{"id":1015,"date":"2015-02-18T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2015-02-20T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:01:16","slug":"new-issue-of-classical-guitar-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/new-issue-of-classical-guitar-published\/","title":{"rendered":"New Issue of Classical Guitar Published!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitar.myshopify.com\/collections\/featured-products\/products\/issue-377-spring-2015\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/377_cover-227x300.jpg?resize=235%2C310\" alt=\"377_cover\" width=\"235\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/377_cover.jpg?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/377_cover.jpg?w=777&amp;ssl=1 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>While the Spring 2015 issue of <em>Classical Guitar<\/em> is the 377<sup>th<\/sup> to date, it is Stringletter\u2019s first. We are thrilled to be publishing <em>Classical Guitar<\/em> now, and our first issue reflects our passion for not only the magazine, but also the instruments (<em>Kenny Hill Guitar Co., the baroque era chitarra battente<\/em>), the guitarists (<em>Sharon Isbin, LAGQ, Paco De Lucia, the Romeros, Ana Vidovic<\/em>), the composers (<em>Jean Marie Raymond, Nick Fletcher, Domenico Scarlatti<\/em>), the scholars (<em>San Francisco Conservatory of Music\u2019s Guitar Program<\/em>), the rich history of classical guitar (<em>Francesco Corbetta, Frantz Casseus<\/em>), and more: <a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitar.myshopify.com\/collections\/featured-products\/products\/issue-377-spring-2015\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ISSUE CONTENTS.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Active subscribers should be receiving copies in the next few days, and the Spring 2015 issue will be on the newsstands within the week. <a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitar.myshopify.com\/collections\/featured-products\/products\/issue-377-spring-2015\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You can click here to purchase the issue now (available as either a physical magazine or PDF download).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Spring 2015 issue debuts a refreshed design and you\u2019ll notice a slight restructuring to departments and sections. The issue starts with news and columns; Graham Wade\u2019s <strong>Momentito<\/strong> focuses on the magazine\u2019s new home in the U.S.A., <strong>Badi Assad<\/strong> reports from a recent tour through Germany, Matthew Hinsley takes you behind the scene\u2019s of <strong>Austin Classical Guitar<\/strong>, <strong>Tim Panting<\/strong> reflects on the beginnings of guitar academia, and Jason Webster explores the world of <strong>contemporary flamenco guitar maestros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Craft<\/strong> section focuses on guitars and luthiers, the <strong>Play<\/strong> section offers tips and advice for practicing, performing, auditioning, and more. The <strong>Reviews<\/strong> section is your window to recent concerts and album and sheet music releases.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Special Focus on Guitar Festivals &amp; Competitions<\/strong>, seasoned competition veteran <strong>Guy Traviss<\/strong> offers advice on audition prep, <strong>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Wassily Saba<\/strong> talks to Tom Kerstens of the International Guitar Festival, and <strong>Paul Fowles<\/strong> reports from Denmark\u2019s Aalborg International Guitar Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In the features section<strong> Sharon Isbin<\/strong> reflects on a life devoted to classical guitar, Scott Tennant looks back on 35 years of the <strong>Los Angeles Guitar Quartet<\/strong>, Marc Ribot Honors his Mentor, <strong>Haitian Classical Guitarist Frantz Casseus<\/strong>, and the<strong> San Francisco Conservatory\u2019s Guitar Department<\/strong> turns 50 (or is it 66?).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitar.myshopify.com\/collections\/featured-products\/products\/issue-377-spring-2015\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1023\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/linedup-1024x682.jpg?resize=701%2C467\" alt=\"linedup\" width=\"701\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/linedup.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/linedup.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/linedup.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/linedup.jpg?w=3510&amp;ssl=1 3510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Experience all that and more with the Spring 2015 issue of <em>Classical Guitar<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalguitar.myshopify.com\/collections\/featured-products\/products\/issue-377-spring-2015\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Spring 2015 issue of Classical Guitar is the 377th to date, it is Stringletter\u2019s first. We are thrilled to be publishing Classical Guitar now, and our first issue reflects our passion for not only the magazine, but also the instruments (Kenny Hill Guitar Co., the baroque era chitarra battente), the guitarists (Sharon Isbin, LAGQ, Paco De Lucia, the Romeros, Ana Vidovic), the composers (Jean Marie Raymond, Nick Fletcher, Domenico Scarlatti), the scholars (San Francisco Conservatory of Music\u2019s Guitar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/377_cover.jpg?fit=777%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}