SLCG Summer Guitar Gala 2025

The SLCG Summer Guitar Gala is an annual benefit concert that gives back to our Guitar Horizons education programming. This year, we presented to well-renown guitarists in the St. Louis community: - Vincent Varvel, Jazz guitarist, composer, and professor of guitar WashU. Farshid Etniko Soltanshahi, Iranian-American guitarist and composer.

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Brian Vaccaro
Mark Akin with the University City Orchestra - May 11

Soloist W Mark Akin, classical guitarist, performed Joaquín Rodrigo’s ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ alongside the University City Symphony Orchestra on May 11. The Gateway Guitar Quartet began the concert as the opening act. This collaboration with the UCSO was the final concert of the 2024-25 season!

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Brian Vaccaro
All-Metro Guitar Day 2025

Our annual Guitar Horizons event 'All-Metro Guitar Day' took place on Saturday May 10, at UMSL's Touhill Performing Arts Center. Guitar students from across the St. Louis area came together to perform in a guitar orchestra and small ensembles.

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Brian Vaccaro