata for solo guitar (Atanas Ourkouzounov)

• Allegro assai
• Adagio quasi canzone
• Vivo

Matt Withers can be heard regularly on  ABC Classic FM. Often he’s performing with Bradley Kunda in the Brew Guitar Duo.

Matt Withers Classical Guitarist (as heard on ABC Classic FM)

Renowned classical guitarist, Matt Withers will be performing in Cooma in October this year as part of his “Solo” CD tour.

• When: Sunday 30 October 2011 at 3.00 pm.
• Where: St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma NSW
• Cost: $20 Adults, $15 Concesssions, $10 Students  (includes free afternoon tea)
• Tickets will be available at the door and Cooma School of Music, shop 2, 123 Sharp Street Cooma.
• Phone Bookings: (02) 6452 6067

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

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Virginia Taylor (Flute)

Tim Kain (Guitar)

When: Sunday, October 2 · 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Where: ANU School of Music, ACT – Larry Sitsky Recital Room

Programme:

Celso Machado: Musique Populaires Bresiliennes

• Algodao Doce (Samba)
• Piazza Vittoria (Choro Maxixe)
• Pe de Moleque (Samba)

Diego Pujol: Suite Buenos Aires Maximo

• Pompeya
• Palermo
• San Telmo

Elena Kats- Chernin: Character Interludes # Nos. 1, 2, 7, 4, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9.

Four Irish Pieces (arr. Tim Kain)

• Believe me if all those endearing young charms/ The gentle maiden
• Bill Wheylan -Riverdance
• Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
• Traditional – Lannigan’s Ball/ The Kerry Dances

More Information: The recital is part of the Australian Flute Festival. http://www.australianflutefestival.com/recitals.htm

Alhambra Guitars Made in Spain

Where: Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit Forrest ACT

When: Sunday 9 January 2011, 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm

Pierre Herrero has been importing quality Spanish Classical & Flamenco guitars into Australia for many years. Pierre has also been an ardent supporter of the classical guitar in Australia. Among many other activities, he has sponsored the Sydney Classical Society Summer School and the Melbourne based Alhambra Sadie Awards.

On Sunday 9 January, Pierre will be showcasing in an informal setting, a wonderful range of guitars for the members of the Canberra Classical Guitar Society, guitar students and  teachers as well as the general public.

The Guitars:

Pierre will be presenting a range of guitars that include the Spanish made Alhambra guitars. These will include:

• Student Classical Guitars from $549 to $1,000 (including 1/2 size Requinto & 3/4 Cadet models)
• Intermediate Classical Guitars from $1,000 to $2,000
• Concert Artist Spanish made Classical Guitars from $4,000 to $17,500 (including the Villaplana models, Juan Hernandez, Jose Maria Villaplana, Angel Benito Aguado, Jaime Julia, Teodoro Perez )
• Alhambra Flamenco Guitars
• Australian made including, Dan Kellaway, Allan Bull, Kim Lissarague, Lance Litchfield, John Price

Enquiries:

Allan Spencer

Cooma School of Music

Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
Phone: 02 6452 6067
Fax: 02 6452 4938
Email: allan@coomamusic.com.au

Landscape by Brew Guitar Duo - $25

Landscape is the second CD by the Brew Guitar Duo. Matthew Withers and Bradley Kunda are of a new generation of classical guitar players that are following in the footsteps of great Australian guitarist such as John Williams and Tim Kain.  This fantastic new CD  features music written entirely by Australian composers.  I feel that this reflects the high degree of skill, self confidence and maturity that is evident in many younger classical guitarist in Australia today.

The Brew Guitar Duo’s first CD is “Songs and Dances” is also still available.

Songs and Dances by Brew Guitar Duo - $25

Available from:

Cooma School of Music
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
Phone: 02 6452 6067
Fax: 02 6452 4938
Email: allan@coomamusic.com.au

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José María Vilaplana Excellence

Where: Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit Forrest ACT

When: Sunday 14 March 2010, 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm

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Pierre Herrero has been importing quality Spanish Classical & Flamenco guitars into Australia for many years. Pierre has also been an ardent supporter of the classical guitar in Australia. Among many other activities, he has sponsored the Sydney Classical Society Summer School and the Melbourne based Alhambra Sadie Awards.

On Sunday 14 March, Pierre will be showcasing in an informal setting, a wonderful range of guitars for the members of the Canberra Classical Guitar Society, guitar students and  teachers as well as the general public.

The Guitars:

Pierre will be presenting a range of guitars that include the Spanish made Alhambra guitars. These will include:

• Student Classical Guitars from $549 to $1,000 (including 1/2 size Requinto & 3/4 Cadet models)
• Intermediate Classical Guitars from $1,000 to $2,000
• Concert Artist Classical Guitars from $4,000 to $12,000 (including the Villaplana models)
• Alhambra new “Professional” range with amplification options
• Alhambra Flamenco Guitars

Pierre will be also hoping to  have a range of quality Vintage and Pre-loved guitars. These much sought-after gems may include makers such as Ramirez (1974), Conde Hermanos Medialuna Blanca, Dan Kellaway, Kim Lissarrague, and Richard Howell.

Enquiries:

Allan Spencer

Cooma School of Music

Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
Phone: 02 6452 6067
Fax: 02 6452 4938
Email: allan@coomamusic.com.au

Code: AM982674 $44.95

This deluxe volume contains 125 of the most beautiful and popular pieces for the classical guitar. Selections include: Carnarios-Gaspar Sanz Canon-Johann Pachelbel Capricho Árabe-Francisco Tárrega Dedicatoria-Enrique Granados Grad Overture Op. 61-Mauro Giuliani Greensleeves-Anonymous 16th Century Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring-Johann Sebastian Bach Lagrima-Francisco Tárrega Leyenda-Isaac Albéniz Passacaille-Sylvius Leopold Weiss Prelude, Fugue and Allegro-Johann Sebastian Bach Recuerdos de la Alhambra- Francisco Tárrega Romanze-Anonymous 16th Century Rossiniane-Mauro Giuliani Sarabande with Variations-George Frideric Handel Pavanes I and II-Luis de Milán Suite in D Minor-Robert de Visée Suite No. I-Johann Sebastian Bach Valses Poeticos-Enrique Granados Variations on a Theme of Mozart Op. 9-Fernando Sor and many more!

Contents:

• Se io m’accorgo ben mio d’un altro amante.  (Anonymous)
• Dove son quei fieri occhi?  (Anonymous)
• Pezzo Tedesco. (Anonymous)
• Danza.  (Anonymous)
• Gagliarda. (Anonymous)
• Saltarello. (Anonymous)
• Pavana I. (Milán)
• Pavana II. (Milán)
• Guardame las vacas. (Narváez)
• Sonnet. (Valderrábano)
• Fantasia. (Mudarra)
• Branle. (Besard)
• The Frog Galliard. (Dowland)
• Melancholy Galliard. (Dowland)
• Come Away. (Dowland)
• Can She Excuse. (Dowland)
• Mrs. Nichol’s Almain. (Dowland)
• My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home. (Dowland)
• Tarleton’s Resurrection. (Dowland)
• Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard. (Dowland)
• The Round Battle Galliard. (Dowland)
• Lachrimae Pavan. (Dowland)
• Fantasia. (Dowland)
• La Rossignol. (Anonymous)
• Greensleeves. (Anonymous)
• Drewrie’s Accordes. (Anonymous)
• Volte. (Anonymous)
• Alman. (Johnson)
• Pavana. (Sanz)
• Espanoleta. (Sanz)
• Folias. (Sanz)
• Rujero. (Sanz)
• Canarios. (Sanz)
• Prelude & Allegro. (De Murcia)
• Suite in D minor. (De Visée)
• Passacaille. (Weiss)
• Capricio. (Weiss)
• Minuet. (Weiss)
• Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy. (Weiss)
• Fantasia. (Weiss)
• Minuet. (De Visée)
• Sonata. (Albéniz)
• Sonata K11. (Scarlatti)
• Sonata K377. (Scarlatti)
• Sonata K208. (Scarlatti)
• Sonata K322. (Scarlatti)
• Menuett. (Krieger)
• Sarabande with Variations. (Handel)
• Canon. (Pachelbel)
• Minuet. (Bach)
• Musette. (Bach)
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. (Bach)
• Suite I. (Bach)
• Prelude, Fuge, and Allegro. (Bach)
• Prelude. (Bach)
• Fuge in A minor. (Bach)
• Suite IV. (Bach)
• Allegretto. (Carulli)
• Ten Preludes. (Carulli)
• Andante. (Carulli)
• Sonata. (Carulli)
• Largo and Rondo. (Carulli)
• Duet in D. (Carulli)
• Etude No. 2. (Carcassi)
• Etude No. 3. (Carcassi)
• Etude No. 7. (Carcassi)
• Moderato. (Carcassi)
• Allegretto. (Carcassi)
• Menuet. (Carcassi)
• Allegretto. (Carcassi)
• Caprice. (Carcassi)
• Andantino. (Carcassi)
• Andante. (Carcassi)
• Study in C. (Giuliani)
• Study in A minor. (Giuliani)
• Study in C. (Giuliani)
• Study A minor. (Giuliani)
• Study A minor. (Giuliani)
• Study in C. (Giuliani)
• Study in C. (Giuliani)
• Study A minor. (Giuliani)
• Study in D. (Giuliani)
• Rondeau Op.14, No. 5. (Giuliani)
• Sonatine Op. 71. (Giuliani)
• Study in E minor Op. 48. (Giuliani)
• Variations on a Theme of George Frideric Handel Op. 107. (Giuliani)
• Sonate Op. 15. (Giuliani)
• Grand Overture Op. 61. (Giuliani)
• Morceaux Caracteristiques. (Giuliani)
• Rossiniane (Giuliani)
• Le Fandango (Aguado)
• Study in B minor (Sor)
• Study No. 1 (Sor)
• Study No. 2 (Sor)
• Study No. 3 (Sor)
• Study No. 5 (Sor)
• Study No. 6 (Sor)
• Study No. 8 (Sor)
• Study No. 9 (Sor)
• Andantino (Sor)
• Study (Sor)
• Study (Sor)
• Andante in A minor (Sor)
• Variations on a Theme of Mozart (Sor)
• Grand Solo Op. 14 (Sor)
• Minuet Op. 22 (Sor)
• Rondo (Sor)
• Grand Sonata (Paganini)
• Sonata No. 1 (Paganini)
• Allegro (Mozart)
• Romance (Anonymous)
• Estudio (Tárrega)
• Estudio – Version 2 (Tárrega)
• Lágrima (Tárrega)
• Maria (Gavotta) (Tárrega)
• Marieta (Mazurka) (Tárrega)
• Mazurka en sol (Tárrega)
• Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Tárrega)
• Capricho Arabe (Tárrega)
• Rumores de la Caleta (Albéniz)
• Leyenda (Albéniz)
• Valses Poeticos (Granados)
• Dedicatoria (Granados)

Available from:

Cooma School of Music
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
Phone: 02 6452 6067
Fax: 02 6452 4938
Email: allan@coomamusic.com.au

Code: WG100 $49.95

This album has the best classical guitar arrangements of Bach’s solo lute works.  Frank Koonce has arranged these pieces beautifully, with sensible fingering and a great deal of guidance to interpretation. This volume is a must for any serious classical guitarist. It is published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

Available from:

Cooma School of Music
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
Phone: 02 6452 6067
Fax: 02 6452 4938
Email: allan@coomamusic.com.au