The Allegro Guitar Series and other Special Events are just the tip of what we do at the Guitar Society. We also perform outreach programs for children in the Fort Worth ISD and in neighboring school districts throughout Tarrant County. We also provide teaching programs at local schools.
We have three resident ensembles. The Allegro Guitar Quartet (AGQ) performs “From Ragas to Riches,” a program for elementary school children that traces the plight of the Gitano (or Rom) people from northern India to Spain. The students hear musical influences the Gypsies carried with them and some they picked up along their way from India to Spain. All at once they receive lessons in music, history, various cultures and geography. AGQ performers are Gerald Jones, Polly Maynard, Christopher McGuire and Jan Ryberg.
“Texas Tapestry, a Musical Journey” traces the influences various groups have brought to Texas over a period of 500 years and the influence Texas musicians are now having on the rest of the world. Performers in the program are Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancelor, Gerald Jones, Bach Norwood and Christopher McGuire.
The World Guitar Trio (worldguitartrio.com) is big favorite with Fort Worth audiences and will soon begin touring internationally. It’s members are Carlos Barbosa-Lima of Brazil, Karin Schaupp of Australia and American guitarist, Christopher McGuire.
Join us in continuing to put Fort Worth “On the Map” as one of the premier guitar presenters in North America.
