CSUN Guitar

One of the oldest and most distinguished guitar programs in North America. In Los Angeles, California

Guitar Faculty

Steven Thachuk – Area Coordinator
Ronald Borczon
John Dearman (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet)- Head of Guitar Chamber Music
Bryan Fasola
Kate Lewis

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The Guitar Department at California State University Northridge has enjoyed a reputation for excellence for the past forty years since its establishment by Professor Emeritus Ronald Purcell. It is considered to

be one of the pre-eminent guitar departments in the Los Angeles area and is respected as a leader in the field throughout California and North America. . All students receive their instrumental training by highly trained faculty from the first semester of entrance. The environment amongst the study is competitive, yet highly supportive. A high standard of diligence and study of the instrument are encouraged and demanded by faculty and students alike. The library at CSUN holds the International Guitar Research Archive (IGRA), one of the largest collections of guitar music and research materials in the world. This collection, which is the result of the dedication to guitar by Professor Emeritus Purcell, is available as a valuable tool to the serious student of the instrument

Course of Study

Courses offered in the guitar area include the following:

MUS 130 - Fretboard Sightreading
MUS 406A, MUS 406B - History and Literature of the Guitar (2 semesters)
MUS 463/L - Guitar Pedagogy
MUS 433/L -Guitar Masterclass
MUS 287/487 - Guitar Chamber Music Performance (offered every semester)
In addition to these courses, a strong emphasis is placed on regular performance. This is achieved through weekly studio classes and chamber coachings. Guitarists also regularly have the chance to perform for the student body in Noon Recitals, New Music Concerts and other students’ recitals. Additionally, the CSUN music department holds a yearly concerto competition, and over the years many piano students have had the opportunity to perform concertos with the CSUN Symphony Orchestra as a result of winning the competition. The Guitar Department encourages further study through masterclasses and studies with master teachers. In recent years, some of the world’s most renowned artists have worked with guitar students at CSUN. These include residencies by Oscar Ghiglia and Hubert Kappel and concerts/masterclasses by Zoran Dukic and Stephen Robinson. Zoran Dukic Scott Tennant
Marcin Dylla Paul O'Dette
The Eden/Stell Guitar Duo Andrew York
Martha Masters David Leisner
William Kanengeiser Oscar Ghiglia
We also feature one of the school’s professional performing groups, the CSUN Guitar Quartet. The quartet is chosen by audition and represents the school through outreach concerts and tours of Los Angeles and the State of California. Auditions to the quartet are open to all current BM and MM guitar performance students. Recent graduates have commenced further studies at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, These include the Eastman School of Music, Julliard, the University of Southern California, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Hochschule fur Musik in Koln, and the MusikAkademie Koblenz.

10/12/2023

The head of Guitar at CSUN Music, Steven Thachuk will be performing flute and guitar works with Sarah Wass on Friday night at 7:30. Here’s a clip of them doing Butterfly, a tune by Badi Assad and Jeff Young (from Kings of Thrash and Megadeth)
Tickets available at: https://tickets.thesoraya.org/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=021E4075-5D36-4CAA-8380-C64EE7B5A2B0&menu_id=5FBD1AD3-ABB7-4A15-9A3E-EE962FF760A5

10/07/2023

Friday October 13 at CSUN Music.
Guitar faculty recital. Bryan Fasola & Steven Thachuk will be joined by flutist Sarah Wass. 7:30pm.

09/19/2023

Friday night! Alexander Elliott Miller, Composer & Guitarist will be performing his extraordinary and inventive works for solo electric guitar, sometimes with Concert starts at 7:30pm.

Tickets here: https://tickets.thesoraya.org/Online/seatSelect.asp?createBO%3A%3AWSmap=1&BOparam%3A%3AWSmap%3A%3AloadBestAvailable%3A%3Aperformance_ids=52EA9FEF-CDA7-4966-9F24-1169AB117B0B.

08/30/2023

We are excited that the the first guest artist of the season will be the return of Alexander Elliott Miller, Composer & Guitarist to CSUN Music . The brilliant and always innovative electric guitarist/composer will be performing on Friday September 22 at 7:30pm in the Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall at . The program will present his original works for electric guitar and modular synthesizers and arrangements of music by Brian Eno and Stevie Wonder

The Police - Walking on the Moon #guitar #fingerstyle #guitarsolo #guitarcover #songcover @theofficialsting #thepolice #moon #sunday #fyp

03/22/2023

Former CSUN Guitar grad JC De Luna always had a talent for effortlessly creating really inventive fingerstyle arrangements. Check out his music!!

The Police - Walking on the Moon #guitar #fingerstyle #guitarsolo #guitarcover #songcover @theofficialsting #thepolice #moon #sunday #fyp

02/25/2023

Last night Alexander Elliott Miller, came to play at CSUN Music. The concert was amazing. Lots of inventive and beautiful music including his transcription of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports. For this who missed it, we’ll be welcoming him back in the fall when there hopefully won’t be floods on all the freeways and roads!
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09/21/2022

On Saturday October 8th, The CSUN Guitar Faculty will be performing a concert at CSUN Music. Steven Thachuk will be performing some pieces by Takemitsu and the North American premiere of Akira Miyoshi's "Cinq Poèmes pour la guitare" ... which are really great.Bryan Fasola will perform works by Albeniz, Reis, and arrangements of songs by the Grateful Dead.Steve will then come together tho play the Rodrigo Tonadilla and other pieces.

Tickets are here (scroll down to October 8): https://tickets.thesoraya.org/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=021E4075-5D36-4CAA-8380-C64EE7B5A2B0&menu_id=5FBD1AD3-ABB7-4A15-9A3E-EE962FF760A5

09/15/2022

Advance tickets now available!

https://tickets.thesoraya.org/Online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=DA2579B0-B023-4712-AE47-E6993382D42C

CSUN Guitar Artist Series proudly presents:

Adam Kossler
Award - Winning Performer and Head of Guitar at Appalachian State University

Guitar Concerts are now back at CSUN..IN PERSON! and we are very fortunate to have Adam Kossler performing for us THIS SATURDAY. Due to COVID, scheduling has been unpredictable, so we apologize for the lateness of this notification. We look forward to seeing you at the CSUN Guitar Artist series in the Recital Hall

Works by Brouwer, Shostakovich, Legnani, and Domeniconi

Saturday September 17 - 7:30 pm
CSUN Recital Hall - Cypress Hall
California State University Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330-8314

Tickets: $20/$15/$12
https://tickets.thesoraya.org/Online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=DA2579B0-B023-4712-AE47-E6993382D42C
AlsoRecital Hall Box Office on the evening of the concert
CSUN students admitted free with CSUN ID

Info: https://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/music

Campus Map - Closest lots are B1 and B2 http://www.csun.edu/maps/

09/12/2022

This Saturday at CSUN Music

CSUN Guitar Artist Series proudly presents:

Adam Kossler, classical Guitar
Head of Guitar at Appalachian State University

Works by Brouwer, Shostakovich, Legnani, and Domeniconi

Saturday September 17 - 7:30 pm
CSUN Recital Hall - Cypress Hall
California State University Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330-8314

Tickets: $20/$15/$12
Currently only available at the Recital Hall Box Office on the evening of the concert
CSUN students admitted free with CSUN ID

Info: https://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/music

Campus Map - Closest lots are B1 and B2 http://www.csun.edu/maps/

Guitar Concerts are now back at CSUN..IN PERSON! and we are very fortunate to have Adam Kossler performing for us THIS SATURDAY. Due to COVID, scheduling has been unpredictable, so we apologize for the lateness of this notification. We look forward to seeing you at the CSUN Guitar Artist series in the Recital Hall

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(818) 677-1200

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Address

18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA
91330

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