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For spring 2021, ACG Originals goes deep on our connection and the beauty we can make together.  RSVP for the full series or for individual experiences below. You will receive a link to watch, plus a reminder and concert program in the days before the live stream begins.

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HOPE

This event took place on Feb 6, 2021.

Friends from all across the world shared music and messages of hope. After the performance audience member Pietra Escalante, wrote: “I have no words to thank you for such beautiful moments. Lately for me the sense of hope has been so difficult to grow and when we are lucky enough to cultivate it, sometimes it is difficult to share it because everyone experiences it in a different way. Yesterday the concert was like a seed to be grown and nurtured no matter the garden no matter the season and that allows a sense of connection that has been missing for a long time.”    

Featuring Jorge Caballero (Perú), Raphaël Feuillâtre (France), Ioana Gandrabur (România), Dieter Hennings (Mexico), Ekachai Jearakul (Thailand), Celil Refik Kaya (Turkey), Irina Kulikova (Russia/Netherlands), João Luiz (Brazil), Bahar Ossareh (Iran/Canada), David Russell (Scotland), An Tran (Vietnam), Xuefei Yang (China), and four young artists from the United States: Aytahn Benavi, Emilia Diaz Delgado, Damian Goggans, and Eric Wang

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PLAY: A Celebration of ACG Education

Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 8PM CDT
Free, Donations Welcome

ACG Education turns 20 this year. What started in one school in Austin, Texas, grew into a movement impacting tens of thousands across the nation and beyond. Join us as we celebrate the students and teachers that have created inspiring works of joy and friendship during a year like no other.

Featuring music of young artists from Austin (Elijah Melodic Flores, Sydney Piper, Northeast Highschool Ensemble, Bedichek Middle School, ACG Youth Orchestra and Gardner Betts Juvenile Center), Ohio (McKinley High School and Cleveland Classical Guitar Society), Arizona (Glendale Community College Guitar),  Mexico (Orquesta de Guitarras del Ciclo de Iniciación Musical), and Paraguay (Municipal “Agustín Pio Barrios” de San Juan Bautista de las Misiones) as well as 36 middle and high schools from U.S. and Canada.

With special guests Berta Rojas, Devin Gutierrez, Daniel Fears, Montsho Thoth, Claire Puckett, Claudia Chapa and Arnold Yzaguirre.

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GIVE 

Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 7PM CDT
Free, Donations Welcome

Guided by the belief that music can be a powerful catalyst for acceptance, hope, and joy, GIVE is a community concert featuring commissions from local artists, creative projects from students and community members as well as powerful songs from ACG’s Music & Healing program.

Featuring artists from ACG’s Music & Healing: Arnold Ysaguirre, Claudia Chapa, John Churchill and Claire Puckett as well as Michelle Schumann (piano), the Miró string quartet, Oliver Rajamani (oud), ARCOS (dance), Sunil Gadgil (saxophone), Stephen Krishnan (guitar), The Magnolia Kids, and members of the ACG youth and community ensembles.

Would you like to give something too? A poem or song? Join us by emailing together@austinclassicalguitar.org

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